Table 4_1_3-1

2010 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports

The National Healthcare Quality Report (NHQR) is a comprehensive national overview of quality of health care in the United States. It is organized around four dimensions of quality of care: effectiveness, patient safety, timeliness, and patient centeredness.

Table 4_1_3.1
Adults who received a blood cholesterol measurement in the last 5 years,^a United States, 1998, 2003, and 2008
		2008		2003		1998
Population group		Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total		74.6	0.4	73.2	0.3	67.0	0.3
Age	18-44	59.4	0.7	59.0	0.6	53.0	0.5
	45-64	88.6	0.4	86.7	0.4	80.8	0.5
	65 and over	94.6	0.4	93.0	0.4	87.3	0.5
Race	AI/AN only	66.5	4.8	68.3	4.8	DNC	DNC
	Asian only	80.5	1.4	75.5	1.7	DNC	DNC
	NHOPI only	� DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DNC	DNC
	Black only	77.0	1.0	75.2	1.0	DNC	DNC
	White only	73.8	0.4	72.7	0.4	DNC	DNC
	Multiple races	75.6	3.1	76.1	2.6	DNA	DNA
Ethnicity	Hispanic, all races	71.8	1.0	68.4	0.8	59.1	0.9
	Non-Hispanic, all races	75.0	0.4	73.9	0.4	67.9	0.4
	Non-Hispanic, Black	76.9	1.0	75.3	1.0	DNA	DNA
	Non-Hispanic, White	74.1	0.5	73.4	0.4	DNA	DNA
Gender	Male	72.2	0.6	71.0	0.5	64.2	0.5
Gender	Female	76.9	0.5	75.3	0.4	69.7	0.4
Health insurance,^b ages 18-64	Private	75.2	0.5	73.4	0.4	67.1	0.4
	Public only	71.1	1.1	70.3	1.0	61.5	1.2
	Uninsured	52.7	1.1	51.9	0.8	42.9	0.9
Health insurance, age 65 and over	Medicare and private	95.9	0.4	94.8	0.5	89.8	0.6
	Medicare and public	93.8	1.2	92.6	1.1	86.0	1.5
	Medicare only	92.5	0.9	88.9	1.1	80.2	1.3
Family income^c	Negative/poor	64.2	1.1	64.1	0.9	55.3	0.9
	Near poor/low	67.5	0.9	66.0	0.8	59.5	0.8
	Middle	73.9	0.7	72.2	0.6	66.4	0.6
	High	80.7	0.7	79.4	0.5	73.5	0.5
Education, age 25 and over	Less than high school	69.4	1.1	66.4	0.9	57.9	0.9
	High school graduate	74.5	0.8	74.2	0.6	68.6	0.6
	At least some college	84.7	0.4	83.6	0.4	78.2	0.4
Location of residence^d	Metropolitan	75.8	0.4	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA
	Large central metro	77.3	0.7	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA
	Large fringe metro	78.7	0.8	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA
	Medium metro	73.6	0.8	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA
	Small metro	69.6	1.4	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA
	Micropolitan (nonmetropolitan)	68.2	1.4	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA
	Noncore (nonmetropolitan)	67.0	1.9	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA
Activity limitations,^d age 18 and over	Basic activities	76.4	1.4	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA
	Complex activities	74.5	1.4	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA
	Neither basic nor complex activities	74.6	0.4	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA

^a Estimates are age adjusted to the 2000 standard population.� Age data and health insurance data for age 65 and over are unadjusted.

^b A small number of people who were covered by both public and private health insurance plans were included in the "private" category only.��

^c Negative or poor refers to family incomes below the Federal poverty line for a given household size and composition; near poor/low, over the poverty line to just below 200 percent of the poverty line; middle, 200 percent to just below 400 percent of the poverty line; and high, 400 percent of the poverty line and over.

^d For more information, see the National Health Interview Survey entry in Appendix A, Data Sources.

DNA - Data have not been analyzed.

DNC - Data have not been collected.

DSU - Data do not meet the criteria for statistical reliability, data quality, or confidentiality.

Key: AI/AN: American Indian or Alaska Native; NHOPI: Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander; SE: standard error.

Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics, National Health Interview Survey.

Current as of February 2011

Internet Citation: Table 4_1_3-1: 2010 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. February 2011. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr10/4_heartdiseases/T4_1_3-1.html