Table 6_4_3-1
2010 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports
2005-2008 | 1999-2004 | ||||||||
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Population group | Sample size | Weighted size | Percent | SE | Sample size | Weighted size | Percent | SE | |
Total | 2,405 | 24,306,843 | 11.9 | 0.8 | 5,093 | 23,691,585 | 17.7 | 1.0 | |
Gender | Male | 1,213 | 12,288,042 | 12.0 | 1.0 | 2,519 | 11,637,394 | 17.4 | 1.1 |
Female | 1,192 | 12,018,801 | 11.8 | 1.3 | 2,574 | 12,054,190 | 18.0 | 1.3 | |
Ethnicity | Mexican American | 714 | 2,821,230 | 17.9 | 1.7 | 1,758 | 2,549,432 | 26.2 | 1.6 |
Non-Hispanic, Black | 740 | 3,518,965 | 17.2 | 1.4 | 1,630 | 3,497,833 | 23.1 | 1.4 | |
Non-Hispanic, White | 681 | 15,156,044 | 8.6 | 1.0 | 1,301 | 14,547,399 | 14.2 | 1.5 | |
Family incomea | Negative/poor | 621 | 4,173,123 | 20.2 | 2.3 | 1,467 | 4,643,710 | 27.2 | 2.3 |
Near poor/low | 586 | 4,771,960 | 12.4 | 1.4 | 1,257 | 4,980,764 | 25.4 | 2.2 | |
Middle | 645 | 7,261,497 | 10.4 | 1.7 | 1,196 | 6,839,066 | 13.0 | 1.3 | |
High | 422 | 6,954,408 | 7.1 | 1.6 | 781 | 5,759,589 | 7.2 | 1.1 |
a Estimates are based on a revised definition of poverty that incorporates information on family income, size, and composition and is calculated as a percentage of the U.S. Census Bureau's poverty thresholds.� 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.�� Respondents with unknown poverty information were excluded.
Key: SE: standard error.
Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics, National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey.