NHQRDR 2010 /T7_2_3-2c

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 7_2_3.2c
People age 18 and over who needed treatment for an alcohol problem and who received such treatment at a specialty facility in the last 12 months,^a by family income,^b 2008
		Total		Negative/poor		Near poor/low		Middle		High
Population group		Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total		8.4	0.8	14.0	1.9	10.3	1.7	8.0	1.4	6.0	1.2
Age	18-44	7.5	0.7	13.4	2.1	8.1	1.5	6.8	1.2	5.0	0.9
	45-64	11.2	2.2	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	65 and over	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Gender	Male	9.0	1.0	11.8	2.4	11.5	2.3	9.9	2.0	6.0	1.4
Gender	Female	7.5	1.0	17.4	3.1	7.7	2.1	4.1	1.1	DSU	DSU
Race	White only	7.8	0.8	12.7	2.0	10.4	2.0	7.0	1.4	6.0	1.2
	Black only	13.1	2.7	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Asian only	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	NHOPI only	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	AI/AN only	9.8	2.5	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Multiple races	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Ethnicity	Hispanic	3.5	0.9	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Ethnicity	Non-Hispanic	9.3	0.9	16.0	2.3	12.1	2.0	8.6	1.6	6.6	1.3
County type^c	�Metropolitan	8.4	0.8	13.3	2.2	10.2	1.9	8.5	1.6	6.1	1.3
	Large central and fringe metro	7.4	0.9	12.6	3.0	9.6	2.4	7.1	1.6	5.5	1.3
	Medium metro	9.4	2.0	10.0	2.8	8.3	2.1	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Small metro	12.1	2.7	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Nonmetropolitan	8.7	1.6	16.8	3.8	10.6	2.9	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU

^a Received alcohol treatment at a specialty facility refers to treatment received at a hospital (inpatient), a rehabilitation facility (inpatient or outpatient), or mental health center in order to reduce or stop alcohol use, or for medical problems associated with alcohol use. Respondents were classified as needing treatment for an alcohol problem if they met at least one of three criteria during the past year: (1) were dependent on alcohol; (2) abused alcohol; or (3) received treatment for alcohol use at a specialty facility.

^b 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.

^c Metropolitan refers to all metropolitan areas; Large central and fringe metro, central and suburban counties in metro area of 1 million or more population; Medium metro, counties in metro area of 250,000 to less than 1,000,000; Small metro, counties in metro area of less than 250,000 population; Nonmetropolitan, all nonmetropolitan areas.

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: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Office of Applied Studies, National Survey on Drug Use and Health.

Page last reviewed October 2014

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