Table 9_1_3-2b

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 9_1_3.2b
Adults with obesity who ever received advice from a health professional to exercise more, by ethnicity, United States, 2007
		Total		Non-Hispanic						Hispanic, all races
		Total		All races		White		Black		Hispanic, all races
Population group		Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total		59.2	0.9	60.8	0.9	61.1	1.1	61.1	1.8	50.2	2.1
Age	18-44	50.4	1.3	52.0	1.5	51.0	1.8	55.5	2.8	44.2	2.6
	45-64	67.1	1.2	68.5	1.2	68.9	1.5	67.4	2.4	55.9	3.1
	65 and over	64.9	2.0	64.1	2.2	64.4	2.5	65.4	4.1	74.3	4.9
Gender	Male	54.9	1.1	57.0	1.2	57.8	1.4	52.7	2.7	43.2	2.9
Gender	Female	63.3	1.1	64.4	1.2	64.5	1.4	66.1	2.2	56.7	2.2
Family income^a	Negative/poor	52.7	2.1	54.1	2.4	53.7	3.3	54.5	3.2	48.0	3.7
	Near poor/low	53.2	1.9	55.7	2.2	55.7	2.8	56.6	3.8	43.1	3.3
	Middle	56.6	1.4	57.7	1.6	55.9	1.8	64.8	3.3	51.4	3.5
	High	66.6	1.3	67.3	1.3	68.1	1.5	65.2	3.4	58.8	4.7
Education^b	Less than high school	50.6	1.8	51.8	2.1	50.1	2.7	55.5	3.4	48.1	2.5
	High school graduate	57.4	1.3	59.0	1.4	59.4	1.6	58.0	2.8	46.9	3.5
	At least some college	64.7	1.2	65.2	1.3	65.5	1.5	67.1	2.6	59.3	3.9
Employment status, ages 18-64	Employed	58.1	1.1	60.1	1.2	60.4	1.4	60.4	2.2	47.4	2.5
Employment status, ages 18-64	Not employed	58.6	1.8	60.5	2.0	60.2	2.4	61.4	3.5	49.8	3.2
Health insurance, ages 18-64	Any private	61.9	1.1	62.5	1.2	62.4	1.4	64.1	2.5	57.6	2.8
	Public only	60.3	2.3	62.6	2.6	62.2	3.4	65.4	4.0	51.5	4.1
	Uninsured	39.6	2.0	43.9	2.4	44.0	3.1	42.3	4.2	31.2	3.0
Health insurance, age 65 and over	Medicare only	56.1	3.8	54.6	4.0	55.8	4.5	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Medicare and private	69.4	2.7	69.0	2.8	68.7	3.0	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Medicare and other public	66.8	4.5	64.2	5.5	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Location of residence^c	Metropolitan	60.5	1.0	62.3	1.0	62.7	1.2	62.4	1.9	51.3	2.2
	Large central metro	61.1	1.5	63.6	1.7	65.7	2.2	59.7	2.9	54.2	2.6
	Large fringe metro	60.9	1.6	61.8	1.7	62.1	1.9	64.6	3.7	52.7	5.1
	Medium metro	59.4	2.2	61.8	2.2	61.7	2.4	63.3	4.0	46.1	4.8
	Small metro	59.8	2.6	61.6	2.6	61.0	3.1	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Nonmetropolitan	54.1	2.1	55.3	2.1	55.7	2.3	52.6	5.3	38.1	5.6
	Micropolitan	54.1	2.7	55.9	2.8	56.3	3.2	55.7	5.4	28.9	6.2
	Noncore	54.2	3.0	54.3	3.2	54.9	3.3	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Language spoken most often at home	English	60.3	0.9	60.9	0.9	61.1	1.1	61.2	1.8	53.2	3.1
Language spoken most often at home	Other	49.5	2.6	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	47.6	2.7
Perceived health status	Excellent/very good/good	56.9	1.0	58.9	1.0	59.3	1.2	58.7	2.0	45.3	2.2
Perceived health status	Fair/poor	69.3	1.6	69.1	1.7	69.0	2.1	72.3	3.3	70.7	3.4
Activity limitations^c	Basic activities	69.8	1.7	69.9	1.8	68.6	2.1	78.5	3.0	69.1	4.5
	Complex activities	70.3	2.2	70.3	2.3	70.3	2.7	70.9	3.7	DSU	DSU
	Neither basic nor complex activities	56.5	1.0	58.2	1.1	58.6	1.3	58.1	2.0	47.9	2.2
U.S. born	Yes	60.0	0.9	60.8	0.9	60.9	1.1	61.0	1.9	51.0	3.2
U.S. born	No	53.8	2.2	60.9	3.7	66.4	4.8	DSU	DSU	49.5	2.6

^a Negative/poor refers to household incomes below the Federal poverty line; near poor/low, 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.

^b Less than high school refers to fewer than 12 years of education; high school graduate, 12 years of education; and at least some college, more than 12 years of education.

^c For more information, see the MEPS entry in Appendix B: Detailed Methods.

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

Key: SE: standard error.

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access, and Cost Trends, Medical Expenditure Panel Survey.

Page last reviewed October 2014

Internet Citation: Table 9_1_3-2b: 2010 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. October 2014. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://archive.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr10/9_lifestyle_modification/T9_1_3-2b.html