Table 9_1_3-2d

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_3.2d
Adults with obesity who ever received advice from a health professional to exercise more, by education,^a United States, 2007
		Total		Less than high school		High school graduate		At least some college
Population group		Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total		59.4	0.9	50.6	1.8	57.4	1.3	64.7	1.2
Age	18-44	50.6	1.3	40.5	2.5	46.9	2.1	57.9	1.9
	45-64	67.1	1.2	55.0	2.8	66.7	1.8	71.5	1.7
	65 and over	65.3	2.0	63.9	3.2	66.1	3.3	65.4	3.6
Gender	Male	55.1	1.2	45.7	2.5	50.9	2.0	61.7	1.7
Gender	Female	63.4	1.1	54.8	2.1	63.0	1.7	67.9	1.6
Race	White, single race	59.2	1.0	48.8	2.0	57.3	1.5	64.8	1.4
	Black, single race	61.4	1.8	55.5	3.4	58.6	2.8	67.1	2.6
	Asian, single race	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	NHOPI, single race	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	AI/AN, single race	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Multiple races	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Ethnicity	Non-Hispanic, all races	60.9	0.9	51.8	2.1	59.0	1.4	65.2	1.3
	Non-Hispanic, White	61.2	1.1	50.1	2.7	59.4	1.6	65.5	1.5
	Non-Hispanic, Black	61.3	1.8	55.5	3.4	58.0	2.8	67.1	2.6
	Hispanic, all races	50.4	2.1	48.1	2.5	46.9	3.5	59.3	3.9
Family income^b	Negative/poor	52.7	2.1	47.6	2.6	53.2	3.8	61.8	4.0
	Near poor/low	53.4	1.9	51.1	2.9	51.4	3.1	58.8	3.7
	Middle	56.8	1.4	51.2	3.1	56.7	2.1	59.3	2.3
	High	66.8	1.3	53.8	4.7	64.2	2.6	69.2	1.6
Employment status, ages 18-64	Employed	58.2	1.1	44.0	2.6	54.2	1.7	64.7	1.4
Employment status, ages 18-64	Not employed	58.8	1.8	51.0	2.6	61.2	2.9	64.1	2.9
Health insurance, ages 18-64	Any private	62.0	1.1	50.2	3.3	59.1	1.8	66.1	1.4
	Public only	60.5	2.3	54.2	3.4	60.7	3.5	71.5	4.0
	Uninsured	39.6	2.0	34.8	2.9	39.6	3.2	45.8	4.2
Health insurance, age 65 and over	Medicare only	56.7	3.8	60.0	5.3	60.2	6.1	DSU	DSU
	Medicare and private	69.3	2.7	DSU	DSU	69.9	4.4	70.5	4.2
	Medicare and other public	68.1	4.6	67.6	5.9	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Location of residence^c	Metropolitan	60.7	1.0	50.5	2.0	58.6	1.4	66.0	1.3
	Large central metro	61.6	1.5	50.9	2.7	62.5	2.4	65.8	2.1
	Large fringe metro	60.8	1.6	49.7	4.2	57.2	3.3	65.8	2.2
	Medium metro	59.5	2.2	49.7	4.4	54.9	2.8	67.4	3.0
	Small metro	60.2	2.6	52.4	5.5	59.7	3.8	64.1	4.1
	Nonmetropolitan	54.1	2.1	50.7	3.9	53.7	2.6	57.1	3.4
	Micropolitan	54.1	2.7	52.9	5.5	53.6	3.1	55.4	4.2
	Noncore	54.1	3.0	47.1	4.8	53.7	4.2	59.8	5.4
Language spoken most often at home	English	60.4	0.9	51.3	2.1	58.4	1.3	65.0	1.3
Language spoken most often at home	Other	49.7	2.6	48.2	3.0	44.4	4.9	59.2	5.6
Perceived health status	Excellent/very good/good	57.1	1.0	44.7	2.0	54.4	1.5	63.4	1.3
Perceived health status	Fair/poor	69.5	1.6	63.9	2.7	71.6	2.6	72.5	3.0
Activity limitations^c	Basic activities	69.9	1.7	66.2	2.9	71.4	2.6	71.2	3.1
	Complex activities	71.0	2.1	62.4	3.5	73.9	3.7	76.2	3.4
	Neither basic nor complex activities	56.6	1.0	44.0	2.1	53.9	1.5	63.2	1.4
U.S. born	Yes	60.1	0.9	49.8	2.0	58.3	1.3	65.1	1.3
U.S. born	No	54.4	2.2	52.4	3.0	49.7	3.8	61.0	4.2

^a 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.

^b 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.

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

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

Current as of February 2011

Internet Citation: Table 9_1_3-2d: 2010 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. February 2011. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr10/9_lifestyle_modification/T9_1_3-2d.html