Table 9_1_4-2d

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_4.2d
Adults with obesity who ever received advice from a health professional about eating fewer high-fat or high-cholesterol foods, 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		51.8	0.8	47.3	1.7	48.8	1.2	56.1	1.3
Age	18-44	39.2	1.2	31.2	2.2	34.4	1.8	46.7	1.9
	45-64	60.3	1.3	55.0	2.8	58.8	2.0	63.1	1.8
	65 and over	66.8	2.1	67.8	3.1	67.2	3.3	65.7	3.8
Gender	Male	50.3	1.2	44.5	2.5	45.8	2.1	55.8	1.7
Gender	Female	53.2	1.1	49.7	2.1	51.3	1.7	56.5	1.7
Race	White, single race	51.9	0.9	46.3	1.9	48.9	1.4	56.5	1.4
	Black, single race	51.6	1.8	48.2	3.4	48.9	2.6	55.8	2.8
	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	53.0	0.9	48.8	2.2	50.3	1.3	56.3	1.3
	Non-Hispanic, White	53.6	1.1	48.5	2.7	51.0	1.5	56.8	1.5
	Non-Hispanic, Black	51.3	1.8	48.1	3.4	48.1	2.7	55.7	2.8
	Hispanic, all races	44.9	1.9	44.5	2.3	38.8	3.3	53.4	4.0
Family income^b	Negative/poor	45.8	1.9	44.2	2.8	43.0	3.4	53.0	4.4
	Near poor/low	47.2	2.0	47.2	2.8	43.7	3.1	52.2	4.0
	Middle	48.4	1.5	46.0	3.1	45.7	2.1	52.6	2.4
	High	58.9	1.4	56.6	4.8	58.8	2.7	59.2	1.7
Employment status, ages 18-64	Employed	47.9	1.0	35.9	2.5	43.5	1.6	54.0	1.4
Employment status, ages 18-64	Not employed	53.5	1.8	49.8	2.6	51.3	2.8	60.0	3.1
Health insurance, ages 18-64	Any private	52.2	1.1	43.8	3.2	48.7	1.7	55.9	1.4
	Public only	52.1	2.3	50.1	3.2	47.1	3.6	64.0	4.6
	Uninsured	32.7	1.8	30.2	2.8	31.1	2.9	38.2	3.8
Health insurance, age 65 and over	Medicare only	60.9	3.8	65.6	4.8	66.1	5.5	DSU	DSU
	Medicare and private	70.1	2.6	DSU	DSU	68.2	4.8	73.0	4.1
	Medicare and other public	66.6	4.5	72.4	5.3	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Location of residence^c	Metropolitan	52.7	0.9	47.1	1.8	49.7	1.4	57.0	1.4
	Large central metro	54.0	1.5	45.2	2.5	52.6	2.6	59.0	2.2
	Large fringe metro	53.2	1.6	48.0	4.2	48.7	3.0	57.4	2.3
	Medium metro	50.7	2.1	48.8	4.1	47.2	3.0	54.3	3.0
	Small metro	52.2	2.5	48.4	5.2	50.3	3.4	55.8	4.0
	Nonmetropolitan	47.9	1.9	47.9	4.3	45.7	2.5	50.6	3.1
	Micropolitan	48.2	2.5	48.7	5.9	47.7	3.1	48.5	3.8
	Noncore	47.3	3.1	46.8	5.3	42.3	4.5	54.2	5.4
Language spoken most often at home	English	52.6	0.9	47.9	2.1	49.8	1.3	56.5	1.3
Language spoken most often at home	Other	43.6	2.5	45.5	2.7	35.3	4.5	48.5	5.6
Perceived health status	Excellent/very good/good	48.3	0.9	39.9	2.0	45.0	1.4	53.7	1.4
Perceived health status	Fair/poor	67.3	1.7	64.0	2.4	66.6	2.9	71.1	2.9
Activity limitations^c	Basic activities	69.3	1.7	68.8	2.6	68.3	3.1	70.6	2.8
	Complex activities	67.5	2.2	66.1	3.1	64.5	4.0	72.2	3.9
	Neither basic nor complex activities	47.5	0.9	38.3	2.0	43.9	1.5	53.5	1.4
U.S. born	Yes	51.9	0.9	46.3	2.1	49.2	1.3	56.0	1.3
U.S. born	No	50.6	2.2	49.8	2.8	44.7	3.9	56.7	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_4-2d: 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_4-2d.html