Table 9_1_6-2d

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_6.2d
Adults with obesity who spend half an hour or more in moderate or vigorous physical activity at least three times a week, 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		46.4	0.9	40.5	1.7	45.8	1.4	49.4	1.3
Age	18-44	51.4	1.3	49.5	2.4	51.1	2.0	52.5	1.9
	45-64	44.2	1.4	37.3	2.6	43.9	2.1	46.6	2.2
	65 and over	37.0	2.0	27.2	3.1	34.7	3.2	47.4	3.8
Gender	Male	51.5	1.2	49.1	2.6	52.4	2.1	51.7	1.8
Gender	Female	41.6	1.1	33.1	2.0	40.1	1.6	46.9	1.7
Race	White, single race	45.9	1.0	40.0	2.0	44.7	1.6	49.3	1.5
	Black, single race	50.1	1.8	43.9	3.6	50.3	2.8	53.0	2.9
	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	46.8	1.0	40.5	2.2	46.0	1.5	49.4	1.4
	Non-Hispanic, White	46.5	1.1	40.3	2.8	44.9	1.8	49.3	1.6
	Non-Hispanic, Black	49.8	1.8	44.2	3.6	49.4	2.7	53.0	2.9
	Hispanic, all races	43.7	1.8	40.5	2.7	44.6	3.4	48.7	4.4
Family income^b	Negative/poor	40.6	1.8	38.2	2.6	40.2	3.0	45.7	4.1
	Near poor/low	41.0	1.8	34.5	2.8	43.5	2.8	44.9	3.3
	Middle	47.2	1.4	44.6	3.2	47.1	2.3	48.4	2.3
	High	50.0	1.4	48.4	5.4	47.6	2.8	51.2	1.9
Employment status, ages 18-64	Employed	50.4	1.1	49.2	2.6	50.6	1.7	50.6	1.6
Employment status, ages 18-64	Not employed	39.8	1.5	37.0	2.7	38.8	2.7	44.1	2.8
Health insurance, ages 18-64	Any private	49.7	1.2	45.7	3.0	49.4	1.9	50.7	1.6
	Public only	39.0	2.2	43.1	3.1	36.1	3.8	36.7	4.3
	Uninsured	47.4	2.0	42.9	3.5	50.5	3.3	48.0	4.3
Health insurance, age 65 and over	Medicare only	33.6	3.3	31.2	4.9	34.1	5.3	DSU	DSU
	Medicare and private	42.4	2.8	DSU	DSU	35.8	4.5	52.9	4.8
	Medicare and other public	21.8	3.4	17.1	3.9	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Location of residence^c	Metropolitan	46.3	1.0	40.2	1.9	46.2	1.6	48.7	1.4
	Large central metro	45.6	1.5	42.2	2.7	44.4	2.4	47.9	2.4
	Large fringe metro	50.0	1.8	42.7	4.5	50.0	3.1	51.8	2.5
	Medium metro	46.2	2.2	36.2	4.1	49.7	3.4	47.7	2.8
	Small metro	39.4	3.1	38.0	4.6	35.7	4.0	43.8	4.3
	Nonmetropolitan	46.8	1.8	41.4	3.4	44.6	2.8	53.4	3.2
	Micropolitan	45.2	2.5	38.3	4.9	43.5	3.7	52.1	3.8
	Noncore	49.4	3.0	46.4	3.4	46.4	5.1	55.5	5.7
Language spoken most often at home	English	47.2	0.9	42.1	2.0	46.3	1.4	49.5	1.4
Language spoken most often at home	Other	38.9	2.5	35.8	3.0	38.5	4.9	46.5	5.9
Perceived health status	Excellent/very good/good	49.6	1.0	44.4	2.1	48.8	1.6	52.1	1.4
Perceived health status	Fair/poor	32.1	1.7	31.7	2.8	31.8	3.0	32.8	3.0
Activity limitations^c	Basic activities	29.7	1.7	25.8	2.9	29.2	2.7	33.3	3.0
	Complex activities	26.9	2.0	24.4	3.0	27.7	3.6	28.4	3.7
	Neither basic nor complex activities	50.4	1.0	46.4	2.1	49.9	1.6	52.2	1.5
U.S. born	Yes	46.6	0.9	40.6	2.0	46.0	1.5	49.0	1.4
U.S. born	No	45.1	2.3	40.1	3.1	43.8	4.3	52.8	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_6-2d: 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_6-2d.html