T16_1_4_2a
2011 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.
| Total | White | Black | Asian | NHOPI | AI/AN | Multiple races | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Population group | Percent | SE | Percent | SE | Percent | SE | Percent | SE | Percent | SE | Percent | SE | Percent | SE | |
| Total | 55.5 | 0.8 | 58.4 | 0.9 | 35.5 | 2.0 | 38.4 | 3.9 | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | 53.6 | 6.0 | |
| Gender | Female | 55.5 | 0.9 | 58.6 | 1.0 | 34.9 | 2.2 | 36.1 | 4.5 | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | 53.4 | 8.6 |
| Male | 55.6 | 1.0 | 58.1 | 1.1 | 36.5 | 2.6 | 41.3 | 4.3 | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | 53.8 | 7.9 | |
| Family incomeb | Negative/poor | 24.8 | 2.1 | 29.7 | 2.7 | 11.0 | 2.6 | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU |
| Near poor/low | 46.4 | 1.6 | 50.4 | 1.8 | 29.7 | 3.4 | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | |
| Middle | 59.6 | 1.3 | 61.3 | 1.4 | 44.8 | 3.8 | 46.5 | 6.8 | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | |
| High | 67.5 | 1.4 | 68.3 | 1.5 | 64.1 | 5.1 | 54.5 | 5.0 | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | |
| Education | Less than high school | 41.9 | 1.4 | 46.7 | 1.5 | 24.4 | 2.9 | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU |
| High school graduate | 58.4 | 1.3 | 61.1 | 1.3 | 35.5 | 3.4 | 43.8 | 8.2 | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | |
| At least some college | 61.8 | 1.1 | 63.1 | 1.2 | 50.5 | 3.3 | 50.7 | 4.0 | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | |
| Residence locationc | Metropolitan | 54.3 | 0.9 | 57.2 | 1.0 | 37.2 | 2.1 | 37.3 | 3.9 | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | 58.9 | 6.9 |
| Large central metro | 41.6 | 1.5 | 44.9 | 1.8 | 32.4 | 2.8 | 25.6 | 3.3 | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | |
| Large fringe metro | 60.2 | 1.8 | 61.6 | 2.0 | 51.3 | 4.5 | 40.7 | 6.2 | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | |
| Medium metro | 57.2 | 1.6 | 59.2 | 1.7 | 35.1 | 5.2 | 56.4 | 8.0 | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | |
| Small metro | 68.5 | 2.4 | 70.6 | 2.4 | 36.9 | 7.5 | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | |
| Micropolitan | 59.9 | 3.2 | 62.7 | 3.2 | 23.8 | 6.4 | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | |
| Noncore (nonmetropolitan) | 60.7 | 2.5 | 62.6 | 2.5 | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | |
| Activity limitationsc | Basic activities | 49.7 | 1.2 | 53.2 | 1.3 | 29.0 | 3.0 | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU |
| Complex activities | 47.4 | 2.4 | 52.6 | 2.8 | 21.2 | 4.7 | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | |
| Neither basic nor complex activities | 59.9 | 1.1 | 62.2 | 1.2 | 43.5 | 3.2 | 49.3 | 4.5 | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | |
a. Estimates are not age adjusted.
b. Negative/poor refers to family 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 National Health Interview Survey entry in Appendix A, Data Sources.
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: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics, National Health Interview Survey.
Page last reviewed October 2014
Internet Citation: T16_1_4_2a: 2011 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports.
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