T16_1_6_2b

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.

Table 16_1_6.2b
People under age 65 with any period of uninsurance during the year, by ethnicity, United States, 2008
				Non-Hispanic
		Total		All races		White		Black		Hispanic, all races
Population group		Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total		28.1	0.6	24.6	0.6	23.1	0.7	31.2	1.0	45.1	1.3
Age	0-17	20.1	0.8	17.8	0.9	17.4	1.1	19.3	1.5	28.3	1.7
	18-44	37.0	0.8	32.1	0.7	30.7	0.9	40.3	1.3	58.6	1.7
	45-64	23.0	0.8	20.5	0.8	18.4	0.9	30.5	1.6	45.2	1.6
Gender	Male	29.4	0.7	25.4	0.7	23.6	0.8	33.5	1.3	48.3	1.4
Gender	Female	26.7	0.7	23.8	0.7	22.7	0.8	29.1	1.2	41.7	1.6
Family income^a	Negative/poor	45.2	1.4	42.7	1.5	45.2	2.4	37.9	2.0	51.6	2.3
	Near poor/low	44.6	1.1	40.9	1.3	40.6	1.7	39.8	2.0	54.0	1.9
	Middle	28.1	0.9	25.1	1.0	24.4	1.2	29.8	1.6	43.8	1.7
	High	14.0	0.7	13.0	0.7	12.5	0.8	16.1	1.9	25.1	2.2
Education,^b ages 18 and over	Less than high school	51.5	1.3	43.3	1.6	42.0	2.1	47.1	2.4	67.1	1.9
	High school graduate	36.5	0.9	33.1	1.0	30.7	1.2	41.6	1.5	55.8	1.7
	At least some college	21.5	0.7	19.8	0.7	18.6	0.8	27.8	1.4	38.8	1.8
Employment status, ages 18-64	Employed	29.2	0.7	25.2	0.7	23.7	0.8	33.9	1.2	52.7	1.5
Employment status, ages 18-64	Not employed	38.1	1.1	33.5	1.1	30.3	1.4	43.7	1.9	60.9	2.4
Residence location^c	Metropolitan	27.7	0.7	23.6	0.7	21.8	0.8	31.0	1.1	45.4	1.4
	Large central metro	32.1	1.2	26.0	1.2	23.6	1.5	33.2	1.9	47.3	1.8
	Large fringe metro	21.6	1.0	19.1	1.0	17.5	1.0	25.6	2.7	41.1	2.3
	Medium metro	27.7	1.7	24.5	1.4	23.1	1.6	33.6	2.0	43.7	4.4
	Small metro	29.5	2.1	27.3	2.3	26.7	2.6	30.9	3.4	47.2	3.0
	Nonmetropolitan	30.2	1.3	29.3	1.4	28.5	1.5	33.0	2.3	41.1	3.0
	Micropolitan	29.4	1.8	28.9	1.8	27.9	2.0	33.3	2.9	38.7	4.3
	Noncore	31.8	2.4	30.3	2.6	29.9	2.8	32.2	4.4	43.2	4.6
Language spoken most often at home	English	24.7	0.6	23.9	0.6	22.6	0.7	30.7	1.0	33.5	1.6
Language spoken most often at home	Other	49.1	1.8	37.0	3.6	46.2	8.8	49.5	8.2	54.3	1.6
Perceived health status	Excellent/very good/good	27.4	0.7	23.9	0.7	22.6	0.8	30.4	1.2	44.4	1.3
Perceived health status	Fair/poor	34.6	1.2	31.0	1.2	28.6	1.4	38.1	2.3	51.6	2.3
Activity limitations,^c ages 18-64	Basic activities	26.8	1.4	25.9	1.5	24.8	1.7	29.9	3.0	38.4	4.2
	Complex activities	26.4	1.4	25.9	1.5	25.0	1.7	28.6	3.4	31.7	3.9
	Neither basic nor complex activities	31.5	0.7	27.0	0.7	25.0	0.8	37.1	1.2	55.9	1.6
U.S. born	Yes	25.1	0.6	24.1	0.7	22.9	0.8	30.4	1.0	32.8	1.3
U.S. born	No	47.1	1.8	29.1	1.7	29.0	3.6	42.0	4.2	63.3	1.9

^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.

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: T16_1_6_2b: 2011 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. October 2014. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://archive.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr11/16_facilitators_barriers/T16_1_6_2b.html