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T16_3_2_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.

Table 16_3_2.2a
People with a specific source of ongoing care,a by race, United States, 2009
    Single race  
  TotalWhiteBlackAsianNHOPIAI/ANMultiple races
Population groupPercentSEPercentSEPercentSEPercentSEPercentSEPercentSEPercentSE
Total 85.50.385.90.384.50.684.11.075.59.279.03.585.41.7
Age0-1794.50.394.60.494.60.694.61.0DSUDSU90.35.095.91.0
18-4474.10.674.40.773.71.375.11.8DSUDSU66.36.468.03.9
45-6487.70.488.10.586.11.187.01.7DSUDSU79.95.584.04.3
65 and over96.60.396.90.394.71.192.92.1DSUDSUDSUDSU98.91.1
GenderFemale89.20.389.60.488.00.787.81.2DSUDSU86.93.386.62.1
Male81.70.482.10.580.31.080.11.5DSUDSU70.55.284.32.6
Health insurance,b ages 0-64Private91.60.391.80.391.00.791.50.9DSUDSU89.34.490.12.5
Public92.00.591.90.793.10.990.12.1DSUDSU85.65.593.61.7
Uninsured47.70.947.71.048.02.138.03.7DSUDSU58.86.156.05.6
Health insurance, age 65 and overAll persons 65 years and over96.60.396.90.394.71.192.92.1DSUDSUDSUDSU98.91.1
  Medicare and private97.40.397.40.397.40.996.42.0DSUDSUDSUDSUDSUDSU
  Medicare and public97.00.797.90.792.13.197.22.4DSUDSUDSUDSUDSUDSU
  Medicare only96.00.696.10.695.61.292.44.3DSUDSUDSUDSUDSUDSU
Family incomecNegative/poor77.50.876.11.081.51.471.83.7DSUDSU74.46.586.53.4
Near poor/low80.40.780.30.882.01.475.33.1DSUDSU77.86.083.23.0
Middle85.60.585.80.684.51.285.81.9DSUDSU79.56.884.33.1
High91.70.491.90.491.31.189.51.2DSUDSU88.35.188.34.2
Education, age 25 and overLess than high school75.21.074.01.283.41.678.34.3DSUDSU57.09.075.37.2
High school graduate83.00.683.90.778.61.881.13.4DSUDSU75.17.482.05.1
At least some college87.50.488.20.484.71.084.91.3DSUDSU88.13.876.44.4
Location of residencecMetropolitan85.50.385.90.484.80.783.91.073.710.077.63.684.11.9
  Large central metro83.40.583.40.684.60.982.11.4DSUDSU74.85.483.33.4
  Large fringe metro88.90.589.80.686.61.485.42.0DSUDSUDSUDSU83.03.6
  Medium metro85.00.785.10.783.61.587.22.0DSUDSU83.16.487.13.0
  Small metro84.71.285.11.383.02.379.94.8DSUDSUDSUDSU82.96.2
Micropolitan (nonmetropolitan)84.41.084.91.279.71.890.92.9DSUDSU74.312.689.33.0
Noncore (nonmetropolitan)87.31.087.01.187.32.9DSUDSUDSUDSU92.65.4DSUDSU
Activity limitations,d age 18 and overBasic activities90.70.591.00.688.11.394.02.1DSUDSUDSUDSU90.53.2
Complex activities87.80.888.10.986.61.686.93.5DSUDSUDSUDSU89.43.8
Neither basic nor complex activities80.80.481.50.578.31.080.01.3DSUDSU69.55.771.43.9

a. Estimates are not age adjusted.

b. A small number of people who were covered by both public and private health insurance plans were included in the "private" category only.

c. 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.

d. 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_3_2_2a: 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_3_2_2a.html

 

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