Table 1_2_1_1

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 1_2_1.1
Women ages 21-65 who received a Pap smear in the last 3 years,^a United States, 2000, 2005, 2008
		2008		2005		2000
Population group		Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total		84.5	0.5	85.3	0.4	87.5	0.4
Age	21-44	85.0	0.7	86.7	0.5	88.0	0.5
Age	45-65	83.7	0.8	83.2	0.7	86.6	0.7
Race	AI/AN only	82.0	5.0	74.7	5.8	77.6	6.4
	Asian only	71.5	2.6	68.8	3.0	71.7	3.0
	NHOPI only	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Black only	86.1	1.3	84.6	1.1	90.3	0.8
	White only	85.1	0.6	86.1	0.5	88.1	0.4
	Multiple races	86.1	4.3	90.4	2.7	86.7	3.3
Ethnicity	Hispanic, all races	81.3	1.4	79.3	1.2	80.9	1.2
	Non-Hispanic, all races	85.1	0.6	86.3	0.5	88.5	0.4
	Non-Hispanic, Black	86.1	1.3	84.9	1.1	90.4	0.8
	Non-Hispanic, White	86.1	0.7	87.5	0.5	89.1	0.4
Health insurance,^b ages 21-64	Private	88.7	0.6	89.9	0.5	91.1	0.4
	Public only	84.4	1.4	81.2	1.4	88.7	1.1
	Uninsured	67.5	1.5	67.3	1.3	72.3	1.2
Family income^c	Negative/poor	76.4	1.7	72.9	1.5	79.8	1.3
	Near poor/low	74.7	1.7	77.1	1.3	80.6	1.1
	Middle	82.8	1.1	85.3	0.9	86.9	0.7
	High	91.0	0.7	91.3	0.6	92.9	0.5
Education, ages 25-64	Less than high school	75.0	1.9	72.7	1.4	78.0	1.2
	High school graduate	78.9	1.3	81.9	1.0	85.2	0.8
	At least some college	89.0	0.6	89.7	0.5	91.4	0.4
Location of residence^d	Metropolitan	84.9	0.6	84.6	0.5	87.8	0.4
	Large central metro	83.1	1.0	84.2	0.8	DSU	DSU
	Large fringe metro	86.2	1.0	87.1	0.8	DSU	DSU
	Medium metro	86.2	1.2	84.6	1.0	DSU	DSU
	Small metro	83.6	1.8	88.4	1.1	DSU	DSU
	Micropolitan (nonmetropolitan)	83.1	2.0	84.6	1.3	DSU	DSU
	Noncore (nonmetropolitan)	81.4	2.2	82.7	1.7	DSU	DSU
Activity limitations^d	Basic activities	82.9	1.6	68.2	3.9	DSU	DSU
	Complex activities	78.9	2.2	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Neither basic nor complex activities	85.4	0.5	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU

^a. Estimates are age adjusted to the 2000 standard population. Age data are unadjusted.

^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.

Current as of March 2012

Internet Citation: Table 1_2_1_1: 2011 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. March 2012. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr11/1_cancer/T1_2_1_1.html