Table 1_3_1_1_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 1_3_1.1_2a
Men and women ages 50-75 who report that they had a blood stool test in the past year, sigmoidoscopy in the past 5 years and blood stool test in the past 3 years, or a colonoscopy in the past 10 years,^a by race, United States, 2008
				Single race
		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		52.2	0.7	53.4	0.8	48.2	1.9	47.5	3.3	DSU	DSU	28.7	5.7	39.3	5.3
Age	50-64	48.3	0.9	49.5	1.0	43.9	2.2	43.6	4.1	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	34.8	6.7
Age	65-75	60.5	1.1	61.5	1.3	57.0	3.3	55.6	5.0	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Gender	Female	52.3	0.9	53.2	1.0	50.7	2.5	46.5	4.5	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	31.6	6.8
Gender	Male	52.3	1.0	53.6	1.2	45.0	2.7	48.4	4.6	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Health insurance,^b ages 50-64	Private	53.9	1.0	54.9	1.1	48.2	3.2	50.8	4.8	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Public	46.3	2.0	48.0	2.5	45.7	4.2	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Uninsured	18.8	2.1	18.2	2.4	22.8	4.6	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Health insurance, ages 65-75	All persons ages 65-75	60.5	1.1	61.5	1.3	57.0	3.3	55.6	5.0	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Medicare and private	66.5	1.5	66.6	1.6	69.9	4.9	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Medicare and public	59.5	3.0	63.1	3.5	49.8	6.5	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Medicare only	50.3	2.2	50.9	2.5	50.3	5.8	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Family income^c	Negative/poor	34.5	2.2	36.5	2.6	34.3	4.2	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Near poor/low	42.0	1.7	42.2	2.1	45.9	4.0	27.4	6.8	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Middle	49.6	1.5	50.0	1.6	49.5	4.1	51.5	6.2	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	High	60.8	1.1	61.3	1.1	59.4	3.5	56.8	5.7	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Education	Less than high school	35.4	1.7	35.9	1.9	38.2	4.0	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	High school graduate	48.9	1.3	50.4	1.5	42.5	3.3	49.6	7.0	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	At least some college	58.8	0.9	59.6	1.0	58.7	2.6	52.3	4.0	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Location of residence^d	Metropolitan	53.2	0.8	54.5	0.9	48.9	2.0	47.1	3.4	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	41.8	6.5
	Large central metro	47.0	1.5	48.8	1.8	43.0	2.9	39.3	4.8	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Large fringe metro	56.2	1.5	55.9	1.6	56.3	3.7	61.5	6.5	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Medium metro	56.2	1.6	57.3	1.7	53.5	4.5	52.3	6.7	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Small metro	54.6	2.1	56.4	2.3	47.2	6.5	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Micropolitan (nonmetropolitan)	50.2	2.4	50.6	2.5	44.5	5.8	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Noncore (nonmetropolitan)	46.6	2.1	47.9	2.4	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Activity limitations^d	Basic activities	53.1	1.4	53.8	1.6	49.7	3.2	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Complex activities	51.5	1.9	53.2	2.1	45.7	4.3	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Neither basic nor complex activities	52.6	0.9	53.7	0.9	48.4	2.4	47.7	3.6	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU

^a. Estimates are age adjusted to the 2000 U.S. standard population. Age data and health insurance data for age 65 and over 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_3_1_1_2a: 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_3_1_1_2a.html