T8_1_2_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.
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| Population group | Percent | SE | Percent | SE | Percent | SE | Percent | SE | Percent | SE | |
| Total | 67.0 | 0.8 | 67.7 | 0.8 | 69.1 | 0.9 | 53.4 | 2.2 | 56.7 | 3.0 | |
| Gender | Female | 66.4 | 1.1 | 67.2 | 1.1 | 68.7 | 1.2 | 52.3 | 2.9 | 54.2 | 3.3 |
| Male | 68.1 | 1.2 | 68.7 | 1.2 | 69.9 | 1.3 | 56.3 | 3.6 | 59.9 | 5.2 | |
| Health insurance | Medicare and private | 70.1 | 1.0 | 70.2 | 1.0 | 71.1 | 1.1 | 52.6 | 4.0 | 57.5 | 6.9 |
| Medicare and public | 66.4 | 2.1 | 68.3 | 2.4 | 71.5 | 2.7 | 57.7 | 4.7 | 55.5 | 5.5 | |
| Medicare only | 62.3 | 1.6 | 62.8 | 1.7 | 64.2 | 2.0 | 50.7 | 3.9 | 58.3 | 3.8 | |
| Family incomeb | Negative/poor | 60.4 | 2.4 | 60.7 | 2.9 | 64.4 | 3.6 | 46.8 | 4.6 | 58.5 | 4.8 |
| Near poor/low | 63.7 | 1.7 | 64.6 | 1.8 | 66.8 | 2.1 | 53.5 | 3.8 | 52.0 | 5.6 | |
| Middle | 69.2 | 1.4 | 69.7 | 1.4 | 70.4 | 1.5 | 57.7 | 4.7 | 59.6 | 5.2 | |
| High | 68.9 | 1.6 | 69.2 | 1.6 | 69.8 | 1.7 | 54.7 | 6.8 | 55.2 | 8.0 | |
| Education | Less than high school | 62.9 | 1.6 | 63.6 | 1.8 | 67.3 | 2.1 | 50.9 | 3.7 | 57.5 | 3.4 |
| High school graduate | 67.3 | 1.4 | 68.2 | 1.5 | 69.5 | 1.6 | 53.1 | 4.8 | 45.3 | 7.0 | |
| At least some college | 68.9 | 1.2 | 69.0 | 1.2 | 69.6 | 1.3 | 55.3 | 3.9 | 67.2 | 4.5 | |
| Location of residencec | Metropolitan | 67.2 | 0.9 | 67.9 | 1.0 | 69.3 | 1.1 | 55.0 | 2.4 | 57.6 | 2.7 |
| Large central metro | 66.5 | 1.5 | 68.7 | 1.6 | 73.0 | 1.8 | 53.8 | 3.1 | 52.3 | 3.4 | |
| Large fringe metro | 64.4 | 2.0 | 64.5 | 2.0 | 64.8 | 2.1 | 57.3 | 5.5 | 59.0 | 7.4 | |
| Medium metro | 69.7 | 1.7 | 69.5 | 1.8 | 69.8 | 1.9 | 58.1 | 6.4 | 73.7 | 5.0 | |
| Small metro | 69.3 | 2.9 | 69.9 | 2.9 | 71.2 | 3.1 | 47.4 | 6.0 | DSU | DSU | |
| Micropolitan (nonmetropolitan) | 66.6 | 2.5 | 66.7 | 2.5 | 68.5 | 2.5 | 41.1 | 4.3 | DSU | DSU | |
| Noncore (nonmetropolitan) | 66.7 | 3.3 | 67.8 | 3.1 | 68.3 | 3.3 | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | |
| Activity limitationsc | Basic activities | 70.8 | 1.3 | 71.7 | 1.4 | 73.1 | 1.5 | 60.5 | 3.1 | 57.7 | 4.0 |
| Complex activities | 66.6 | 2.8 | 67.2 | 3.0 | 67.6 | 3.5 | 64.9 | 5.7 | 58.9 | 7.9 | |
| Neither basic nor complex activities | 65.2 | 1.1 | 66.0 | 1.2 | 67.3 | 1.3 | 49.7 | 3.5 | 54.1 | 4.3 | |
a. Estimates are age adjusted to the 2000 U.S. standard population. Age data are unadjusted.
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: SE: standard error.
Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics, National Health Interview Survey.
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Internet Citation: T8_1_2_2b: 2011 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports.
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