T8_3_1_1_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 8_3_1.1_2b
People with current asthma who are now taking preventive medicine daily or almost daily (either oral or inhaler), by ethnicity,^a 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		25.9	1.2	26.2	1.3	28.0	1.6	20.2	2.1	24.5	2.7
Age	0-17	24.2	2.2	25.0	2.5	28.3	3.5	17.8	2.7	20.6	3.6
	18-44	16.7	1.6	17.4	1.7	18.6	2.3	12.6	2.7	11.4	3.3
	45-64	32.4	2.3	32.8	2.4	33.6	2.8	25.7	4.9	DSU	DSU
	65 and over	46.3	4.3	44.7	4.5	46.4	5.2	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Gender	Male	28.4	1.9	29.0	2.0	31.3	2.5	22.6	4.2	24.3	4.5
Gender	Female	24.1	1.4	24.3	1.5	25.5	1.9	20.2	2.4	24.2	3.2
Family income^b	Negative/poor	23.5	2.1	23.5	2.3	24.3	3.2	19.7	2.8	26.1	4.6
	Near poor/low	24.6	2.2	25.9	2.5	28.6	3.2	20.8	4.4	16.5	3.3
	Middle	24.4	2.0	24.6	2.2	26.3	2.8	19.9	3.0	24.8	4.9
	High	30.1	2.7	29.7	2.8	30.7	3.2	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Education,^c age 18 and over	Less than high school	25.6	2.5	25.6	2.9	26.8	3.8	22.2	4.3	26.3	4.4
	High school graduate	27.2	2.2	27.8	2.3	30.1	2.8	22.1	3.3	DSU	DSU
	At least some college	26.7	2.0	26.6	2.1	26.9	2.4	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Employment status, ages 18-64	Employed	21.6	1.7	21.8	1.8	23.2	2.1	14.7	3.7	18.5	4.3
Employment status, ages 18-64	Not employed�	24.0	2.2	25.4	2.4	26.1	3.3	20.9	4.0	DSU	DSU
Health insurance, under age 65	Any private	24.9	1.7	25.3	1.7	26.7	2.1	17.6	3.0	21.0	4.0
	Public only	23.1	2.0	24.5	2.3	26.8	3.3	20.3	2.9	15.5	3.5
	Uninsured	14.9	3.1	14.0	3.7	14.7	3.7	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Health insurance, age 65 and over	Medicare only	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Medicare and private	47.9	6.4	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Medicare and other public	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Residence location^d	Metropolitan	26.5	1.4	27.0	1.5	29.0	2.0	20.8	2.3	24.4	2.7
	Large central metro	25.3	2.1	25.6	2.4	28.1	3.7	23.4	3.4	24.8	3.5
	Large fringe metro	30.0	2.6	30.4	2.9	33.5	3.4	13.9	3.3	DSU	DSU
	Medium metro	23.1	2.9	23.7	3.1	23.8	3.8	25.3	4.9	22.9	6.0
	Small metro	27.8	3.7	28.1	3.9	28.7	4.5	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Nonmetropolitan	22.4	2.4	22.0	2.4	23.6	2.6	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Micropolitan	22.3	3.0	22.1	2.9	23.8	3.3	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Noncore	23.3	4.5	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Language spoken most often at home	English	25.7	1.3	26.2	1.3	27.9	1.6	20.1	2.2	20.3	4.4
Language spoken most often at home	Other	27.4	3.1	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	27.2	3.4
Perceived health status	Excellent/very good/good	24.1	1.4	24.7	1.5	26.7	1.8	15.5	2.1	20.7	2.8
Perceived health status	Fair/poor	30.7	2.4	28.9	2.6	30.1	3.6	28.1	3.8	36.7	5.3
Activity limitations,^d age 18 and over	Basic activities	26.2	2.5	26.4	2.6	26.2	3.0	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Complex activities	31.2	3.1	31.7	3.3	33.0	4.2	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Neither basic nor complex activities	25.0	1.6	25.2	1.7	27.1	2.0	15.2	3.0	25.1	3.3
U.S. born	Yes	25.8	1.2	26.3	1.3	28.1	1.6	20.1	2.1	21.0	5.0
U.S. born	No	25.5	3.4	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	27.4	4.0

^a. Estimates are age adjusted to the 2000 U.S. standard population using four age groups: 0-17, 18-44, 45-64, and 65 and over.

^b. 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.

^c. 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.

^d. For more information, see the MEPS entry in Appendix B: Detailed Methods.

DSU - Data do not meet the criteria for statistical reliability, data quality, or confidentiality.

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: T8_3_1_1_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/nhqrdr11/8_respiratorydiseases/T8_3_1_1_2b.html