Table T2_4_1_2-2b
2012 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports
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Total | All races | White | Black | Hispanic, all races | |||||||
Population group | Percent | SE | Percent | SE | Percent | SE | Percent | SE | Percent | SE | |
Total | 72.8 | 1.8 | 74.8 | 2.0 | 76.4 | 2.4 | 73.0 | 3.2 | 61.5 | 3.6 | |
Age | 40–59 | 70.5 | 2.5 | 73.4 | 2.8 | 74.5 | 3.5 | 73.4 | 4.2 | 54.2 | 4.5 |
60 and over | 76.6 | 2.0 | 76.9 | 2.1 | 79.5 | 2.3 | 72.3 | 4.1 | 73.4 | 5.0 | |
Gender | Male | 73.6 | 2.2 | 76.1 | 2.4 | 79.7 | 2.8 | 66.0 | 5.7 | 58.8 | 5.0 |
Female | 72.0 | 2.6 | 73.4 | 2.9 | 73.3 | 3.5 | 79.4 | 3.6 | 63.9 | 4.5 | |
Family incomeb | Negative/poor | 68.9 | 4.1 | 72.4 | 4.9 | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU |
Near poor/low | 71.2 | 3.5 | 75.3 | 3.7 | 79.7 | 4.4 | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | |
Middle | 71.3 | 2.8 | 72.7 | 3.1 | 72.0 | 4.1 | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | |
High | 77.0 | 2.9 | 77.6 | 3.1 | 79.0 | 3.5 | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | |
Educationc | Less than high school | 66.0 | 3.5 | 69.2 | 4.7 | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | 61.5 | 4.3 |
High school graduate | 73.0 | 2.8 | 74.2 | 3.0 | 76.0 | 3.6 | 70.4 | 5.3 | DSU | DSU | |
At least some college | 75.9 | 2.3 | 77.1 | 2.4 | 78.4 | 3.1 | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | |
Employment status, ages 40–64 | Employed | 71.3 | 3.0 | 73.4 | 3.3 | 76.2 | 3.9 | DSU | DSU | 56.8 | 7.0 |
Not employed | 71.6 | 3.2 | 74.6 | 3.7 | 74.5 | 4.7 | DSU | DSU | 55.8 | 5.2 | |
Health insurance, ages 40–64 | Any private | 74.7 | 2.5 | 76.2 | 2.7 | 77.6 | 3.1 | DSU | DSU | 62.2 | 6.4 |
Public only | 67.6 | 4.6 | 70.8 | 5.4 | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | |
Uninsured | 58.1 | 5.9 | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | |
Health insurance, age 65 and over | Medicare only | 78.3 | 4.3 | 77.2 | 4.6 | 77.7 | 5.1 | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU |
Medicare and private | 79.6 | 3.3 | 80.2 | 3.3 | 82.8 | 3.4 | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | |
Medicare and other public | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | |
Residence locationd | Metropolitan | 73.7 | 1.9 | 76.2 | 2.1 | 78.2 | 2.6 | 74.1 | 3.3 | 60.8 | 4.0 |
Large central metro | 68.6 | 3.1 | 71.5 | 3.5 | DSU | DSU | 66.3 | 5.1 | 59.1 | 5.0 | |
Large fringe metro | 74.5 | 3.4 | 77.2 | 3.7 | 78.5 | 4.1 | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | |
Medium metro | 79.8 | 3.0 | 81.9 | 3.3 | 84.1 | 4.0 | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | |
Small metro | 73.0 | 5.9 | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | |
Nonmetropolitan | 69.2 | 3.8 | 69.5 | 4.0 | 70.5 | 4.9 | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | |
Micropolitan | 69.3 | 5.1 | 69.6 | 5.2 | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | |
Noncore | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | |
Language spoken most often at home | English | 74.3 | 1.9 | 75.3 | 2.0 | 76.3 | 2.4 | 72.7 | 3.2 | 63.7 | 4.8 |
Other | 59.0 | 4.5 | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | 59.8 | 4.8 | |
Perceived health status | Excellent/very good/good | 71.9 | 2.2 | 73.6 | 2.4 | 74.7 | 2.8 | 74.5 | 3.9 | 57.0 | 4.9 |
Fair/poor | 74.9 | 2.5 | 77.6 | 2.8 | 80.8 | 3.7 | 71.4 | 4.8 | 66.1 | 4.5 | |
Activity limitationsd | Basic activities | 74.6 | 3.3 | 76.7 | 3.6 | 76.8 | 4.4 | 80.7 | 4.3 | DSU | DSU |
Complex activities | 73.6 | 4.2 | 75.2 | 4.6 | 75.8 | 5.5 | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | |
Neither basic nor complex activities | 71.2 | 2.1 | 73.3 | 2.3 | 75.3 | 2.9 | 69.4 | 4.5 | 58.6 | 4.1 | |
U.S. born | Yes | 75.3 | 1.9 | 76.3 | 2.0 | 77.0 | 2.3 | 74.5 | 3.2 | 61.6 | 5.3 |
No | 58.9 | 4.2 | 56.3 | 7.2 | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | 61.0 | 4.2 |
a Estimates are age adjusted to the 2000 U.S. standard population using two age groups: 40–59 and 60 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.