Table T2_8_1_5-2a
2012 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports
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| 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 | 69.1 | 0.8 | 68.5 | 0.9 | 74.8 | 1.8 | 60.1 | 4.3 | DSU | DSU | 72.8 | 6.9 | 71.4 | 4.0 | |
| Age | 18–44 | 62.5 | 1.3 | 62.0 | 1.5 | 67.4 | 3.1 | 49.4 | 7.5 | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | 67.2 | 6.3 |
| 45–64 | 73.7 | 0.9 | 73.1 | 1.0 | 80.3 | 2.3 | 62.2 | 5.2 | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | 68.9 | 6.4 | |
| 65 and over | 81.6 | 1.0 | 80.6 | 1.1 | 87.7 | 1.8 | 89.8 | 3.4 | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | |
| Gender | Female | 72.7 | 1.0 | 72.4 | 1.2 | 77.4 | 2.0 | 60.5 | 5.0 | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | 74.6 | 4.7 |
| Male | 65.5 | 1.2 | 64.9 | 1.3 | 70.0 | 3.1 | 58.3 | 8.2 | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | 67.7 | 6.9 | |
| Health insurance,b ages 18–64 | Persons, ages 18–64 | 70.2 | 1.0 | 69.4 | 1.2 | 76.6 | 2.3 | 60.9 | 5.2 | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | 73.0 | 5.2 |
| Private | 67.6 | 1.1 | 67.2 | 1.3 | 71.9 | 3.2 | 61.1 | 5.5 | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | 70.0 | 6.3 | |
| Public | 80.0 | 1.8 | 79.3 | 2.2 | 83.1 | 3.1 | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | |
| Uninsured | 52.3 | 1.9 | 52.1 | 2.2 | 55.5 | 4.3 | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | |
| Health insurance, age 65 and over | Persons 65 years and over | 81.7 | 1.0 | 80.8 | 1.1 | 88.0 | 1.8 | 89.7 | 3.4 | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU |
| Medicare and private | 81.0 | 1.4 | 80.5 | 1.5 | 88.6 | 3.3 | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | |
| Medicare and public | 88.9 | 1.9 | 88.1 | 2.4 | 89.4 | 3.4 | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | |
| Medicare only | 79.8 | 1.7 | 78.3 | 2.0 | 87.7 | 2.8 | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | |
| Family incomec | Negative/poor | 71.0 | 1.7 | 70.0 | 2.1 | 75.7 | 2.8 | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU |
| Near poor/low | 66.6 | 1.9 | 64.6 | 2.2 | 78.5 | 3.2 | 43.5 | 8.1 | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | |
| Middle | 68.2 | 1.5 | 68.0 | 1.7 | 71.5 | 3.7 | 65.7 | 8.7 | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | |
| High | 70.8 | 1.4 | 70.6 | 1.6 | 72.5 | 4.8 | 60.2 | 5.7 | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | |
| Education, age 25 and over | Less than high school | 70.0 | 2.2 | 67.9 | 2.5 | 85.6 | 3.1 | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU |
| High school graduate | 68.3 | 1.5 | 68.4 | 1.6 | 72.8 | 3.4 | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | |
| At least some college | 73.1 | 0.9 | 72.5 | 1.0 | 79.4 | 2.2 | 63.6 | 4.4 | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | 78.9 | 4.6 | |
| Location of residenced | Metropolitan | 69.3 | 0.9 | 68.9 | 1.0 | 74.0 | 1.9 | 58.4 | 4.5 | DSU | DSU | 70.8 | 7.4 | 70.1 | 4.5 |
| Large central metro | 65.9 | 1.5 | 64.7 | 1.8 | 70.3 | 3.0 | 60.3 | 5.8 | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | |
| Large fringe metro | 71.1 | 1.5 | 70.7 | 1.7 | 80.9 | 3.4 | 56.5 | 8.7 | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | |
| Medium metro | 70.3 | 1.7 | 70.3 | 2.0 | 73.7 | 3.9 | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | |
| Small metro | 70.8 | 2.4 | 69.8 | 2.7 | 79.3 | 4.3 | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | |
| Micropolitan (nonmetropolitan) | 66.9 | 2.4 | 65.6 | 2.6 | 80.9 | 4.4 | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | |
| Noncore (nonmetropolitan) | 69.9 | 2.9 | 68.1 | 3.0 | 81.6 | 7.2 | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | |
| Activity limitationsd | Basic activities | 79.1 | 1.0 | 78.6 | 1.2 | 83.0 | 2.1 | 72.1 | 7.4 | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | 78.8 | 4.7 |
| Complex activities | 85.1 | 1.2 | 84.2 | 1.5 | 90.1 | 1.8 | 83.3 | 7.8 | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | 83.0 | 6.5 | |
| Neither basic nor complex activities | 58.8 | 1.3 | 59.0 | 1.4 | 60.0 | 3.1 | 47.9 | 5.9 | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | 59.7 | 7.0 | |
a Estimates are age adjusted to the 2000 U.S. 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.
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