Table T9_1_1_7-2b

2012 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports

This appendix provides detailed data tables for all measures analyzed for the 2012 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. Tables are included for measures discussed in the main text of the reports as well as for other measures that were examined but not included in the main text.

Table 9_1_1_7.2b
People under age 65 with any period of public insurance during the year, by ethnicity, United States, 2009
				Non-Hispanic
		Total		All races		White		Black		Hispanic, all races
Population group		Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total		19.5	0.6	16.9	0.6	13.3	0.6	33.8	1.2	31.9	1.2
Age	0–17	38.1	1.3	31.4	1.3	23.9	1.3	60.1	1.9	60.7	2.0
	18–44	12.7	0.5	12.2	0.6	10.1	0.7	22.8	1.2	14.8	0.9
	45–64	11.7	0.5	11.3	0.5	9.7	0.5	20.7	1.4	15.5	1.1
Gender	Male	17.7	0.6	15.4	0.7	12.2	0.7	31.3	1.4	28.1	1.2
Gender	Female	21.4	0.7	18.5	0.7	14.5	0.7	36.1	1.4	36.0	1.5
Family income^a	Negative/poor	58.3	1.4	57.8	1.6	51.2	2.1	70.3	1.7	59.7	2.1
	Near poor/low	33.3	1.1	31.5	1.3	27.9	1.6	42.4	1.9	38.1	1.6
	Middle	11.7	0.6	10.7	0.7	9.3	0.8	16.6	1.3	16.4	1.1
	High	3.3	0.3	3.1	0.3	3.0	0.3	3.6	0.7	5.1	0.9
Education,^b age 18 and over	Less than high school	27.1	1.1	30.6	1.5	27.2	1.9	42.8	2.1	20.9	1.3
	High school graduate	14.7	0.6	14.8	0.7	12.5	0.7	22.9	1.4	14.4	1.1
	At least some college	6.3	0.3	6.1	0.3	5.2	0.4	12.8	0.9	8.5	1.0
Employment status, ages 18–64	Employed	5.8	0.3	5.4	0.3	4.3	0.4	11.1	0.7	8.5	0.5
Employment status, ages 18–64	Not employed	32.6	1.0	32.6	1.1	29.7	1.2	47.1	1.9	32.3	1.9
Residence location^c	Metropolitan	19.0	0.6	15.9	0.6	11.9	0.6	33.1	1.3	32.0	1.3
	Large central metro	21.7	1.0	17.8	1.1	11.1	0.9	36.1	2.0	31.1	1.5
	Large fringe metro	14.0	0.8	12.2	0.9	10.5	1.0	23.2	2.2	27.2	1.8
	Medium metro	20.7	1.6	17.3	1.2	12.7	1.1	39.2	2.4	37.6	3.2
	Small metro	20.0	1.8	18.1	1.9	15.0	1.7	33.6	5.6	36.2	4.2
	Nonmetropolitan	22.6	1.7	21.9	1.8	19.2	1.8	40.7	2.9	30.0	3.7
	Micropolitan	22.9	2.3	22.8	2.3	19.8	2.3	41.5	2.7	24.2	3.8
	Noncore	21.9	2.4	19.9	2.5	17.8	2.8	38.4	6.5	35.7	4.7
Language spoken most often at home	English	17.4	0.6	16.5	0.6	12.9	0.6	33.4	1.2	26.7	1.6
Language spoken most often at home	Other	31.6	1.2	21.4	2.4	27.2	5.9	36.1	8.1	35.7	1.3
Perceived health status	Excellent/very good/good	17.8	0.6	15.1	0.6	11.4	0.6	32.3	1.2	31.3	1.2
Perceived health status	Fair/poor	36.8	1.3	36.6	1.4	33.7	1.7	47.7	2.2	37.5	2.4
Activity limitations,^c ages 18–64	Basic activities	39.7	1.5	38.8	1.6	36.3	1.9	51.0	3.2	50.3	3.4
	Complex activities	55.8	1.6	54.8	1.7	52.3	2.0	67.8	3.0	65.8	3.5
	Neither basic nor complex activities	8.7	0.4	8.0	0.4	6.1	0.4	17.6	0.9	12.7	0.9
U.S. born	Yes	20.3	0.7	17.2	0.6	13.4	0.6	34.6	1.2	42.5	1.6
U.S. born	No	12.9	0.8	10.7	1.2	7.6	1.9	19.5	3.6	14.9	1.0

^a 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.

^b 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.

^c 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 June 2013

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