Table T9_1_2_1-1

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_2_1.1
People under age 65 whose family's health insurance premiums and out-of-pocket medical expenditures were more than 10% of total family income,^a United States, 2006–2009
		2009		2008		2007		2006
Population group		Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total		17.4	0.5	17.3	0.5	16.3	0.4	17.5	0.4
Age	0–17	16.9	0.7	17.7	0.8	15.6	0.7	17.3	0.7
	18–44	14.5	0.5	14.5	0.5	12.9	0.5	13.8	0.5
	45–64	21.8	0.8	20.8	0.7	21.8	0.6	23.0	0.7
Gender	Male	16.4	0.5	16.2	0.5	15.2	0.5	16.3	0.5
Gender	Female	18.4	0.6	18.4	0.5	17.4	0.5	18.6	0.5
Race	White, single race	17.9	0.6	17.8	0.6	16.8	0.5	18.0	0.5
	Black, single race	14.7	0.7	14.7	0.8	14.3	0.9	15.7	0.8
	Asian, single race	15.0	1.6	14.7	1.6	16.0	1.9	12.7	2.0
	NHOPI, single race	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	17.5	4.4
	AI/AN, single race	20.6	4.3	16.3	3.7	9.9	2.7	24.5	5.4
	Multiple races	18.3	2.2	19.0	2.4	15.2	2.2	14.3	1.9
Ethnicity	Non-Hispanic, all races	18.2	0.6	18.1	0.5	17.0	0.5	18.0	0.5
	Non-Hispanic, White	19.1	0.7	18.9	0.7	17.8	0.6	18.9	0.6
	Non-Hispanic, Black	14.7	0.7	15.0	0.8	14.3	0.9	15.7	0.8
	Hispanic, all races	13.8	0.7	13.5	0.8	12.8	0.8	14.9	0.7
Family income^b	Negative/poor	29.2	1.4	29.1	1.5	29.6	1.4	33.9	1.4
	Near poor/low	25.1	1.1	25.3	1.3	23.6	1.2	23.6	1.2
	Middle	19.1	0.9	20.2	1.0	18.7	0.9	18.8	0.9
	High	7.3	0.6	6.7	0.6	6.7	0.4	8.2	0.6
Education,^c ages 18–64	Less than high school	18.5	0.9	18.3	0.9	17.4	0.8	20.7	0.8
	High school graduate	19.6	0.7	18.6	0.7	19.3	0.6	20.1	0.6
	At least some college	16.2	0.7	16.0	0.6	14.6	0.5	15.0	0.6
Employment status, ages 18–64	Employed	14.0	0.5	13.8	0.4	13.3	0.4	13.9	0.4
Employment status, ages 18–64	Not employed	28.8	0.9	29.3	1.0	29.1	0.9	31.8	0.9
Health insurance^d	Private, employer sponsored	16.9	0.7	17.0	0.7	15.8	0.6	16.9	0.6
	Private, nongroup	57.8	4.1	48.7	4.2	46.7	4.1	51.5	3.5
	Public only	14.3	0.9	15.6	1.0	15.6	1.0	18.0	0.9
	Part-year uninsured	20.1	1.2	18.8	1.0	17.0	1.0	16.9	1.0
	Full-year uninsured	13.9	0.7	14.3	0.7	13.6	0.9	14.2	0.9
Residence location^e	Metropolitan	16.6	0.5	16.9	0.5	15.4	0.4	16.5	0.5
	Large central metro	14.7	0.7	16.2	0.8	14.0	0.7	14.3	0.7
	Large fringe metro	16.8	1.1	16.2	1.2	14.9	0.9	15.5	0.9
	Medium metro	18.5	1.0	17.9	1.3	16.9	1.0	20.0	1.0
	Small metro	18.1	1.1	18.9	1.5	18.2	1.5	18.5	1.8
	Nonmetropolitan	21.7	1.5	19.4	1.3	21.1	1.2	22.9	1.2
	Micropolitan	21.4	1.8	20.3	1.5	21.8	1.4	22.1	1.5
	Noncore	22.3	2.0	17.6	1.9	19.7	2.2	24.4	2.3
Language spoken most often at home	English	17.7	0.6	17.7	0.5	16.7	0.5	18.1	0.5
Language spoken most often at home	Other	15.2	0.9	14.6	0.9	13.1	1.1	12.7	1.0
Perceived health status	Excellent/very good/good	16.3	0.5	16.0	0.5	15.0	0.4	16.0	0.4
Perceived health status	Fair/poor	28.2	1.3	30.2	1.3	30.5	1.2	33.1	1.2
Activity limitations,^e ages 18–64	Basic activities	28.9	1.6	30.9	1.5	31.6	1.4	34.1	1.4
	Complex activities	32.1	1.7	36.8	2.0	34.9	1.6	40.2	1.6
	Neither basic nor complex activities	16.3	0.5	15.3	0.5	14.8	0.4	15.5	0.4
U.S. born	Yes	17.7	0.6	17.7	0.5	16.6	0.5	DNC	DNC
U.S. born	No	15.1	0.8	14.2	0.8	13.8	0.9	DNC	DNC

^a For income, insurance, expenditures, and premiums, a family is defined in terms of Health Insurance Eligibility Units. For more information, see the MEPS entry in Appendix B: Detailed Methods.

^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 Insurance categories are defined hierarchically in the order shown. For more information, see the MEPS entry in Appendix B: Detailed Methods.

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

DNC - Data were not collected.

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: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access, and Cost Trends, Medical Expenditure Panel Survey.

Page last reviewed June 2013

Internet Citation: Table T9_1_2_1-1: 2012 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. June 2013. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://archive.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr12/9_facilitators_barriers/T9_1_2_1-1.html