Table T9_1_2_1-2d
2012 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports
Total | Less than high school | High school graduate | At least some college | ||||||
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Population group | Percent | SE | Percent | SE | Percent | SE | Percent | SE | |
Total | 17.6 | 0.5 | 18.5 | 0.9 | 19.6 | 0.7 | 16.2 | 0.7 | |
Age | 18–44 | 14.5 | 0.5 | 15.4 | 1.0 | 16.1 | 0.9 | 13.3 | 0.7 |
45–64 | 21.8 | 0.8 | 24.9 | 1.6 | 24.1 | 1.1 | 19.9 | 1.0 | |
Gender | Male | 16.3 | 0.5 | 17.0 | 1.2 | 18.1 | 0.9 | 15.0 | 0.7 |
Female | 18.9 | 0.6 | 20.3 | 1.2 | 21.3 | 0.9 | 17.2 | 0.8 | |
Race | White, single race | 18.1 | 0.6 | 18.5 | 1.1 | 20.1 | 0.8 | 16.9 | 0.8 |
Black, single race | 15.2 | 0.8 | 18.7 | 1.8 | 16.8 | 1.1 | 12.5 | 1.0 | |
Asian, single race | 15.6 | 1.6 | DSU | DSU | 23.4 | 3.7 | 13.8 | 1.7 | |
NHOPI, single race | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | |
AI/AN, single race | 15.5 | 2.9 | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | |
Multiple races | 17.8 | 2.7 | DSU | DSU | 15.8 | 3.7 | 17.4 | 3.5 | |
Ethnicity | Non-Hispanic, all races | 18.4 | 0.6 | 21.9 | 1.4 | 21.0 | 0.8 | 16.3 | 0.7 |
Non-Hispanic, White | 19.3 | 0.7 | 23.1 | 1.7 | 22.0 | 1.0 | 17.1 | 0.8 | |
Non-Hispanic, Black | 15.2 | 0.8 | 18.9 | 1.8 | 16.6 | 1.1 | 12.6 | 1.0 | |
Hispanic, all races | 13.0 | 0.5 | 12.3 | 0.9 | 11.8 | 0.9 | 15.1 | 1.3 | |
Family incomec | Negative/poor | 33.2 | 1.4 | 25.1 | 1.9 | 34.2 | 1.9 | 42.3 | 2.3 |
Near poor/low | 25.4 | 1.1 | 17.2 | 1.5 | 24.2 | 1.7 | 33.1 | 2.0 | |
Middle | 19.9 | 0.9 | 18.2 | 1.7 | 18.8 | 1.2 | 21.1 | 1.2 | |
High | 7.9 | 0.6 | 9.2 | 1.7 | 10.2 | 1.2 | 7.1 | 0.7 | |
Employment status, ages 18–64 | Employed | 14.0 | 0.5 | 13.4 | 0.9 | 15.2 | 0.8 | 13.6 | 0.7 |
Not employed | 28.9 | 0.9 | 25.5 | 1.6 | 31.4 | 1.5 | 29.1 | 1.4 | |
Health insuranced | Private, employer sponsored | 16.8 | 0.6 | 24.3 | 1.7 | 20.7 | 1.0 | 14.2 | 0.7 |
Private, nongroup | 56.2 | 3.7 | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | 56.2 | 4.1 | |
Public only | 18.5 | 1.5 | 16.5 | 2.1 | 18.7 | 2.0 | 21.4 | 2.8 | |
Part-year uninsured | 19.4 | 1.2 | 18.1 | 2.1 | 20.8 | 2.1 | 18.8 | 1.8 | |
Full-year uninsured | 13.9 | 0.7 | 13.6 | 1.2 | 14.9 | 1.2 | 12.9 | 1.2 | |
Residence locatione | Metropolitan | 16.7 | 0.5 | 17.6 | 1.0 | 18.7 | 0.7 | 15.4 | 0.7 |
Large central metro | 14.7 | 0.7 | 14.0 | 1.1 | 14.8 | 1.0 | 14.8 | 1.0 | |
Large fringe metro | 16.7 | 1.0 | 19.8 | 2.3 | 17.9 | 1.3 | 15.5 | 1.4 | |
Medium metro | 18.8 | 1.0 | 21.7 | 2.7 | 22.8 | 1.5 | 15.8 | 1.0 | |
Small metro | 18.6 | 1.3 | 17.4 | 3.1 | 22.3 | 1.7 | 16.6 | 1.6 | |
Nonmetropolitan | 22.4 | 1.6 | 22.2 | 1.8 | 23.5 | 2.2 | 21.4 | 2.2 | |
Micropolitan | 22.1 | 1.9 | 21.8 | 2.6 | 23.5 | 2.9 | 21.0 | 2.5 | |
Noncore | 23.0 | 1.9 | 23.0 | 3.5 | 23.6 | 2.1 | 22.4 | 3.3 | |
Language spoken most often at home | English | 18.1 | 0.6 | 21.1 | 1.3 | 20.2 | 0.8 | 16.2 | 0.7 |
Other | 14.2 | 0.8 | 12.8 | 1.1 | 14.0 | 1.2 | 16.3 | 1.5 | |
Perceived health status | Excellent/very good/good | 16.2 | 0.5 | 16.6 | 0.9 | 18.1 | 0.7 | 15.1 | 0.7 |
Fair/poor | 28.4 | 1.3 | 26.8 | 2.3 | 29.4 | 2.1 | 28.6 | 2.1 | |
Activity limitationse | Basic activities | 28.9 | 1.6 | 32.2 | 3.2 | 30.7 | 2.6 | 25.2 | 2.2 |
Complex activities | 32.1 | 1.7 | 33.0 | 3.4 | 34.2 | 2.5 | 29.1 | 2.4 | |
Neither basic nor complex activities | 16.3 | 0.5 | 16.2 | 0.9 | 17.9 | 0.8 | 15.5 | 0.7 | |
U.S. born | Yes | 18.2 | 0.6 | 20.9 | 1.3 | 20.2 | 0.8 | 16.3 | 0.7 |
No | 14.7 | 0.8 | 13.1 | 1.1 | 15.2 | 1.4 | 15.5 | 1.2 |
a For income, 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 Persons ages 18–64. 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 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.
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.
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.