Table T9_1_3_3-2b

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_3_3.2b
People with a usual primary care provider, 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		75.9	0.6	77.9	0.6	79.4	0.7	72.9	1.0	65.3	1.0
Age	0–17	88.0	0.6	88.9	0.7	90.4	0.9	84.9	1.5	85.0	1.1
	18–44	61.1	0.8	64.5	0.9	66.1	1.0	58.6	1.4	46.3	1.4
	45–64	78.4	0.7	80.0	0.8	81.4	0.9	76.4	1.3	64.2	1.5
	65 and over	89.5	0.7	89.7	0.7	90.1	0.8	87.8	1.7	87.8	1.7
Gender	Male	72.0	0.7	74.4	0.7	76.4	0.8	67.2	1.4	59.6	1.2
Gender	Female	79.7	0.6	81.2	0.6	82.3	0.7	77.9	1.0	71.3	1.0
Family income^a	Negative/poor	67.2	1.0	69.3	1.2	70.6	1.7	67.7	1.7	61.9	1.5
	Near poor/low	70.0	0.9	72.5	1.0	72.4	1.3	73.6	1.6	62.2	1.4
	Middle	76.3	0.8	78.3	0.8	80.1	0.9	71.8	1.7	65.2	1.8
	High	81.9	0.7	82.4	0.8	83.2	0.8	79.9	1.7	76.0	1.8
Education,^b age 18 and over	Less than high school	64.0	1.1	71.3	1.3	73.2	1.6	64.3	2.0	48.9	1.8
	High school graduate	71.3	0.8	73.7	0.9	75.4	1.0	66.7	1.4	55.4	1.7
	At least some college	74.9	0.8	76.0	0.8	77.8	0.9	71.1	1.4	61.9	1.8
Employment status, ages 18–64	Employed	68.4	0.8	71.4	0.8	73.1	0.9	65.1	1.3	50.7	1.4
Employment status, ages 18–64	Not employed	68.1	1.0	71.2	1.1	73.5	1.5	66.2	1.8	53.8	1.7
Health insurance, ages 0–64	Any private	79.6	0.6	80.2	0.6	81.3	0.7	75.7	1.1	74.5	1.1
	Public only	80.6	0.9	80.7	1.0	82.3	1.4	78.5	1.6	80.5	1.6
	Uninsured	41.5	1.2	46.1	1.6	47.4	2.0	43.7	2.0	31.9	1.4
Health insurance, age 65 and over	Medicare only	88.8	1.1	88.8	1.2	89.0	1.4	89.8	1.9	88.4	2.7
	Medicare and private	90.8	0.9	90.9	0.9	91.1	1.0	90.5	2.4	DSU	DSU
	Medicare and other public	87.2	1.8	86.7	2.2	87.3	2.9	83.2	4.0	88.9	2.5
Residence location^c	Metropolitan	75.4	0.6	77.6	0.6	79.4	0.6	72.9	1.1	65.1	1.0
	Large central metro	71.2	0.9	74.3	1.0	76.4	1.4	73.5	1.4	63.0	1.4
	Large fringe metro	79.0	0.9	80.6	0.9	82.0	1.0	76.2	1.8	66.0	1.8
	Medium metro	75.2	1.3	76.7	1.3	78.3	1.2	67.6	3.0	66.9	2.3
	Small metro	78.9	1.3	79.6	1.4	80.4	1.6	72.3	2.4	72.9	2.6
	Nonmetropolitan	78.4	1.6	79.2	1.7	79.5	1.8	73.1	2.6	68.2	3.2
	Micropolitan	78.1	1.8	78.7	1.9	79.3	2.0	70.9	3.2	67.3	5.1
	Noncore	79.0	2.8	80.3	3.2	80.1	3.4	78.5	4.8	69.1	4.0
Language spoken most often at home	English	78.1	0.6	78.4	0.6	79.5	0.7	73.3	1.0	74.3	1.0
Language spoken most often at home	Other	61.0	1.4	67.5	2.2	71.7	4.9	60.8	7.8	58.2	1.4
Perceived health status	Excellent/very good/good	75.3	0.6	77.4	0.6	78.9	0.7	72.3	1.1	64.6	1.0
Perceived health status	Fair/poor	80.7	0.9	82.6	0.9	83.9	1.1	77.8	1.5	71.1	2.0
Activity limitations,^c age 18 and over	Basic activities	86.9	0.8	87.3	0.9	87.8	1.0	84.3	1.6	82.3	2.3
	Complex activities	85.5	1.0	85.6	1.1	86.2	1.2	85.3	2.1	85.1	3.3
	Neither basic nor complex activities	69.5	0.7	72.5	0.7	74.5	0.8	65.3	1.1	52.2	1.3
U.S. born	Yes	78.6	0.5	78.8	0.6	79.8	0.7	73.5	1.0	76.5	0.9
U.S. born	No	57.4	1.4	66.4	1.6	68.5	3.0	65.5	3.3	48.7	1.6

^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

Internet Citation: Table T9_1_3_3-2b: 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_3_3-2b.html