Table T2_4_1_3-2d
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 | 58.8 | 1.6 | 47.7 | 2.9 | 57.6 | 2.8 | 65.1 | 2.2 | |
Age | 40–59 | 52.2 | 2.4 | 39.9 | 4.1 | 50.1 | 4.0 | 58.8 | 3.2 |
60 and over | 69.3 | 1.6 | 60.2 | 3.1 | 69.8 | 3.0 | 75.4 | 3.0 | |
Gender | Male | 57.7 | 2.1 | 44.4 | 3.9 | 57.6 | 4.1 | 62.8 | 3.0 |
Female | 59.8 | 2.0 | 50.4 | 3.8 | 57.5 | 3.5 | 67.1 | 2.8 | |
Race | White, single race | 59.4 | 2.0 | 48.1 | 3.5 | 58.3 | 3.5 | 66.0 | 2.9 |
Black, single race | 55.4 | 2.9 | 44.4 | 5.0 | 55.0 | 4.0 | 60.7 | 5.0 | |
Asian, single race | 53.9 | 5.2 | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | |
NHOPI, single race | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | |
AI/AN, single race | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | |
Multiple races | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | |
Ethnicity | Non-Hispanic, all races | 60.0 | 1.8 | 48.1 | 4.3 | 58.0 | 3.1 | 65.6 | 2.2 |
Non-Hispanic, White | 61.3 | 2.3 | 49.5 | 6.0 | 59.0 | 4.0 | 66.8 | 3.0 | |
Non-Hispanic, Black | 55.3 | 2.9 | 43.9 | 4.9 | 54.5 | 4.1 | 60.8 | 5.1 | |
Hispanic, all races | 49.8 | 2.8 | 45.8 | 3.2 | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | |
Family incomec | Negative/poor | 55.4 | 3.4 | 45.2 | 4.7 | 61.0 | 5.2 | DSU | DSU |
Near poor/low | 56.3 | 3.2 | 47.6 | 4.5 | 57.9 | 5.7 | 64.6 | 5.8 | |
Middle | 52.6 | 2.9 | 45.1 | 4.9 | 48.1 | 3.8 | 61.4 | 4.4 | |
High | 67.0 | 2.8 | DSU | DSU | 64.7 | 5.5 | 68.2 | 3.2 | |
Employment status, ages 40–64 | Employed | 59.5 | 2.7 | 43.0 | 7.3 | 53.9 | 4.6 | 67.0 | 3.4 |
Not employed | 57.5 | 3.0 | 48.6 | 4.3 | 60.5 | 4.3 | 60.9 | 5.5 | |
Health insurance, ages 40–64 | Any private | 62.5 | 2.3 | 52.0 | 6.5 | 60.2 | 3.7 | 66.1 | 3.1 |
Public only | 58.8 | 3.6 | 54.1 | 5.5 | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | |
Uninsured | 36.6 | 5.4 | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | |
Health insurance, age 65 and over | Medicare only | 67.6 | 3.5 | 57.8 | 7.2 | 69.5 | 5.2 | DSU | DSU |
Medicare and private | 72.6 | 2.9 | DSU | DSU | 72.7 | 5.2 | 76.2 | 4.3 | |
Medicare and other public | 65.1 | 4.2 | 62.9 | 5.1 | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | |
Residence locationd | Metropolitan | 60.2 | 1.8 | 49.3 | 3.3 | 59.5 | 3.2 | 65.4 | 2.4 |
Large central metro | 57.9 | 2.7 | 49.7 | 4.7 | 56.6 | 4.3 | 62.6 | 3.7 | |
Large fringe metro | 61.2 | 3.3 | 51.3 | 7.2 | 60.5 | 5.7 | 66.0 | 4.6 | |
Medium metro | 59.6 | 4.0 | DSU | DSU | 56.6 | 6.7 | 69.0 | 5.2 | |
Small metro | 63.9 | 4.9 | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | |
Nonmetropolitan | 53.0 | 4.0 | 43.4 | 6.1 | 50.6 | 5.8 | DSU | DSU | |
Micropolitan | 54.4 | 3.9 | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | |
Noncore | 50.0 | 7.4 | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | |
Language spoken most often at home | English | 60.3 | 1.7 | 48.9 | 3.8 | 58.8 | 3.0 | 65.8 | 2.3 |
Other | 46.5 | 3.3 | 44.9 | 4.0 | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | |
Perceived health status | Excellent/very good/good | 60.4 | 2.0 | 46.4 | 4.5 | 57.9 | 3.3 | 66.8 | 2.6 |
Fair/poor | 55.6 | 2.7 | 48.9 | 3.7 | 57.3 | 4.2 | 60.5 | 4.3 | |
Activity limitationsd | Basic activities | 59.8 | 2.8 | 52.7 | 5.2 | 57.8 | 5.5 | 66.3 | 4.5 |
Complex activities | 61.5 | 3.0 | 51.7 | 5.3 | 61.6 | 5.6 | 69.6 | 5.4 | |
Neither basic nor complex activities | 59.0 | 2.0 | 44.1 | 3.7 | 57.6 | 3.2 | 65.7 | 2.6 | |
U.S. born | Yes | 60.6 | 1.8 | 48.5 | 3.9 | 59.3 | 2.9 | 66.4 | 2.4 |
No | 49.0 | 3.1 | 46.0 | 3.9 | DSU | DSU | 56.2 | 6.0 |
a Estimates are age adjusted to the 2000 U.S. standard population using two age groups: 40–59 and 60 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 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 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.