Table T2_6_4_2-2b
2012 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports
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Total | All races | White | Black | Hispanic, all races | |||||||
Population group | Percent | SE | Percent | SE | Percent | SE | Percent | SE | Percent | SE | |
Total | 50.9 | 1.0 | 53.4 | 1.2 | 57.2 | 1.5 | 40.7 | 1.8 | 41.9 | 1.3 | |
Age | 2–5 | 37.3 | 1.6 | 36.5 | 1.9 | 39.4 | 2.4 | 29.1 | 2.8 | 39.6 | 2.3 |
6–17 | 55.6 | 1.1 | 59.1 | 1.3 | 63.0 | 1.6 | 44.5 | 2.0 | 42.9 | 1.4 | |
Gender | Male | 49.2 | 1.2 | 51.4 | 1.4 | 55.2 | 1.8 | 38.8 | 2.1 | 41.7 | 1.7 |
Female | 52.6 | 1.1 | 55.6 | 1.3 | 59.3 | 1.7 | 42.8 | 2.2 | 42.1 | 1.6 | |
Family incomeb | Negative/poor | 38.4 | 1.8 | 38.6 | 2.5 | 38.6 | 3.8 | 37.7 | 3.1 | 38.2 | 2.7 |
Near poor/low | 40.9 | 1.6 | 41.1 | 2.0 | 44.4 | 2.6 | 33.5 | 3.2 | 40.3 | 2.4 | |
Middle | 53.9 | 1.4 | 55.4 | 1.7 | 58.0 | 2.1 | 40.8 | 3.2 | 47.2 | 2.5 | |
High | 64.9 | 2.2 | 66.7 | 2.2 | 69.2 | 2.7 | 60.7 | 4.7 | 45.2 | 5.1 | |
Health insurance | Any private | 57.5 | 1.3 | 59.4 | 1.4 | 62.2 | 1.7 | 46.3 | 2.6 | 43.9 | 2.4 |
Public only | 42.7 | 1.6 | 42.1 | 2.1 | 44.2 | 3.1 | 38.4 | 2.7 | 43.8 | 1.9 | |
Uninsured | 26.9 | 2.9 | 28.3 | 4.0 | 32.5 | 5.0 | DSU | DSU | 24.4 | 3.8 | |
Residence locationc | Metropolitan | 51.4 | 1.0 | 54.5 | 1.3 | 58.9 | 1.7 | 41.7 | 1.9 | 41.6 | 1.3 |
Large central metro | 45.0 | 1.8 | 49.7 | 2.6 | 56.5 | 4.1 | 38.3 | 2.6 | 37.0 | 1.9 | |
Large fringe metro | 56.4 | 1.9 | 57.5 | 2.2 | 61.2 | 2.9 | 46.4 | 3.3 | 50.5 | 2.8 | |
Medium metro | 53.6 | 2.2 | 56.7 | 2.7 | 60.1 | 3.4 | 45.1 | 4.0 | 42.9 | 2.8 | |
Small metro | 51.7 | 2.6 | 52.8 | 3.1 | 54.4 | 3.5 | 33.9 | 5.6 | 45.8 | 4.4 | |
Nonmetropolitan | 48.3 | 2.5 | 48.6 | 2.8 | 51.2 | 2.9 | 32.2 | 5.7 | 45.7 | 5.2 | |
Micropolitan | 48.2 | 3.4 | 48.7 | 3.6 | 51.6 | 3.7 | 29.9 | 6.4 | 42.8 | 7.0 | |
Noncore | 48.5 | 4.6 | 48.5 | 5.5 | 50.4 | 5.7 | DSU | DSU | 48.4 | 7.4 | |
Language spoken most often at home | English | 52.7 | 1.1 | 54.0 | 1.2 | 57.5 | 1.5 | 40.6 | 1.9 | 42.9 | 2.0 |
Other | 42.0 | 1.9 | 44.2 | 3.9 | 49.1 | 7.1 | DSU | DSU | 41.2 | 2.0 | |
Perceived health status | Excellent/very good/good | 51.0 | 1.0 | 53.6 | 1.2 | 57.3 | 1.5 | 40.9 | 1.9 | 41.9 | 1.3 |
Fair/poor | 44.4 | 4.0 | 45.2 | 6.1 | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | 43.3 | 5.0 | |
CSHCNd | Yes | 55.4 | 1.7 | 57.8 | 1.9 | 61.2 | 2.4 | 42.5 | 3.3 | 43.2 | 3.1 |
No | 50.3 | 1.0 | 53.1 | 1.2 | 57.0 | 1.6 | 41.1 | 2.1 | 42.2 | 1.3 | |
U.S. born | Yes | 51.2 | 1.0 | 53.5 | 1.2 | 57.4 | 1.5 | 40.9 | 1.9 | 43.0 | 1.4 |
No | 42.2 | 4.0 | 52.1 | 5.6 | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | 32.3 | 4.4 |
a Data on dental visits are based on information in the MEPS Dental Event file.
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 For more information, see the MEPS entry in Appendix B: Detailed Methods.
d CSHCN: Children with special health care needs. 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.