Table T9_2_1_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 | 72.7 | 0.4 | 64.1 | 0.9 | 68.0 | 0.6 | 78.3 | 0.6 | |
Age | 18–44 | 63.1 | 0.7 | 52.8 | 1.3 | 56.6 | 1.0 | 70.5 | 0.8 |
45–64 | 78.9 | 0.6 | 69.9 | 1.5 | 76.0 | 1.0 | 82.7 | 0.7 | |
65 and over | 91.5 | 0.6 | 89.1 | 1.3 | 89.4 | 1.1 | 94.6 | 0.7 | |
Gender | Male | 64.7 | 0.6 | 56.0 | 1.3 | 60.5 | 0.9 | 70.7 | 0.9 |
Female | 80.6 | 0.5 | 73.9 | 1.0 | 76.2 | 0.8 | 84.8 | 0.6 | |
Race | White, single race | 74.2 | 0.5 | 65.1 | 1.0 | 69.2 | 0.8 | 80.1 | 0.6 |
Black, single race | 65.8 | 0.9 | 60.4 | 1.8 | 62.6 | 1.4 | 70.9 | 1.2 | |
Asian, single race | 65.5 | 1.5 | 54.0 | 4.6 | 61.5 | 3.0 | 69.1 | 1.5 | |
NHOPI, single race | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | |
AI/AN, single race | 70.1 | 3.2 | 57.4 | 6.6 | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | |
Multiple races | 69.0 | 3.0 | DSU | DSU | 63.9 | 5.3 | 71.9 | 4.1 | |
Ethnicity | Non-Hispanic, all races | 75.0 | 0.5 | 68.8 | 1.2 | 69.8 | 0.7 | 79.3 | 0.6 |
Non-Hispanic, White | 77.5 | 0.5 | 72.2 | 1.4 | 71.7 | 0.9 | 81.8 | 0.7 | |
Non-Hispanic, Black | 65.7 | 0.9 | 60.0 | 1.9 | 62.5 | 1.4 | 70.8 | 1.2 | |
Hispanic, all races | 60.2 | 1.0 | 55.3 | 1.5 | 58.3 | 1.4 | 68.1 | 1.5 | |
Family incomed | Negative/poor | 66.0 | 1.0 | 61.0 | 1.5 | 66.5 | 1.5 | 71.9 | 1.7 |
Near poor/low | 65.2 | 0.8 | 59.9 | 1.5 | 63.1 | 1.2 | 71.8 | 1.4 | |
Middle | 71.2 | 0.6 | 63.9 | 1.5 | 67.1 | 1.2 | 76.5 | 0.9 | |
High | 79.4 | 0.7 | 77.0 | 2.1 | 73.3 | 1.6 | 81.5 | 0.7 | |
Employment status, ages 18–64 | Employed | 68.8 | 0.6 | 54.5 | 1.5 | 61.7 | 0.9 | 75.4 | 0.7 |
Not employed | 68.8 | 0.8 | 64.7 | 1.4 | 68.9 | 1.3 | 72.0 | 1.3 | |
Health insurance, ages 18–64 | Any private | 75.5 | 0.5 | 70.0 | 1.5 | 70.6 | 0.9 | 78.4 | 0.6 |
Public only | 76.2 | 1.0 | 72.9 | 1.6 | 76.1 | 1.7 | 82.3 | 1.8 | |
Uninsured | 41.2 | 0.9 | 38.2 | 1.5 | 38.9 | 1.3 | 46.7 | 1.9 | |
Health insurance, age 65 and over | Medicare only | 89.7 | 1.1 | 87.0 | 2.4 | 88.4 | 1.8 | 92.9 | 1.3 |
Medicare and private | 93.7 | 0.8 | 93.9 | 1.5 | 91.1 | 1.4 | 95.6 | 0.9 | |
Medicare and other public | 88.0 | 1.9 | 87.9 | 2.3 | 84.0 | 4.9 | DSU | DSU | |
Residence locatione | Metropolitan | 72.6 | 0.5 | 63.7 | 1.0 | 67.9 | 0.7 | 77.9 | 0.6 |
Large central metro | 68.8 | 0.8 | 59.1 | 1.5 | 63.7 | 1.1 | 74.7 | 1.0 | |
Large fringe metro | 75.0 | 0.8 | 65.1 | 2.2 | 69.6 | 1.3 | 80.1 | 1.0 | |
Medium metro | 74.0 | 1.2 | 67.4 | 2.3 | 69.4 | 1.5 | 78.8 | 1.4 | |
Small metro | 75.7 | 1.3 | 68.4 | 2.7 | 72.3 | 2.2 | 80.3 | 2.0 | |
Nonmetropolitan | 72.7 | 1.1 | 65.9 | 2.1 | 68.2 | 1.5 | 80.6 | 1.6 | |
Micropolitan | 73.4 | 1.4 | 64.4 | 2.6 | 67.8 | 2.0 | 82.8 | 2.1 | |
Noncore | 71.4 | 1.9 | 69.2 | 3.3 | 69.5 | 3.2 | 75.1 | 2.5 | |
Language spoken most often at home | English | 75.4 | 0.5 | 69.9 | 1.2 | 70.3 | 0.7 | 79.7 | 0.6 |
Other | 55.5 | 1.1 | 52.0 | 1.6 | 52.1 | 1.8 | 62.7 | 1.6 | |
Perceived health status | Excellent/very good/good | 71.7 | 0.5 | 60.8 | 1.0 | 66.6 | 0.7 | 77.5 | 0.6 |
Fair/poor | 82.1 | 0.9 | 77.6 | 1.5 | 79.1 | 1.9 | 88.9 | 1.4 | |
Activity limitations,e age 18 and over | Basic activities | 89.1 | 1.0 | 84.6 | 2.4 | 88.3 | 1.6 | 92.9 | 1.2 |
Complex activities | 91.0 | 1.1 | 87.9 | 2.3 | 90.1 | 1.8 | 94.9 | 1.2 | |
Neither basic nor complex activities | 71.3 | 0.5 | 60.5 | 1.0 | 65.9 | 0.7 | 77.4 | 0.6 | |
U.S. born | Yes | 75.3 | 0.5 | 69.5 | 1.1 | 70.0 | 0.7 | 80.0 | 0.6 |
No | 61.2 | 1.0 | 53.3 | 1.6 | 57.9 | 1.6 | 68.7 | 1.3 |
a Includes physician and nonphysician office-based visits; physician and nonphysician outpatient department visits; and inpatient visits where the admission date was the same as the discharge date ("zero-night" stays).
b Estimates are age adjusted to the 2000 U.S. standard population using four age groups: 18–44, 45–64, 65–74, and 75 and over.
c Persons age 18 and over. 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 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.
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.