Table T2_9_3_1-2_2d

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 2_9_3_1.2_2d
People with current asthma who were taking a prescribed daily medication to control their asthma in the past 12 months, by family income,^a California, 2009
		Total		Negative/poor		Near poor/low		Middle		High
Population group		Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total		42.1	1.4	49.4	4.3	37.9	3.4	40.3	3.3	41.7	2.1
Health insurance,^b age less than 65	Private	37.2	1.9	40.2	8.7	29.1	5.4	31.7	5.2	39.4	2.2
	Public	48.7	2.6	51.8	3.9	43.5	3.8	54.0	9.2	44.7	8.9
	Uninsured	29.8	7.4	DSU	DSU	23.3	5.7	23.6	6.9	DSU	DSU
Health insurance, age 65 and over	Overall	67.3	2.1	81.9	4.6	70.5	4.3	67.8	4.7	60.5	3.1
	Medicare and private	63.3	2.6	DSU	DSU	63.1	6.3	67.7	4.9	60.5	3.3
	Medicare and public	83.1	3.0	DSU	DSU	80.7	5.0	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Medicare only	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Education, age 18 and over	Less than high school	52.1	6.7	DSU	DSU	43.2	7.6	DSU	DSU	47.7	9.4
	High school graduate	40.7	3.8	42.1	6.9	36.2	5.6	41.7	10.1	42.0	6.7
	At least some college	43.2	2.0	48.0	6.4	37.5	6.1	41.7	4.4	44.1	2.5
Residence location	Urban	42.4	1.6	48.4	4.7	37.9	3.8	39.7	3.5	42.7	2.2
Residence location	Rural	39.7	3.2	58.8	7.4	37.7	5.2	43.9	7.5	33.2	4.8
Preferred language	English	43.3	2.0	52.3	7.4	37.5	4.0	41.3	4.8	43.6	2.4
	Spanish	45.3	5.8	53.6	9.9	41.2	9.2	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Chinese	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Vietnamese	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Korean	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Other	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
English proficiency, age 18 and over	English only	45.0	2.2	52.0	9.6	40.0	4.4	42.2	5.6	45.7	2.4
	Well/very well	37.6	4.3	50.8	8.1	32.2	8.3	36.4	8.2	35.5	7.0
	Not well/not at all	49.6	6.1	59.9	10.1	43.7	9.4	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Born in U.S.	Yes	42.8	1.4	50.7	4.8	39.5	3.5	42.7	3.6	41.8	2.0
Born in U.S.	No	38.3	4.6	45.8	8.2	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	41.1	8.2

^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 300 percent of the poverty line; and high, 300 percent of the poverty line and over. Missing values for family income were imputed using hot deck imputation methodology.

^b A small number of people who were covered by both public and private health insurance plans were included in the "public health insurance" category only.

DSU - Data do not meet the criteria for statistical reliability, data quality, or confidentiality.

Key: SE: standard error.

Source: University of California, Los Angeles, Center for Health Policy Research, California Health Interview Survey.

Page last reviewed June 2013

Internet Citation: Table T2_9_3_1-2_2d: 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_respiratorydiseases/T2_9_3_1-2_2d.html