2007 National Healthcare Disparities Report: Data Tables Appendix--Table 228C.a

You Are Here: AHRQ Home > Quality Assessment > Measuring Healthcare Quality > National Healthcare Quality & Disparities Reports, 2007 > Disparities Report, Data Tables Appendix

Table 228C_a
Adults who rate their health care in the past year 9-10 on a scale from 0 to 10, by race, United States, 2004

Population group		Total		Single race										Multiple races
		Total		White		Black		Asian		NHOPI		AI/AN		Multiple races
		Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total		49.4	0.6	50.4	0.6	46.8	1.8	39.5	2.7	*	*	*	*	42.8	4.4
Age	18-44	43.2	0.8	43.8	0.9	41.5	2.4	39.9	3.7	*	*	*	*	44.0	5.9
	45-64	51.0	0.9	51.9	1.0	50.0	2.7	39.7	4.4	*	*	*	*	*	*
	65 and over	60.6	1.1	61.7	1.2	58.4	3.6	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Gender	Male	48.6	0.8	49.7	0.8	46.4	2.7	38.7	3.6	*	*	*	*	*	*
Gender	Female	50.0	0.7	51.0	0.8	47.1	1.9	40.1	3.0	*	*	*	*	46.8	5.4
Family income^a	Negative/poor	44.4	1.5	45.3	1.8	46.5	2.8	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Near poor/low	50.2	1.3	51.9	1.5	43.6	2.5	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Middle	48.3	0.9	48.8	1.0	48.4	3.2	43.7	4.2	*	*	*	*	*	*
	High	51.0	0.9	51.9	1.0	48.1	3.8	36.1	4.0	*	*	*	*	*	*
Education^b	Less than high school	50.1	1.1	51.4	1.3	49.4	2.3	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	High school graduate	50.0	0.9	51.2	1.0	44.8	3.1	44.9	5.4	*	*	*	*	*	*
	At least some college	49.0	0.8	49.7	0.8	47.2	2.7	39.8	3.4	*	*	*	*	*	*
Health insurance, ages 18-64	Any private	48.1	0.7	48.5	0.7	47.4	2.5	43.0	3.0	*	*	*	*	50.1	5.5
	Public only	42.5	1.6	43.9	1.9	44.3	3.0	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Uninsured	38.8	1.7	41.1	1.8	32.0	5.4	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Health insurance, age 65 and over	Medicare only	60.8	2.0	61.2	2.2	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Medicare and private	60.9	1.5	61.4	1.6	54.8	5.2	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Medicare and other public	58.7	2.9	64.7	3.8	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Residence location^c	Metropolitan-large	47.7	0.8	49.2	0.8	43.7	2.5	39.5	2.9	*	*	*	*	42.0	6.6
	Metropolitan-small	52.4	1.0	52.8	1.1	53.2	2.5	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Micropolitan	51.1	1.8	50.9	1.9	51.3	6.5	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Noncore-adjacent	48.6	2.3	48.8	2.5	55.2	4.4	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Noncore-not adjacent	45.1	1.3	45.5	1.6	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Language spoken most often at home	English	49.7	0.6	50.5	0.6	46.7	1.8	42.7	3.7	*	*	*	*	42.2	4.4
Language spoken most often at home	Other	46.6	1.8	49.8	1.9	*	*	36.4	4.3	*	*	*	*	*	*
Activity limitations^c	Basic activities	47.5	1.2	48.9	1.2	44.7	2.7	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Complex activities	43.6	1.3	45.1	1.5	43.1	3.8	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Neither basic nor complex activities	50.0	0.6	50.9	0.7	47.8	2.1	40.8	2.7	*	*	*	*	48.6	5.3

^a Negative/poor refers to household incomes below the Federal poverty line; near poor/low, over 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 A, Data Sources.

^* 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.