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2011 National Healthcare Quality & Disparities Reports
Data Tables Appendix

Table 16_3_5.1
People in fair or poor health with a specific source of ongoing care,a United States, 2009
Population group Percent SE
Total   87.5 0.8
Age 0-17 92.0 2.1
18-44 74.2 2.0
45-64 87.5 1.1
65 and over 98.0 0.4
Race AI/AN only DSU DSU
Asian only 88.7 3.3
NHOPI only DSU DSU
Black only 87.4 1.4
White only 87.7 0.9
Multiple races 86.8 4.1
Ethnicity Hispanic, all races 77.4 2.2
Non-Hispanic, all races 89.5 0.8
  Non-Hispanic, Black 87.7 1.4
  Non-Hispanic, White 90.3 1.0
Gender Male 84.3 1.3
Female 90.2 0.8
Health insurance,b ages 0-64 Private 95.4 0.8
Public only 92.7 1.0
Uninsured 48.3 2.6
Health insurance, age 65 and over Medicare and private 98.6 0.5
Medicare and public 98.3 0.7
Medicare only 98.6 0.5
Family incomec Negative/poor 82.7 1.6
Near poor/low 86.3 1.4
Middle 88.9 1.3
High 94.8 1.2
Education, age 25 and over Less than high school 85.7 1.7
High school graduate 87.7 1.2
At least some college 91.0 1.0
Location of residenced Metropolitan 87.1 0.9
  Large central metro 85.3 1.4
  Large fringe metro 91.6 1.3
  Medium metro 86.3 1.7
  Small metro 85.5 3.4
Micropolitan (nonmetropolitan) 88.5 2.0
Noncore (nonmetropolitan) 89.9 1.7
Activity limitations,d age 18 and over Basic activities 91.3 0.8
Complex activities 89.8 1.0
Neither basic nor complex activities 79.0 1.6

a. Estimates are not age adjusted.

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

c. Negative/poor refers to family 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 National Health Interview Survey entry in Appendix A, Data Sources.

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: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics, National Health Interview Survey.

 
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