People with a dental visit, by education,a United States, 2003 |
| Total | Less than high school | High school graduate | At least some college | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Population group | Percent | SE | Percent | SE | Percent | SE | Percent | SE | |
| Total | 43.6 | 0.6 | 24.3 | 0.7 | 39.5 | 0.8 | 54.7 | 0.8 | |
| Age | 18-44 | 40.1 | 0.8 | 27.2 | 1.0 | 34.3 | 1.1 | 49.1 | 1.0 |
| 45-64 | 49.7 | 0.9 | 22.4 | 1.4 | 44.5 | 1.2 | 61.1 | 1.2 | |
| 65 and over | 42.4 | 1.3 | 20.1 | 1.3 | 44.8 | 1.8 | 59.9 | 2.1 | |
| Gender | Male | 38.9 | 0.7 | 21.7 | 1.0 | 33.5 | 1.1 | 50.1 | 1.0 |
| Female | 47.9 | 0.7 | 26.8 | 1.0 | 44.9 | 1.0 | 58.9 | 0.9 | |
| Race | White, single race | 46.1 | 0.7 | 25.1 | 0.9 | 42.0 | 0.9 | 57.6 | 0.9 |
| Black, single race | 27.1 | 1.2 | 19.8 | 1.8 | 24.5 | 1.5 | 34.7 | 2.1 | |
| Asian, single race | 38.9 | 2.1 | 24.4 | 3.8 | 36.0 | 4.1 | 43.5 | 2.4 | |
| NHOPI, single race | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
| AI/AN, single race | 34.6 | 3.3 | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
| Multiple races | 44.8 | 3.7 | * | * | * | * | 53.1 | 5.6 | |
| Ethnicity | Non-Hispanic, all races | 46.2 | 0.7 | 26.6 | 0.9 | 41.2 | 0.9 | 56.2 | 0.8 |
| Non-Hispanic, White | 49.8 | 0.8 | 28.6 | 1.2 | 44.3 | 1.0 | 59.7 | 0.9 | |
| Non-Hispanic, Black | 27.0 | 1.3 | 19.9 | 1.8 | 24.3 | 1.5 | 34.3 | 2.2 | |
| Hispanic, all races | 24.6 | 1.0 | 17.9 | 1.0 | 25.6 | 1.8 | 34.4 | 2.2 | |
| Family incomeb | Negative/poor | 24.0 | 0.9 | 15.7 | 1.1 | 27.2 | 1.7 | 36.2 | 2.1 |
| Near poor/low | 28.4 | 0.9 | 18.2 | 1.1 | 30.0 | 1.5 | 39.2 | 1.7 | |
| Middle | 40.5 | 0.9 | 28.8 | 1.4 | 37.6 | 1.2 | 48.2 | 1.4 | |
| High | 57.4 | 0.9 | 39.6 | 2.4 | 51.1 | 1.4 | 62.4 | 1.0 | |
| Health insurance, age 18-64 | Any private | 51.4 | 0.7 | 36.4 | 1.4 | 45.1 | 1.0 | 57.8 | 0.9 |
| Public only | 28.4 | 1.3 | 23.7 | 1.8 | 31.5 | 2.1 | 33.1 | 2.6 | |
| Uninsured | 17.5 | 1.0 | 10.4 | 1.0 | 15.5 | 1.4 | 28.1 | 2.1 | |
| Health insurance, age 65 and over | Medicare only | 36.8 | 2.0 | 20.0 | 2.4 | 38.7 | 3.1 | 55.1 | 3.3 |
| Medicare and private | 49.2 | 1.5 | 23.5 | 2.0 | 49.9 | 2.2 | 63.0 | 2.5 | |
| Medicare and other public | 22.3 | 2.4 | 13.8 | 1.9 | 28.1 | 5.4 | * | * | |
| Residence locationc | Metropolitan-large | 43.4 | 0.8 | 25.5 | 1.1 | 38.2 | 1.0 | 53.3 | 1.0 |
| Metropolitan-small | 46.7 | 1.3 | 26.3 | 1.4 | 42.8 | 1.7 | 58.4 | 1.6 | |
| Micropolitan | 39.5 | 2.0 | 17.5 | 1.9 | 39.4 | 2.8 | 52.0 | 2.1 | |
| Noncore-adjacent | 33.3 | 2.5 | 15.9 | 2.1 | 33.3 | 3.5 | 50.9 | 4.1 | |
| Noncore-not adjacent | 43.7 | 5.2 | 27.0 | 4.8 | 41.1 | 4.4 | 58.7 | 7.1 | |
| Preferred language | English | 46.4 | 0.7 | 27.2 | 0.9 | 41.1 | 0.8 | 56.8 | 0.9 |
| Other | 23.3 | 1.2 | 17.0 | 1.3 | 25.5 | 2.2 | 30.6 | 1.9 | |
| Born in U.S. | Yes | 46.2 | 0.7 | 26.9 | 0.9 | 41.2 | 0.9 | 56.8 | 0.9 |
| No | 31.9 | 1.1 | 18.6 | 1.2 | 29.9 | 1.8 | 43.4 | 1.7 | |
a 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.
b 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.
c See MEPS entry in the Data Sources Appendix (Appendix A) for more information.
* 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.