People with an inpatient discharge, by education,a United States, 2003 |
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 | 8.9 | 0.2 | 11.3 | 0.5 | 9.1 | 0.4 | 7.6 | 0.3 | |
Age | 18-44 | 6.3 | 0.2 | 6.4 | 0.5 | 5.9 | 0.4 | 6.4 | 0.4 |
45-64 | 7.5 | 0.3 | 9.9 | 0.9 | 8.8 | 0.7 | 5.9 | 0.5 | |
65 and over | 19.4 | 0.7 | 22.6 | 1.4 | 18.4 | 1.3 | 17.6 | 1.4 | |
Gender | Male | 6.7 | 0.3 | 8.0 | 0.6 | 7.0 | 0.6 | 5.8 | 0.5 |
Female | 10.9 | 0.3 | 14.6 | 0.8 | 10.9 | 0.5 | 9.3 | 0.5 | |
Race | White, single race | 8.9 | 0.3 | 11.5 | 0.6 | 8.9 | 0.5 | 7.8 | 0.4 |
Black, single race | 10.0 | 0.5 | 12.3 | 1.2 | 9.5 | 0.8 | 9.0 | 0.9 | |
Asian, single race | 4.2 | 0.7 | * | * | 9.2 | 2.3 | 2.7 | 0.7 | |
NHOPI, single race | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
AI/AN, single race | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
Multiple races | 9.3 | 2.0 | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
Ethnicity | Non-Hispanic, all races | 9.2 | 0.2 | 12.9 | 0.7 | 9.6 | 0.4 | 7.7 | 0.3 |
Non-Hispanic, White | 9.3 | 0.3 | 13.6 | 0.8 | 9.5 | 0.5 | 7.9 | 0.4 | |
Non-Hispanic, Black | 10.1 | 0.5 | 12.4 | 1.2 | 9.6 | 0.8 | 9.2 | 1.0 | |
Hispanic, all races | 6.2 | 0.4 | 6.9 | 0.6 | 5.0 | 0.6 | 6.2 | 0.8 | |
Family incomeb | Negative/poor | 14.8 | 0.7 | 15.2 | 1.0 | 15.3 | 1.4 | 13.2 | 1.6 |
Near poor/low | 11.4 | 0.6 | 12.2 | 0.9 | 12.1 | 1.0 | 9.5 | 1.2 | |
Middle | 8.3 | 0.4 | 10.3 | 1.0 | 7.6 | 0.5 | 7.9 | 0.6 | |
High | 6.6 | 0.3 | 5.8 | 0.9 | 6.9 | 0.6 | 6.6 | 0.4 | |
Health insurance, age 18-64 | Any private | 6.0 | 0.2 | 5.4 | 0.6 | 6.5 | 0.4 | 5.9 | 0.3 |
Public only | 18.4 | 1.0 | 18.2 | 1.4 | 17.0 | 1.5 | 21.0 | 2.5 | |
Uninsured | 3.5 | 0.4 | 3.4 | 0.6 | 3.9 | 0.8 | 3.0 | 0.7 | |
Health insurance, age 65 and over | Medicare only | 17.9 | 1.5 | 19.8 | 2.5 | 17.6 | 2.3 | 15.9 | 2.6 |
Medicare and private | 19.2 | 1.1 | 24.7 | 2.4 | 17.9 | 1.6 | 17.4 | 1.7 | |
Medicare and other public | 25.1 | 2.5 | 23.8 | 2.6 | 26.9 | 5.3 | * | * | |
Residence locationc | Metropolitan-large | 7.7 | 0.3 | 9.7 | 0.7 | 7.7 | 0.5 | 6.9 | 0.4 |
Metropolitan-small | 9.6 | 0.5 | 11.9 | 1.2 | 9.9 | 0.7 | 8.3 | 0.7 | |
Micropolitan | 10.7 | 0.7 | 12.7 | 1.3 | 12.7 | 1.1 | 7.8 | 1.2 | |
Noncore-adjacent | 12.0 | 1.3 | 17.3 | 2.3 | 8.4 | 1.5 | 11.3 | 1.8 | |
Noncore-not adjacent | 14.0 | 2.3 | 18.9 | 4.6 | 11.3 | 2.1 | 13.7 | 2.4 | |
Preferred language | English | 8.8 | 0.2 | 11.4 | 0.6 | 9.0 | 0.4 | 7.6 | 0.3 |
Other | 6.1 | 0.5 | 6.5 | 0.7 | 6.3 | 1.0 | 5.3 | 0.8 | |
Born in U.S. | Yes | 8.9 | 0.3 | 11.5 | 0.6 | 9.1 | 0.4 | 7.8 | 0.4 |
No | 6.0 | 0.4 | 6.5 | 0.6 | 6.6 | 0.9 | 5.3 | 0.6 |
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.