People with a hospital, emergency room, or clinic as a source of ongoing carea, by race, United States, 2003 |
| Population group | Total | Single race | Multiple races | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| White | Black | Asian | NHOPI | AI/AN | |||||||||||
| Percent | SE | Percent | SE | Percent | SE | Percent | SE | Percent | SE | Percent | SE | Percent | SE | ||
| Total | 17.2 | 0.4 | 15.9 | 0.4 | 23.0 | 0.8 | 18.3 | 1.6 | * | * | 38.1 | 4.7 | 24.1 | 2.1 | |
| Age (not age adjusted) | 0-17 | 20.4 | 0.5 | 18.3 | 0.6 | 28.5 | 1.4 | 20.7 | 2.8 | * | * | 53.8 | 6.9 | 23.9 | 2.6 |
| 18-44 | 17.3 | 0.5 | 16.4 | 0.5 | 21.8 | 1.2 | 16.9 | 2.0 | * | * | 29.4 | 5.1 | 23.5 | 3.5 | |
| 45-64 | 15.4 | 0.5 | 14.3 | 0.5 | 21.6 | 1.4 | 16.6 | 2.8 | * | * | 39.1 | 8.7 | 29.1 | 5.2 | |
| 65 and over | 13.1 | 0.6 | 12.4 | 0.6 | 18.0 | 1.8 | 20.9 | 5.1 | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
| Gender | Female | 17.5 | 0.4 | 16.0 | 0.5 | 23.6 | 1.0 | 20.4 | 2.1 | * | * | 46.2 | 6.1 | 24.2 | 2.8 |
| Male | 16.9 | 0.5 | 15.9 | 0.5 | 22.4 | 1.2 | 15.7 | 2.0 | * | * | 29.5 | 4.7 | 23.6 | 3.3 | |
| Health insuranceb, age 0-64 | Private | 12.1 | 0.4 | 11.7 | 0.4 | 13.7 | 1.0 | 15.8 | 1.8 | * | * | 21.7 | 5.6 | 15.0 | 2.7 |
| Public | 36.7 | 1.0 | 35.4 | 1.2 | 39.8 | 1.9 | 37.9 | 7.1 | * | * | 57.0 | 10.1 | 38.2 | 5.6 | |
| Uninsured | 24.4 | 0.8 | 22.8 | 0.9 | 29.9 | 1.9 | 17.2 | 3.8 | * | * | 56.0 | 6.1 | 33.4 | 5.4 | |
| Health insurance, age 65 and over | Medicare and private | 10.6 | 0.7 | 10.6 | 0.7 | 12.9 | 2.7 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * |
| Medicare and public | 24.0 | 1.9 | 21.7 | 2.0 | 23.9 | 3.7 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
| Medicare only | 13.3 | 1.1 | 12.5 | 1.2 | 17.7 | 2.8 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
| Family incomec | Negative or poor | 30.6 | 1.0 | 28.8 | 1.2 | 34.6 | 2.0 | 34.4 | 6.1 | * | * | * | * | 36.2 | 5.7 |
| Near poor/low | 23.4 | 0.8 | 21.7 | 0.8 | 28.7 | 1.8 | 30.5 | 5.1 | * | * | 43.6 | 8.0 | 27.1 | 5.1 | |
| Middle | 16.2 | 0.6 | 15.4 | 0.7 | 19.4 | 1.5 | 14.8 | 2.8 | * | * | 28.2 | 6.8 | 25.4 | 4.2 | |
| High | 11.3 | 0.5 | 10.9 | 0.5 | 13.2 | 1.6 | 13.9 | 2.4 | * | * | * | * | 16.3 | 4.0 | |
| Education (age 25 and over) | Less than high school | 22.6 | 0.8 | 21.3 | 0.9 | 28.0 | 2.1 | 21.6 | 4.6 | * | * | * | * | 36.7 | 7.4 |
| High school graduate | 15.9 | 0.6 | 14.9 | 0.7 | 20.2 | 1.4 | 17.3 | 3.8 | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
| At least some college | 13.2 | 0.4 | 12.5 | 0.5 | 18.2 | 1.3 | 14.3 | 2.0 | * | * | 22.6 | 5.6 | 19.0 | 3.4 | |
| Residence location | Urban | 16.9 | 0.4 | 15.4 | 0.4 | 23.9 | 0.9 | 18.1 | 1.6 | * | * | 30.0 | 4.6 | 21.9 | 2.3 |
| Rural | 17.7 | 0.9 | 17.1 | 0.9 | 18.1 | 2.4 | * | * | * | * | 47.8 | 7.5 | 32.1 | 5.4 | |
a Estimates are age adjusted to the 2000 standard population, except where indicated.
b A small number of persons who were covered by both public and private health insurance plans were included in the "private health insurance" category only.
c Negative or 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. Missing values for family income were imputed using multiple imputation methodology.For a small number of persons, family income could not be imputed because data were missing for key imputation variables.
* 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.