Percent of families in which a member was unable or delayed in receiving needed dental care, by ethnicity, United States, 2002 |
| Population groupa | Total | Non-Hispanic | Hispanic (all races) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All races | White | Black | |||||||||
| Percent | SE | Percent | SE | Percent | SE | Percent | SE | Percent | SE | ||
| Total | 10.2 | 0.3 | 10.1 | 0.4 | 10.0 | 0.4 | 11.1 | 0.8 | 11.0 | 0.9 | |
| Age | 18-44 | 12.1 | 0.5 | 12.3 | 0.5 | 12.9 | 0.7 | 11.7 | 1.0 | 11.2 | 1.1 |
| 45-64 | 10.1 | 0.5 | 10.0 | 0.6 | 9.8 | 0.6 | 10.8 | 1.4 | 11.1 | 1.4 | |
| 65 and over | 5.5 | 0.5 | 5.3 | 0.5 | 4.7 | 0.5 | 9.5 | 1.9 | 9.2 | 2.2 | |
| Gender | Male | 9.3 | 0.4 | 9.1 | 0.5 | 9.4 | 0.6 | 8.5 | 1.1 | 10.8 | 1.2 |
| Female | 11.1 | 0.5 | 11.1 | 0.5 | 10.6 | 0.6 | 12.8 | 1.1 | 11.3 | 1.1 | |
| Family incomeb | Negative or poor | 15.9 | 1.0 | 16.3 | 1.1 | 17.5 | 1.5 | 14.0 | 2.0 | 13.9 | 1.7 |
| Near poor/low | 13.6 | 0.7 | 13.3 | 0.8 | 13.1 | 1.0 | 13.7 | 1.6 | 15.2 | 1.9 | |
| Middle | 9.9 | 0.6 | 10.2 | 0.7 | 10.4 | 0.8 | 10.2 | 1.8 | 8.0 | 1.1 | |
| High | 6.6 | 0.4 | 6.6 | 0.5 | 6.7 | 0.5 | 6.2 | 1.4 | 5.8 | 1.3 | |
| Educationc | Less than high school graduate | 12.6 | 0.7 | 13.1 | 0.8 | 13.2 | 1.0 | 12.6 | 1.7 | 11.2 | 1.2 |
| High school graduate | 9.7 | 0.5 | 9.7 | 0.5 | 9.7 | 0.6 | 9.8 | 1.2 | 10.4 | 1.5 | |
| At least some college | 9.5 | 0.5 | 9.4 | 0.5 | 9.4 | 0.6 | 11.4 | 1.5 | 11.0 | 1.5 | |
| Health insurance, under age 65 | Any private | 8.8 | 0.4 | 8.9 | 0.4 | 9.0 | 0.5 | 9.1 | 1.0 | 8.6 | 1.0 |
| Public only | 16.4 | 1.3 | 18.4 | 1.5 | 19.8 | 2.1 | 15.8 | 2.3 | 7.3 | 1.7 | |
| Uninsured | 20.3 | 1.3 | 21.6 | 1.7 | 23.8 | 2.1 | 15.2 | 2.2 | 16.7 | 1.9 | |
| Health insurance, age 65 and over | Medicare only | 6.3 | 1.0 | 5.7 | 0.9 | 4.7 | 0.9 | 15.7 | 4.6 | * | * |
| Medicare and private | 4.9 | 0.5 | 5.0 | 0.5 | 4.6 | 0.5 | 8.2 | 2.2 | * | * | |
| Medicare and other public | 6.3 | 1.2 | 6.0 | 1.4 | 5.7 | 1.5 | * | * | * | * | |
| Residence locationd | Metropolitan-large | 10.5 | 0.4 | 10.5 | 0.4 | 10.6 | 0.5 | 11.1 | 1.0 | 10.5 | 1.0 |
| Metropolitan-small | 10.2 | 0.7 | 10.1 | 0.8 | 10.1 | 0.9 | 10.7 | 1.4 | 11.4 | 2.0 | |
| Micropolitan | 9.3 | 1.2 | 9.1 | 1.1 | 8.6 | 1.1 | 13.7 | 3.6 | * | * | |
| Noncore-adjacent | 9.0 | 1.4 | 8.5 | 1.4 | 8.4 | 1.5 | * | * | * | * | |
| Noncore-not adjacent | 8.5 | 2.3 | 8.2 | 2.1 | 7.9 | 2.3 | * | * | * | * | |
| Preferred language | English | 10.2 | 0.4 | 10.1 | 0.4 | 9.9 | 0.5 | 11.2 | 0.8 | 11.7 | 1.3 |
| Other | 10.4 | 0.9 | 10.3 | 1.7 | 14.7 | 2.8 | * | * | 10.5 | 1.1 | |
| Born in U.S. | Yes | 10.2 | 0.4 | 10.1 | 0.4 | 9.9 | 0.5 | 11.4 | 0.8 | 11.5 | 1.4 |
| No | 10.3 | 0.7 | 10.0 | 1.1 | 13.2 | 1.8 | * | * | 10.6 | 1.0 | |
a Values are for reference person in the family, excluding families with reference person age under 18.
b 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.
c Less than high school graduate 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.
d 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: SE: Standard error.
Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends, Medical Expenditure Panel Survey.