Percent of families unable or delayed in receiving needed medical care, dental care, or prescription medications due to financial or insurance reasons, by family incomea, United States, 2002 |
Population groupb | Total | Negative/poor | Near poor/low | Middle | High | ||||||
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Percent | SE | Percent | SE | Percent | SE | Percent | SE | Percent | SE | ||
Total | 61.3 | 1.1 | 73.1 | 2.0 | 74.1 | 2.1 | 63.7 | 2.1 | 41.3 | 1.9 | |
Age | 18-44 | 66.4 | 1.4 | 76.2 | 2.8 | 79.5 | 2.8 | 68.5 | 2.5 | 42.2 | 3.0 |
45-64 | 58.3 | 1.8 | 71.9 | 3.4 | 77.2 | 3.3 | 59.7 | 3.6 | 41.9 | 2.9 | |
65 and over | 49.4 | 3.1 | * | * | 56.2 | 5.4 | 50.6 | 5.4 | * | * | |
Gender | Male | 58.3 | 1.5 | 73.0 | 3.7 | 73.7 | 3.2 | 62.6 | 2.9 | 39.7 | 2.7 |
Female | 64.0 | 1.4 | 73.2 | 2.5 | 74.3 | 2.6 | 64.6 | 2.5 | 43.5 | 2.7 | |
Race | White, single race | 60.8 | 1.3 | 74.9 | 2.5 | 74.5 | 2.5 | 62.9 | 2.2 | 41.2 | 2.0 |
Black, single race | 67.2 | 2.8 | 66.5 | 5.1 | 71.7 | 4.9 | * | * | * | * | |
Asian, single race | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
NHOPI, single race | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
AI/AN, single race | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
Multiple races | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
Ethnicity | Non-Hispanic, all races | 60.4 | 1.2 | 71.4 | 2.3 | 73.5 | 2.3 | 63.5 | 2.3 | 41.6 | 2.0 |
Non-Hispanic, White | 59.8 | 1.4 | 73.3 | 2.9 | 74.0 | 2.8 | 62.9 | 2.4 | 41.5 | 2.1 | |
Non-Hispanic, Black | 66.8 | 2.8 | 66.1 | 5.2 | 71.2 | 5.0 | * | * | * | * | |
Hispanic (all races) | 69.7 | 2.8 | 82.8 | 3.0 | 77.7 | 5.4 | 64.8 | 5.2 | * | * | |
Educationc | Less than high school graduate | 69.9 | 2.0 | 74.3 | 2.6 | 73.7 | 3.6 | 61.4 | 4.7 | * | * |
High school graduate | 64.7 | 1.7 | 73.3 | 3.8 | 74.2 | 3.2 | 65.1 | 3.1 | 45.6 | 3.9 | |
At least some college | 54.8 | 1.6 | 71.1 | 4.2 | 74.1 | 3.3 | 63.1 | 2.7 | 39.0 | 2.3 | |
Health insurance, under age 65 | Any private | 55.0 | 1.5 | 76.4 | 4.5 | 75.7 | 3.2 | 60.9 | 2.6 | 39.6 | 2.2 |
Public only | 66.7 | 2.8 | 61.0 | 3.8 | 76.6 | 4.6 | * | * | * | * | |
Uninsured | 85.3 | 1.9 | 89.8 | 3.1 | 83.1 | 3.6 | 85.0 | 3.6 | * | * | |
Health insurance, age 65 and over | Medicare only | 55.1 | 4.7 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * |
Medicare and private | 41.3 | 4.2 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
Medicare and other public | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
Residence locationd | Metropolitan-large | 59.1 | 1.5 | 71.6 | 2.6 | 73.4 | 2.8 | 64.1 | 2.7 | 40.6 | 2.8 |
Metropolitan-small | 63.5 | 2.0 | 78.0 | 3.4 | 74.1 | 4.2 | 64.1 | 4.3 | 41.6 | 3.2 | |
Micropolitan | 64.2 | 3.5 | 70.3 | 5.9 | 73.7 | 4.7 | 61.4 | 6.3 | * | * | |
Noncore-adjacent | 68.6 | 7.1 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
Noncore-not adjacent | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
Preferred language | English | 60.1 | 1.2 | 71.9 | 2.2 | 73.1 | 2.2 | 62.8 | 2.2 | 40.8 | 1.9 |
Other | 76.5 | 2.8 | 83.8 | 3.5 | 82.7 | 5.3 | * | * | * | * | |
Born in U.S. | Yes | 60.2 | 1.2 | 72.0 | 2.2 | 73.3 | 2.3 | 62.3 | 2.3 | 41.3 | 1.9 |
No | 70.6 | 2.8 | 81.8 | 4.1 | 78.3 | 4.6 | 77.4 | 4.6 | * | * |
a 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.
b Values are for reference person in the family, excluding families with reference person age under 18.
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: 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.