Table 189A_c
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
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.

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