Percent of families unable or delayed in receiving needed medical care 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 | 51.0 | 1.5 | 66.5 | 3.0 | 63.5 | 2.9 | 50.2 | 3.1 | 32.6 | 2.7 | |
| Age | 18-44 | 56.6 | 2.2 | 67.7 | 4.1 | 72.3 | 4.2 | 55.1 | 4.0 | 32.0 | 4.5 |
| 45-64 | 49.2 | 2.2 | 66.4 | 4.8 | 62.5 | 5.6 | 50.4 | 4.7 | 34.7 | 3.8 | |
| 65 and over | 31.0 | 4.0 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
| Gender | Male | 50.3 | 1.9 | 68.6 | 5.0 | 63.7 | 4.9 | 47.1 | 4.5 | 36.8 | 3.5 |
| Female | 51.7 | 2.1 | 65.3 | 3.8 | 63.2 | 3.9 | 53.1 | 4.2 | 27.3 | 3.9 | |
| Race | White, single race | 51.2 | 1.7 | 67.4 | 3.8 | 65.8 | 3.2 | 50.9 | 3.4 | 31.9 | 2.8 |
| Black, single race | 54.2 | 4.8 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
| Asian, single race | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
| NHOPI, single race | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
| AI/AN, single race | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
| Multiple races | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
| Ethnicity | Non-Hispanic, all races | 48.9 | 1.5 | 63.2 | 3.6 | 60.4 | 3.2 | 49.5 | 3.4 | 32.7 | 2.8 |
| Non-Hispanic, White | 48.8 | 1.8 | 63.3 | 4.8 | 62.5 | 3.6 | 50.4 | 3.7 | 32.0 | 2.9 | |
| Non-Hispanic, Black | 53.9 | 4.9 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
| Hispanic (all races) | 69.5 | 3.6 | * | * | 81.4 | 4.6 | * | * | * | * | |
| Educationc | Less than high school graduate | 60.0 | 3.1 | 67.6 | 4.7 | 58.0 | 5.2 | * | * | * | * |
| High school graduate | 56.1 | 2.4 | 65.2 | 5.4 | 64.7 | 5.2 | 52.0 | 4.9 | * | * | |
| At least some college | 44.1 | 2.2 | * | * | 67.5 | 4.4 | 46.3 | 4.1 | 29.6 | 3.0 | |
| Health insurance, under age 65 | Any private | 44.2 | 1.9 | * | * | 62.9 | 4.7 | 46.9 | 3.6 | 31.4 | 2.8 |
| Public only | 48.6 | 4.0 | 41.3 | 4.7 | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
| Uninsured | 81.5 | 2.8 | 86.6 | 4.0 | 79.9 | 5.1 | * | * | * | * | |
| Health insurance, age 65 and over | Medicare only | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * |
| Medicare and private | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
| Medicare and other public | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
| Residence locationd | Metropolitan-large | 47.9 | 2.0 | 62.1 | 4.6 | 64.8 | 4.3 | 46.8 | 4.0 | 33.9 | 3.4 |
| Metropolitan-small | 54.6 | 2.4 | 72.8 | 4.3 | 63.7 | 5.5 | 57.0 | 5.9 | 29.0 | 4.3 | |
| Micropolitan | 54.4 | 4.6 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
| Noncore-adjacent | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
| Noncore-not adjacent | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
| Preferred language | English | 49.0 | 1.5 | 64.8 | 3.4 | 61.2 | 3.1 | 49.0 | 3.3 | 31.1 | 2.7 |
| Other | 75.3 | 3.7 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
| Born in U.S. | Yes | 49.4 | 1.6 | 64.5 | 3.4 | 62.4 | 3.1 | 49.3 | 3.3 | 31.6 | 2.9 |
| No | 64.6 | 4.0 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
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.