Percent of families unable or delayed in receiving needed dental care 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 | 72.8 | 1.3 | 82.1 | 2.0 | 84.7 | 2.1 | 75.1 | 2.5 | 49.0 | 3.2 | |
Age | 18-44 | 77.4 | 1.7 | 85.7 | 2.2 | 86.8 | 2.7 | 76.6 | 3.2 | 53.3 | 5.2 |
45-64 | 67.9 | 2.3 | 80.7 | 4.2 | 86.1 | 3.9 | 74.5 | 4.2 | 43.9 | 4.3 | |
65 and over | 63.4 | 4.2 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
Gender | Male | 71.9 | 2.0 | 85.9 | 3.4 | 85.6 | 3.2 | 76.1 | 3.1 | 48.6 | 4.4 |
Female | 73.6 | 1.7 | 80.1 | 2.5 | 83.9 | 2.7 | 74.2 | 3.5 | 49.5 | 4.2 | |
Race | White, single race | 72.6 | 1.4 | 85.1 | 2.3 | 85.2 | 2.5 | 73.9 | 2.8 | 49.4 | 3.3 |
Black, single race | 71.5 | 3.4 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
Asian, single race | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
NHOPI, single race | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
AI/AN, single race | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
Multiple races | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
Ethnicity | Non-Hispanic, all races | 72.2 | 1.4 | 80.8 | 2.3 | 86.1 | 2.2 | 75.4 | 2.6 | 48.8 | 3.3 |
Non-Hispanic, White | 71.9 | 1.6 | 84.2 | 2.6 | 87.4 | 2.6 | 74.2 | 3.0 | 49.2 | 3.4 | |
Non-Hispanic, Black | 70.8 | 3.5 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
Hispanic (all races) | 77.7 | 3.3 | * | * | 78.5 | 6.3 | * | * | * | * | |
Educationc | Less than high school graduate | 77.8 | 2.3 | 77.2 | 3.1 | 84.7 | 3.7 | * | * | * | * |
High school graduate | 77.7 | 2.1 | * | * | 86.4 | 3.5 | 81.2 | 3.7 | * | * | |
At least some college | 66.5 | 2.1 | * | * | 82.6 | 4.2 | 73.5 | 3.3 | 45.5 | 3.8 | |
Health insurance, under age 65 | Any private | 65.3 | 2.0 | * | * | 84.2 | 3.5 | 70.6 | 3.1 | 44.6 | 3.6 |
Public only | 79.0 | 3.0 | 73.0 | 4.4 | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
Uninsured | 89.7 | 1.8 | 90.8 | 2.7 | 88.2 | 3.6 | * | * | * | * | |
Health insurance, age 65 and over | Medicare only | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * |
Medicare and private | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
Medicare and other public | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
Residence locationd | Metropolitan-large | 73.5 | 1.8 | 86.1 | 2.3 | 82.8 | 3.4 | 79.6 | 3.2 | 49.0 | 4.5 |
Metropolitan-small | 72.0 | 2.2 | 77.5 | 4.2 | 88.7 | 2.9 | 71.1 | 5.0 | * | * | |
Micropolitan | 73.3 | 4.0 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
Noncore-adjacent | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
Noncore-not adjacent | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
Preferred language | English | 71.9 | 1.4 | 81.1 | 2.2 | 85.4 | 2.1 | 74.7 | 2.7 | 48.1 | 3.2 |
Other | 81.1 | 3.6 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
Born in U.S. | Yes | 71.9 | 1.4 | 81.3 | 2.1 | 85.2 | 2.1 | 74.4 | 2.7 | 48.2 | 3.2 |
No | 78.4 | 3.4 | * | * | 82.7 | 5.5 | * | * | * | * |
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.