Percent of families unable or delayed in receiving needed dental care due to financial or insurance reasons, by educationa, United States, 2002 |
| Population groupb | Total | Less than high school graduate | High school graduate | At least some college | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Percent | SE | Percent | SE | Percent | SE | Percent | SE | ||
| Total | 72.7 | 1.3 | 77.8 | 2.3 | 77.7 | 2.1 | 66.5 | 2.1 | |
| Age | 18-44 | 77.4 | 1.7 | 81.3 | 3.2 | 80.9 | 2.5 | 72.6 | 2.7 |
| 45-64 | 67.7 | 2.3 | 79.6 | 4.3 | 74.8 | 4.3 | 58.9 | 3.6 | |
| 65 and over | 63.2 | 4.2 | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
| Gender | Male | 71.8 | 2.0 | 81.8 | 3.6 | 73.9 | 3.1 | 65.6 | 3.4 |
| Female | 73.5 | 1.7 | 74.9 | 2.8 | 81.2 | 2.6 | 67.3 | 2.7 | |
| Race | White, single race | 72.5 | 1.4 | 79.0 | 2.8 | 77.6 | 2.4 | 65.6 | 2.4 |
| Black, single race | 71.3 | 3.5 | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
| Asian, single race | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
| NHOPI, single race | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
| AI/AN, single race | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
| Multiple races | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
| Ethnicity | Non-Hispanic, all races | 72.1 | 1.4 | 77.4 | 2.6 | 77.1 | 2.3 | 66.4 | 2.1 |
| Non-Hispanic, White | 71.9 | 1.6 | 79.0 | 3.4 | 76.9 | 2.5 | 65.6 | 2.5 | |
| Non-Hispanic, Black | 70.5 | 3.5 | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
| Hispanic (all races) | 77.3 | 3.4 | 79.5 | 4.9 | * | * | * | * | |
| Family incomec | Negative or poor | 82.1 | 2.0 | 77.2 | 3.1 | * | * | * | * |
| Near poor/low | 84.6 | 2.1 | 84.7 | 3.7 | 86.4 | 3.5 | 82.6 | 4.2 | |
| Middle | 75.0 | 2.5 | * | * | 81.2 | 3.7 | 73.5 | 3.3 | |
| High | 49.0 | 3.2 | * | * | * | * | 45.5 | 3.8 | |
| Health insurance, age 18-64 | Any private | 65.3 | 2.0 | 74.3 | 5.9 | 72.0 | 3.3 | 59.8 | 2.6 |
| Public only | 79.0 | 3.0 | 70.7 | 4.7 | * | * | * | * | |
| Uninsured | 89.6 | 1.8 | 90.6 | 2.8 | 90.7 | 3.3 | 87.5 | 4.0 | |
| Health insurance, age 65 and over | Medicare only | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * |
| Medicare and private | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
| Medicare and other public | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
| Residence locationd | Metropolitan-large | 73.4 | 1.8 | 80.8 | 3.3 | 78.6 | 3.0 | 67.2 | 2.7 |
| Metropolitan-small | 71.9 | 2.2 | 75.9 | 3.8 | 81.0 | 3.7 | 62.3 | 3.7 | |
| Micropolitan | 73.2 | 4.0 | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
| Noncore-adjacent | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
| Noncore-not adjacent | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
| Preferred language | English | 71.8 | 1.4 | 77.9 | 2.5 | 77.2 | 2.2 | 65.1 | 2.2 |
| Other | 80.9 | 3.6 | 77.3 | 6.0 | * | * | * | * | |
| Born in U.S. | Yes | 71.8 | 1.4 | 77.5 | 2.6 | 76.1 | 2.3 | 65.9 | 2.2 |
| No | 78.2 | 3.4 | 79.8 | 5.6 | * | * | * | * | |
a 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.
b Values are for reference person in the family, excluding families with reference person age under 18.
c 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.
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.