Percent of families unable or delayed in receiving needed prescription medications due to financial or insurance reasons, by race, United States, 2002 |
Population groupa | Total | Single race | Multiple races | ||||||||||||
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White | Black | Asian | NHOPI | AI/AN | |||||||||||
Percent | SE | Percent | SE | Percent | SE | Percent | SE | Percent | SE | Percent | SE | Percent | SE | ||
Total | 66.3 | 1.8 | 65.8 | 1.9 | 75.4 | 5.2 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
Age | 18-44 | 72.0 | 2.5 | 72.0 | 2.6 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * |
45-64 | 62.3 | 3.0 | 61.9 | 3.2 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
65 and over | 58.5 | 4.6 | 56.3 | 5.2 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
Gender | Male | 58.6 | 2.8 | 57.9 | 3.0 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * |
Female | 72.2 | 2.2 | 72.4 | 2.4 | 77.2 | 5.9 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
Family incomeb | Negative or poor | 73.6 | 3.3 | 71.7 | 4.0 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * |
Near poor/low | 76.7 | 3.4 | 79.7 | 3.9 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
Middle | 68.1 | 3.5 | 67.8 | 3.7 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
High | 46.7 | 3.5 | 45.8 | 3.7 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
Educationc | Less than high school graduate | 75.6 | 3.0 | 73.3 | 3.4 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * |
High school graduate | 67.4 | 2.9 | 67.4 | 3.3 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
At least some college | 60.1 | 2.9 | 60.8 | 2.9 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
Health insurance, under age 65 | Any private | 61.1 | 2.9 | 61.4 | 3.0 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * |
Public only | 67.8 | 4.9 | 66.5 | 5.8 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
Uninsured | 89.7 | 2.2 | 89.1 | 2.5 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
Health insurance, age 65 and over | Medicare only | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * |
Medicare and private | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
Medicare and other public | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
Residence locationd | Metropolitan-large | 61.6 | 2.6 | 61.6 | 2.6 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * |
Metropolitan-small | 71.4 | 3.1 | 69.8 | 3.3 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
Micropolitan | 71.4 | 4.8 | 71.2 | 5.8 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
Noncore-adjacent | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
Noncore-not adjacent | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
Preferred language | English | 65.2 | 1.9 | 64.2 | 2.0 | 75.0 | 5.2 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * |
Other | 83.7 | 4.6 | 89.0 | 3.5 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
Born in U.S. | Yes | 65.1 | 1.9 | 63.9 | 2.0 | 76.2 | 5.3 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * |
No | 78.8 | 4.5 | 88.6 | 3.0 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
a Values are for reference person in the family, excluding families with reference person age under 18.
b 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.
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.