Adults who rate their health care in the past year 0-6 on a scale from 0 to 10, by educationa, United States, 2002 |
Population group | Total | Less than high school graduate | High school graduate | At least some college | |||||
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Percent | SE | Percent | SE | Percent | SE | Percent | SE | ||
Total | 14.4 | 0.4 | 18.1 | 0.8 | 15.1 | 0.6 | 12.5 | 0.5 | |
Age | 18-44 | 16.3 | 0.6 | 21.5 | 1.3 | 18.0 | 1.0 | 13.8 | 0.7 |
45-64 | 14.2 | 0.6 | 20.0 | 1.6 | 15.0 | 1.0 | 12.3 | 0.8 | |
65 and over | 10.2 | 0.7 | 12.5 | 1.2 | 9.5 | 1.2 | 8.6 | 1.0 | |
Gender | Male | 14.6 | 0.6 | 18.3 | 1.2 | 16.3 | 1.0 | 12.2 | 0.8 |
Female | 14.2 | 0.5 | 18.0 | 1.0 | 14.3 | 0.7 | 12.8 | 0.6 | |
Race | White, single race | 13.8 | 0.4 | 17.5 | 0.9 | 14.5 | 0.6 | 12.0 | 0.5 |
Black, single race | 15.8 | 1.1 | 18.2 | 1.8 | 18.2 | 1.9 | 12.2 | 1.5 | |
Asian, single race | 20.0 | 2.2 | * | * | 19.9 | 4.8 | 19.5 | 2.8 | |
NHOPI, single race | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
AI/AN, single race | 23.9 | 3.9 | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
Multiple races | 20.1 | 3.1 | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
Ethnicity | Non-Hispanic, all races | 13.9 | 0.4 | 17.9 | 0.9 | 14.7 | 0.6 | 12.2 | 0.5 |
Non-Hispanic, White | 13.2 | 0.4 | 16.9 | 1.0 | 14.0 | 0.7 | 11.7 | 0.6 | |
Non-Hispanic, Black | 15.6 | 1.0 | 18.3 | 1.9 | 17.6 | 1.7 | 12.2 | 1.5 | |
Hispanic (all races) | 18.9 | 0.9 | 19.2 | 1.4 | 20.5 | 1.8 | 17.1 | 1.7 | |
Family incomeb | Negative or poor | 21.3 | 1.1 | 24.3 | 1.8 | 20.6 | 1.8 | 17.2 | 2.2 |
Near poor/low | 17.0 | 0.9 | 17.6 | 1.3 | 17.1 | 1.4 | 16.0 | 1.5 | |
Middle | 14.5 | 0.6 | 16.9 | 1.5 | 15.2 | 0.9 | 12.8 | 0.8 | |
High | 12.0 | 0.5 | 14.1 | 1.8 | 12.6 | 1.0 | 11.5 | 0.7 | |
Health insurance, age 18-64 | Any private | 13.5 | 0.4 | 16.5 | 1.3 | 14.8 | 0.8 | 12.3 | 0.6 |
Public only | 22.2 | 1.3 | 23.4 | 2.1 | 22.5 | 2.0 | 19.3 | 2.7 | |
Uninsured | 25.8 | 1.5 | 30.7 | 2.5 | 25.1 | 2.6 | 22.0 | 2.4 | |
Health insurance, age 65 and over | Medicare only | 12.4 | 1.3 | 12.7 | 2.0 | 11.9 | 2.4 | 12.5 | 2.4 |
Medicare and private | 8.4 | 0.8 | 11.1 | 1.8 | 8.3 | 1.3 | 6.8 | 1.0 | |
Medicare and other public | 14.6 | 1.8 | 15.2 | 2.3 | * | * | * | * | |
Residence locationc | Metropolitan-large | 15.5 | 0.6 | 18.4 | 1.1 | 16.8 | 1.0 | 13.8 | 0.8 |
Metropolitan-small | 13.1 | 0.6 | 17.3 | 1.7 | 14.2 | 0.9 | 10.6 | 0.8 | |
Micropolitan | 12.6 | 0.8 | 18.3 | 2.1 | 11.4 | 1.4 | 10.6 | 0.9 | |
Noncore-adjacent | 14.4 | 1.6 | 20.5 | 2.6 | 12.5 | 2.3 | 11.5 | 2.5 | |
Noncore-not adjacent | 14.6 | 2.6 | * | * | 17.6 | 3.6 | * | * | |
Preferred language | English | 14.0 | 0.4 | 18.4 | 0.9 | 15.0 | 0.6 | 12.0 | 0.5 |
Other | 18.7 | 1.2 | 17.1 | 1.6 | 17.2 | 2.9 | 21.7 | 2.7 | |
Born in U.S. | Yes | 14.0 | 0.4 | 18.3 | 0.9 | 14.9 | 0.6 | 11.9 | 0.5 |
No | 17.5 | 1.0 | 17.7 | 1.5 | 18.0 | 2.3 | 17.1 | 1.6 |
a Persons age 18 and over. 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 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 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.