People with a dental visit in the past year, by ethnicity, United States, 2002 |
| Population group | Total | Non-Hispanic | Hispanic (all races) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All races | White | Black | |||||||||
| Percent | SE | Percent | SE | Percent | SE | Percent | SE | Percent | SE | ||
| Total | 43.5 | 0.5 | 46.2 | 0.5 | 50.3 | 0.6 | 28.1 | 0.8 | 26.4 | 0.8 | |
| Age | 0-17 | 44.3 | 0.8 | 47.5 | 0.9 | 52.0 | 1.1 | 34.2 | 1.7 | 29.9 | 1.2 |
| 18-44 | 39.7 | 0.7 | 42.9 | 0.7 | 46.8 | 0.8 | 26.7 | 1.4 | 23.8 | 1.0 | |
| 45-64 | 49.4 | 0.8 | 51.4 | 0.8 | 55.6 | 0.9 | 27.3 | 1.4 | 28.2 | 1.8 | |
| 65 and over | 42.3 | 1.1 | 43.6 | 1.1 | 47.0 | 1.2 | 14.8 | 2.1 | 22.0 | 2.7 | |
| Gender | Male | 39.9 | 0.5 | 42.7 | 0.6 | 46.5 | 0.7 | 25.1 | 1.2 | 23.5 | 0.9 |
| Female | 46.9 | 0.6 | 49.6 | 0.7 | 53.9 | 0.7 | 30.7 | 1.0 | 29.5 | 1.0 | |
| Family incomea | Negative or poor | 25.9 | 1.0 | 27.7 | 1.2 | 31.1 | 1.5 | 23.2 | 1.9 | 20.2 | 1.3 |
| Near poor/low | 29.5 | 0.8 | 32.4 | 1.0 | 36.2 | 1.3 | 22.6 | 1.5 | 19.4 | 1.2 | |
| Middle | 41.1 | 0.7 | 42.9 | 0.8 | 45.8 | 0.9 | 30.1 | 1.6 | 29.6 | 1.4 | |
| High | 58.1 | 0.7 | 59.1 | 0.7 | 61.9 | 0.7 | 36.7 | 1.9 | 41.3 | 2.3 | |
| Educationb | Less than high school graduate | 25.1 | 0.7 | 27.6 | 0.8 | 30.6 | 1.0 | 16.6 | 1.2 | 17.8 | 0.9 |
| High school graduate | 40.0 | 0.8 | 41.8 | 0.8 | 45.5 | 0.9 | 25.4 | 1.5 | 23.7 | 1.6 | |
| At least some college | 54.5 | 0.6 | 55.6 | 0.6 | 59.3 | 0.7 | 32.3 | 1.6 | 38.6 | 1.8 | |
| Health insurance, under age 65 | Any private | 50.9 | 0.6 | 52.7 | 0.6 | 55.9 | 0.7 | 35.1 | 1.3 | 35.3 | 1.2 |
| Public only | 29.0 | 0.9 | 30.0 | 1.1 | 32.6 | 1.6 | 26.4 | 1.7 | 26.1 | 1.3 | |
| Uninsured | 19.1 | 0.8 | 22.2 | 1.0 | 26.4 | 1.3 | 10.7 | 1.3 | 12.4 | 1.0 | |
| Health insurance, age 65 and over | Medicare only | 34.9 | 1.7 | 35.9 | 1.8 | 38.7 | 2.0 | 12.5 | 3.1 | 23.8 | 4.1 |
| Medicare and private | 50.3 | 1.3 | 50.6 | 1.4 | 53.0 | 1.4 | 17.3 | 3.0 | * | * | |
| Medicare and other public | 18.8 | 1.8 | 20.8 | 2.2 | 23.6 | 3.0 | * | * | 10.6 | 2.0 | |
| Residence locationc | Metropolitan-large | 43.3 | 0.7 | 47.0 | 0.7 | 52.5 | 0.9 | 27.9 | 1.0 | 26.7 | 1.0 |
| Metropolitan-small | 45.8 | 1.1 | 47.9 | 1.1 | 50.8 | 1.1 | 31.3 | 1.8 | 26.5 | 1.7 | |
| Micropolitan | 41.5 | 1.9 | 42.8 | 1.9 | 46.3 | 1.9 | 21.1 | 3.5 | 24.2 | 2.4 | |
| Noncore-adjacent | 35.6 | 2.5 | 37.0 | 2.7 | 38.6 | 3.2 | 22.8 | 4.3 | 15.8 | 2.5 | |
| Noncore-not adjacent | 40.6 | 3.4 | 40.5 | 3.3 | 41.3 | 3.4 | * | * | * | * | |
| CSHCN | Yes | 57.2 | 1.5 | 59.0 | 1.6 | 62.9 | 1.8 | 44.1 | 3.5 | 44.5 | 3.7 |
| No | 42.0 | 0.9 | 45.3 | 1.0 | 49.9 | 1.2 | 32.2 | 1.9 | 28.5 | 1.2 | |
| Preferred language | English | 46.2 | 0.5 | 47.3 | 0.6 | 51.0 | 0.6 | 28.5 | 0.9 | 32.4 | 1.3 |
| Other | 26.7 | 1.1 | 35.7 | 2.3 | 42.1 | 3.7 | * | * | 21.8 | 0.9 | |
| Born in U.S. | Yes | 45.6 | 0.5 | 47.1 | 0.6 | 50.8 | 0.6 | 28.7 | 0.9 | 30.1 | 1.1 |
| No | 32.8 | 1.1 | 42.2 | 1.5 | 50.0 | 2.3 | 25.0 | 3.1 | 22.1 | 1.0 | |
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 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.
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: CSHCN: Children with special health care needs; SE: Standard error.
Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends, Medical Expenditure Panel Survey.