People with an inpatient discharge 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 | 7.3 | 0.2 | 7.7 | 0.2 | 7.9 | 0.2 | 8.1 | 0.5 | 5.2 | 0.3 | |
| Age | 0-17 | 2.7 | 0.2 | 2.9 | 0.2 | 3.0 | 0.3 | 3.1 | 0.5 | 2.2 | 0.3 |
| 18-44 | 6.1 | 0.2 | 6.1 | 0.3 | 6.0 | 0.3 | 7.5 | 0.7 | 6.0 | 0.5 | |
| 45-64 | 7.9 | 0.3 | 8.0 | 0.4 | 7.8 | 0.4 | 11.1 | 1.0 | 6.5 | 0.9 | |
| 65 and over | 19.4 | 0.7 | 19.8 | 0.7 | 19.8 | 0.8 | 21.4 | 1.9 | 14.5 | 2.2 | |
| Gender | Male | 5.7 | 0.2 | 6.1 | 0.3 | 6.4 | 0.3 | 5.5 | 0.6 | 3.4 | 0.4 |
| Female | 8.9 | 0.3 | 9.2 | 0.3 | 9.3 | 0.4 | 10.3 | 0.7 | 7.2 | 0.5 | |
| Family incomea | Negative or poor | 10.7 | 0.5 | 11.7 | 0.6 | 12.4 | 0.8 | 11.5 | 0.9 | 7.8 | 0.7 |
| Near poor/low | 9.3 | 0.5 | 10.5 | 0.6 | 11.6 | 0.8 | 8.3 | 1.0 | 5.2 | 0.5 | |
| Middle | 6.9 | 0.3 | 7.3 | 0.3 | 7.6 | 0.4 | 6.9 | 0.8 | 4.5 | 0.5 | |
| High | 5.7 | 0.2 | 5.8 | 0.2 | 6.1 | 0.3 | 5.6 | 0.8 | 3.3 | 0.6 | |
| Educationb | Less than high school graduate | 12.3 | 0.5 | 14.1 | 0.6 | 14.9 | 0.7 | 13.7 | 1.3 | 7.4 | 0.6 |
| High school graduate | 8.9 | 0.3 | 9.2 | 0.4 | 9.5 | 0.4 | 9.1 | 0.9 | 6.4 | 0.7 | |
| At least some college | 7.1 | 0.3 | 7.2 | 0.3 | 7.1 | 0.3 | 9.1 | 0.9 | 6.0 | 1.0 | |
| Health insurance, under age 65 | Any private | 5.1 | 0.2 | 5.2 | 0.2 | 5.2 | 0.2 | 6.0 | 0.5 | 3.9 | 0.4 |
| Public only | 10.6 | 0.5 | 11.3 | 0.7 | 13.0 | 0.9 | 10.2 | 1.1 | 8.7 | 0.8 | |
| Uninsured | 3.4 | 0.4 | 3.7 | 0.4 | 3.8 | 0.6 | 3.6 | 0.9 | 2.6 | 0.4 | |
| Health insurance, age 65 and over | Medicare only | 20.7 | 1.3 | 21.3 | 1.3 | 21.9 | 1.5 | 18.7 | 3.1 | * | * |
| Medicare and private | 18.4 | 0.8 | 18.6 | 0.8 | 18.8 | 0.9 | 17.1 | 3.0 | * | * | |
| Medicare and other public | 23.4 | 2.0 | 24.4 | 2.4 | 22.3 | 2.9 | 32.6 | 4.5 | 19.3 | 3.2 | |
| Residence locationc | Metropolitan-large | 6.5 | 0.2 | 7.0 | 0.2 | 7.1 | 0.3 | 7.7 | 0.6 | 4.6 | 0.3 |
| Metropolitan-small | 7.9 | 0.4 | 8.0 | 0.4 | 8.0 | 0.4 | 8.9 | 0.9 | 6.5 | 0.9 | |
| Micropolitan | 8.8 | 0.6 | 8.9 | 0.6 | 9.1 | 0.7 | 8.1 | 1.6 | 7.9 | 2.1 | |
| Noncore-adjacent | 10.2 | 1.1 | 10.4 | 1.1 | 10.6 | 1.2 | * | * | 7.2 | 2.0 | |
| Noncore-not adjacent | 8.9 | 1.1 | 9.0 | 1.1 | 9.2 | 1.2 | * | * | * | * | |
| CSHCN | Yes | 4.5 | 0.5 | 4.6 | 0.6 | 4.6 | 0.7 | 6.3 | 1.3 | 3.8 | 1.1 |
| No | 2.0 | 0.2 | 2.1 | 0.3 | 2.3 | 0.3 | 2.0 | 0.5 | 1.7 | 0.4 | |
| Preferred language | English | 7.2 | 0.2 | 7.4 | 0.2 | 7.5 | 0.2 | 7.8 | 0.5 | 4.2 | 0.5 |
| Other | 5.6 | 0.4 | 5.3 | 0.7 | 7.5 | 1.6 | * | * | 5.7 | 0.4 | |
| Born in U.S. | Yes | 7.2 | 0.2 | 7.4 | 0.2 | 7.5 | 0.2 | 7.9 | 0.5 | 4.5 | 0.4 |
| No | 5.8 | 0.4 | 5.9 | 0.6 | 7.9 | 1.1 | * | * | 5.8 | 0.5 | |
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 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.