Adults who can always get appointments for routine care as soon as wanted, 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 | 46.0 | 0.6 | 46.1 | 0.6 | 45.9 | 0.7 | 51.5 | 1.5 | 45.5 | 1.5 | |
| Age | 18-44 | 40.7 | 0.8 | 40.8 | 0.9 | 40.0 | 1.0 | 47.9 | 2.0 | 40.4 | 1.8 |
| 45-64 | 46.4 | 0.9 | 46.1 | 0.9 | 46.1 | 1.0 | 51.8 | 2.5 | 49.5 | 2.4 | |
| 65 and over | 57.9 | 1.2 | 57.6 | 1.3 | 57.4 | 1.3 | 63.0 | 3.6 | 64.5 | 3.7 | |
| Gender | Male | 46.8 | 0.8 | 46.9 | 0.9 | 47.3 | 0.9 | 48.6 | 2.6 | 45.2 | 2.2 |
| Female | 45.5 | 0.6 | 45.5 | 0.7 | 44.9 | 0.8 | 53.1 | 1.7 | 45.7 | 1.6 | |
| Family incomea | Negative or poor | 48.5 | 1.5 | 48.5 | 1.7 | 45.6 | 1.9 | 57.3 | 3.1 | 48.5 | 2.8 |
| Near poor/low | 48.6 | 1.3 | 49.2 | 1.4 | 48.7 | 1.7 | 54.6 | 2.7 | 45.4 | 2.5 | |
| Middle | 47.4 | 0.9 | 47.6 | 0.9 | 47.4 | 1.0 | 51.4 | 2.7 | 45.9 | 2.8 | |
| High | 43.8 | 0.9 | 43.8 | 0.9 | 44.3 | 1.0 | 45.3 | 2.7 | 42.9 | 3.2 | |
| Educationb | Less than high school graduate | 50.1 | 1.1 | 50.6 | 1.3 | 50.0 | 1.4 | 55.9 | 2.8 | 47.9 | 2.3 |
| High school graduate | 49.8 | 0.9 | 49.9 | 1.0 | 49.8 | 1.1 | 53.6 | 2.3 | 48.6 | 2.7 | |
| At least some college | 42.2 | 0.8 | 42.4 | 0.8 | 42.4 | 0.8 | 47.2 | 2.7 | 39.9 | 2.8 | |
| Health insurance, age 18-64 | Any private | 42.8 | 0.7 | 42.8 | 0.7 | 42.6 | 0.8 | 49.0 | 1.7 | 43.0 | 2.0 |
| Public only | 48.2 | 1.4 | 47.9 | 1.6 | 43.9 | 2.2 | 56.1 | 3.5 | 49.5 | 2.8 | |
| Uninsured | 41.8 | 1.9 | 43.0 | 2.3 | 44.3 | 2.6 | 40.3 | 5.3 | 38.2 | 2.9 | |
| Health insurance, age 65 and over | Medicare only | 57.2 | 2.0 | 56.0 | 2.1 | 54.9 | 2.2 | * | * | * | * |
| Medicare and private | 57.7 | 1.6 | 57.9 | 1.6 | 58.0 | 1.7 | 59.0 | 6.3 | * | * | |
| Medicare and other public | 61.9 | 2.9 | 61.1 | 3.4 | 62.3 | 4.1 | 58.7 | 5.5 | 65.2 | 4.5 | |
| Residence locationc | Metropolitan-large | 44.3 | 0.9 | 44.2 | 1.0 | 43.8 | 1.1 | 49.9 | 1.8 | 45.1 | 1.6 |
| Metropolitan-small | 46.8 | 1.0 | 46.9 | 1.0 | 46.5 | 1.0 | 56.6 | 3.6 | 44.6 | 4.0 | |
| Micropolitan | 49.8 | 1.5 | 49.5 | 1.5 | 49.4 | 1.6 | 50.4 | 4.7 | 57.1 | 5.2 | |
| Noncore-adjacent | 49.8 | 2.8 | 50.0 | 2.9 | 50.7 | 3.1 | * | * | * | * | |
| Noncore-not adjacent | 55.5 | 2.3 | 55.5 | 2.4 | 55.8 | 2.4 | * | * | * | * | |
| Preferred language | English | 46.2 | 0.6 | 46.4 | 0.6 | 46.0 | 0.7 | 51.9 | 1.5 | 41.3 | 2.0 |
| Other | 44.7 | 1.9 | 37.8 | 3.7 | 38.1 | 5.1 | * | * | 49.4 | 2.0 | |
| Born in U.S. | Yes | 46.5 | 0.6 | 46.6 | 0.6 | 46.0 | 0.7 | 51.7 | 1.5 | 44.4 | 2.3 |
| No | 42.5 | 1.5 | 39.9 | 2.0 | 43.4 | 2.9 | 48.0 | 4.8 | 46.6 | 1.9 | |
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 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: SE: Standard error.
Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends, Medical Expenditure Panel Survey.