Adults who can sometimes or never get appointments for routine care as soon as wanted, by ethnicity, United States, 2002 |
Population group | Total | Non-Hispanic | Hispanic (all races) | ||||||||
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All races | White | Black | |||||||||
Percent | SE | Percent | SE | Percent | SE | Percent | SE | Percent | SE | ||
Total | 16.8 | 0.4 | 16.0 | 0.4 | 14.9 | 0.4 | 19.6 | 1.0 | 24.5 | 1.3 | |
Age | 18-44 | 21.4 | 0.6 | 20.6 | 0.7 | 19.6 | 0.8 | 23.0 | 1.5 | 27.0 | 1.7 |
45-64 | 15.3 | 0.6 | 14.6 | 0.6 | 13.5 | 0.6 | 18.1 | 1.7 | 24.0 | 2.0 | |
65 and over | 8.6 | 0.6 | 8.4 | 0.6 | 8.0 | 0.7 | 11.2 | 2.2 | 11.7 | 2.5 | |
Gender | Male | 15.8 | 0.6 | 15.0 | 0.6 | 13.7 | 0.6 | 20.3 | 1.9 | 24.4 | 2.1 |
Female | 17.4 | 0.5 | 16.7 | 0.5 | 15.8 | 0.6 | 19.1 | 1.3 | 24.5 | 1.4 | |
Family incomea | Negative or poor | 20.2 | 1.2 | 19.4 | 1.3 | 19.2 | 1.5 | 18.8 | 2.1 | 24.0 | 2.6 |
Near poor/low | 17.3 | 0.8 | 15.5 | 0.9 | 14.7 | 1.0 | 19.3 | 2.1 | 27.1 | 2.3 | |
Middle | 16.9 | 0.7 | 16.2 | 0.8 | 15.0 | 0.8 | 19.5 | 2.0 | 23.0 | 2.1 | |
High | 15.8 | 0.6 | 15.4 | 0.6 | 14.3 | 0.6 | 20.3 | 2.3 | 24.1 | 2.7 | |
Educationb | Less than high school graduate | 17.6 | 0.8 | 15.7 | 0.9 | 14.5 | 1.0 | 19.9 | 2.4 | 25.0 | 1.8 |
High school graduate | 15.3 | 0.6 | 14.6 | 0.7 | 13.7 | 0.7 | 17.8 | 1.8 | 23.2 | 2.3 | |
At least some college | 17.4 | 0.5 | 16.9 | 0.6 | 15.7 | 0.6 | 21.0 | 1.8 | 25.5 | 2.4 | |
Health insurance, age 18-64 | Any private | 17.6 | 0.5 | 17.3 | 0.5 | 16.2 | 0.5 | 20.3 | 1.3 | 22.0 | 1.7 |
Public only | 21.6 | 1.3 | 20.2 | 1.3 | 20.3 | 1.7 | 20.1 | 2.6 | 27.4 | 2.8 | |
Uninsured | 26.2 | 1.5 | 22.9 | 1.8 | 21.0 | 2.1 | 28.1 | 4.0 | 37.0 | 2.8 | |
Health insurance, age 65 and over | Medicare only | 10.8 | 1.3 | 11.1 | 1.3 | 10.8 | 1.4 | * | * | * | * |
Medicare and private | 7.6 | 0.7 | 7.4 | 0.7 | 6.9 | 0.7 | * | * | * | * | |
Medicare and other public | 8.6 | 1.4 | 7.8 | 1.6 | 6.5 | 1.7 | * | * | 11.9 | 3.1 | |
Residence locationc | Metropolitan-large | 18.6 | 0.6 | 17.6 | 0.6 | 16.2 | 0.7 | 19.4 | 1.2 | 25.7 | 1.4 |
Metropolitan-small | 15.1 | 0.7 | 14.7 | 0.7 | 14.1 | 0.7 | 19.3 | 2.1 | 21.2 | 2.9 | |
Micropolitan | 14.0 | 0.9 | 13.8 | 1.0 | 13.4 | 1.1 | 20.3 | 3.4 | 20.7 | 4.2 | |
Noncore-adjacent | 14.5 | 1.6 | 14.2 | 1.6 | 12.6 | 1.8 | * | * | * | * | |
Noncore-not adjacent | 11.6 | 2.0 | 11.5 | 2.0 | 10.6 | 1.9 | * | * | * | * | |
Preferred language | English | 15.9 | 0.4 | 15.5 | 0.4 | 14.8 | 0.4 | 19.2 | 1.0 | 23.3 | 1.8 |
Other | 27.2 | 1.7 | 29.6 | 3.2 | 21.7 | 4.2 | * | * | 25.6 | 1.7 | |
Born in U.S. | Yes | 15.7 | 0.4 | 15.4 | 0.4 | 14.8 | 0.4 | 19.5 | 1.0 | 22.3 | 1.8 |
No | 24.7 | 1.2 | 23.5 | 1.6 | 17.2 | 2.0 | 21.1 | 4.6 | 26.5 | 1.8 |
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.