Adults who can sometimes or never get appointments for routine care as soon as wanted, by educationa, United States, 2002 |
Population group | Total | Less than high school graduate | High school graduate | At least some college | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Percent | SE | Percent | SE | Percent | SE | Percent | SE | ||
Total | 16.8 | 0.4 | 17.6 | 0.8 | 15.3 | 0.6 | 17.4 | 0.5 | |
Age | 18-44 | 21.5 | 0.6 | 24.9 | 1.5 | 19.3 | 1.1 | 21.7 | 0.9 |
45-64 | 15.3 | 0.6 | 16.5 | 1.4 | 14.9 | 0.9 | 15.3 | 0.7 | |
65 and over | 8.5 | 0.6 | 9.6 | 1.1 | 8.1 | 1.0 | 7.9 | 1.1 | |
Gender | Male | 15.9 | 0.6 | 18.7 | 1.4 | 14.9 | 1.0 | 15.5 | 0.8 |
Female | 17.4 | 0.5 | 16.8 | 0.9 | 15.6 | 0.7 | 18.9 | 0.7 | |
Race | White, single race | 15.9 | 0.4 | 17.0 | 0.8 | 14.4 | 0.6 | 16.4 | 0.6 |
Black, single race | 20.0 | 1.0 | 21.0 | 2.5 | 18.0 | 1.8 | 20.9 | 1.8 | |
Asian, single race | 30.7 | 2.5 | * | * | * | * | 31.7 | 3.1 | |
NHOPI, single race | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
AI/AN, single race | 14.2 | 3.3 | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
Multiple races | 21.5 | 3.8 | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
Ethnicity | Non-Hispanic, all races | 16.0 | 0.4 | 15.7 | 0.9 | 14.6 | 0.7 | 16.9 | 0.6 |
Non-Hispanic, White | 14.9 | 0.4 | 14.5 | 1.0 | 13.7 | 0.7 | 15.7 | 0.6 | |
Non-Hispanic, Black | 19.7 | 1.0 | 19.9 | 2.4 | 17.8 | 1.8 | 21.0 | 1.8 | |
Hispanic (all races) | 24.7 | 1.2 | 25.0 | 1.8 | 23.2 | 2.3 | 25.5 | 2.4 | |
Family incomeb | Negative or poor | 20.2 | 1.2 | 19.6 | 1.5 | 19.2 | 1.8 | 22.3 | 2.7 |
Near poor/low | 17.3 | 0.8 | 15.5 | 1.3 | 17.3 | 1.4 | 19.4 | 1.6 | |
Middle | 17.0 | 0.7 | 18.9 | 1.6 | 14.4 | 1.1 | 18.4 | 1.0 | |
High | 15.8 | 0.6 | 16.7 | 2.0 | 14.3 | 1.1 | 16.3 | 0.7 | |
Health insurance, age 18-64 | Any private | 17.7 | 0.5 | 17.6 | 1.3 | 15.5 | 0.9 | 18.8 | 0.6 |
Public only | 21.7 | 1.3 | 24.0 | 2.0 | 22.8 | 2.1 | 14.9 | 2.4 | |
Uninsured | 26.3 | 1.5 | 31.7 | 2.9 | 26.0 | 2.3 | 22.4 | 2.4 | |
Health insurance, age 65 and over | Medicare only | 10.5 | 1.3 | 9.3 | 1.8 | 11.8 | 2.3 | 10.6 | 2.6 |
Medicare and private | 7.7 | 0.7 | 10.8 | 1.9 | 6.9 | 1.2 | 6.6 | 1.1 | |
Medicare and other public | 8.2 | 1.4 | 7.6 | 1.6 | * | * | * | * | |
Residence locationc | Metropolitan-large | 18.6 | 0.6 | 20.0 | 1.3 | 17.0 | 1.1 | 19.1 | 0.7 |
Metropolitan-small | 15.1 | 0.7 | 16.2 | 1.5 | 14.1 | 1.0 | 15.4 | 1.0 | |
Micropolitan | 14.0 | 0.9 | 13.4 | 1.6 | 14.5 | 1.5 | 13.9 | 1.6 | |
Noncore-adjacent | 14.4 | 1.6 | 15.1 | 3.3 | 12.4 | 2.4 | 16.3 | 3.9 | |
Noncore-not adjacent | 11.6 | 2.0 | * | * | 8.2 | 2.1 | * | * | |
Preferred language | English | 15.9 | 0.4 | 15.8 | 0.9 | 14.7 | 0.6 | 16.6 | 0.5 |
Other | 27.6 | 1.7 | 25.3 | 1.9 | 25.6 | 3.5 | 31.8 | 3.0 | |
Born in U.S. | Yes | 15.7 | 0.4 | 16.0 | 0.9 | 14.4 | 0.6 | 16.5 | 0.6 |
No | 24.9 | 1.2 | 24.3 | 1.9 | 25.6 | 2.5 | 25.1 | 1.9 |
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.