Adults who can sometimes or never get care for illness or injury as soon as wanted, by race, United States, 2002 |
Population group | Total | Single race | Multiple races | ||||||||||||
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White | Black | Asian | NHOPI | AI/AN | |||||||||||
Percent | SE | Percent | SE | Percent | SE | Percent | SE | Percent | SE | Percent | SE | Percent | SE | ||
Total | 15.3 | 0.5 | 14.5 | 0.5 | 19.0 | 1.6 | 22.7 | 3.6 | * | * | * | * | 15.8 | 3.6 | |
Age | 18-44 | 19.4 | 0.8 | 18.9 | 0.8 | 21.5 | 2.3 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * |
45-64 | 13.4 | 0.8 | 12.5 | 0.9 | 19.0 | 2.5 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
65 and over | 8.5 | 0.8 | 7.6 | 0.8 | 10.1 | 2.3 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
Gender | Male | 15.9 | 0.8 | 14.7 | 0.9 | 20.0 | 2.7 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * |
Female | 14.9 | 0.6 | 14.3 | 0.6 | 18.5 | 1.6 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
Family incomea | Negative or poor | 22.8 | 1.3 | 23.4 | 1.6 | 20.3 | 2.8 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * |
Near poor/low | 20.3 | 1.1 | 19.4 | 1.3 | 24.7 | 2.9 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
Middle | 15.9 | 0.9 | 15.1 | 0.9 | 19.1 | 3.0 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
High | 9.9 | 0.7 | 9.3 | 0.8 | 11.5 | 2.8 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
Educationb | Less than high school graduate | 22.1 | 1.1 | 22.1 | 1.3 | 21.8 | 2.9 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * |
High school graduate | 13.2 | 0.8 | 11.7 | 0.9 | 21.2 | 2.8 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
At least some college | 13.3 | 0.7 | 12.7 | 0.8 | 14.8 | 2.4 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
Health insurance, age 18-64 | Any private | 13.7 | 0.6 | 13.0 | 0.7 | 17.7 | 1.9 | 19.1 | 4.2 | * | * | * | * | * | * |
Public only | 19.7 | 1.3 | 19.3 | 1.7 | 20.9 | 3.0 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
Uninsured | 32.8 | 1.8 | 32.8 | 2.0 | 33.1 | 5.7 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
Health insurance, age 65 and over | Medicare only | 9.2 | 1.8 | 9.4 | 2.0 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * |
Medicare and private | 6.4 | 1.0 | 6.1 | 1.0 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
Medicare and other public | 16.9 | 2.8 | 12.1 | 2.5 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
Residence locationc | Metropolitan-large | 16.2 | 0.8 | 15.5 | 0.9 | 19.0 | 1.9 | 18.6 | 3.9 | * | * | * | * | * | * |
Metropolitan-small | 14.6 | 0.8 | 13.9 | 0.8 | 17.5 | 3.3 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
Micropolitan | 14.2 | 1.3 | 13.1 | 1.2 | 20.2 | 5.4 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
Noncore-adjacent | 15.8 | 2.4 | 14.6 | 2.5 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
Noncore-not adjacent | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
Preferred language | English | 14.3 | 0.5 | 13.3 | 0.6 | 18.7 | 1.6 | * | * | * | * | * | * | 15.7 | 3.7 |
Other | 26.6 | 1.9 | 27.6 | 2.1 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
Born in U.S. | Yes | 14.1 | 0.5 | 13.3 | 0.5 | 18.5 | 1.6 | * | * | * | * | * | * | 15.9 | 3.9 |
No | 23.9 | 1.7 | 24.9 | 2.0 | * | * | 21.2 | 3.8 | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
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: 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.