| Figure
3.3. Age-sex-adjusted percent of persons who failed to obtain needed
medical care during the past 12 months due to financial barriers,
by race/ethnicity for
all ages: United States, 2001
NOTES: The analysis
excluded 405 persons with unknown success in obtaining needed medical
care. Estimates are age-sex-adjusted to a year 2000 standard population
using three age groups: under 18 years, 18-64 years, and 65 years and
over.
DATA SOURCE: Family
Core component of the 2001 National Health Interview Survey.
|
 After
adjusting for age and sex, 4.3% of white non-Hispanic, 5.6% of Hispanic,
and 6.0% of black non-Hispanic persons were unable to obtain needed
medical care during the year preceding the interview.
|
Hispanic
and black non-Hispanic persons were more likely than white non-Hispanic
persons to experience this lack of access to medical care. |
