People with a hospital, emergency room, or clinic as a source of ongoing carea, by ethnicity, United States, 2003 |
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 | 17.2 | 0.4 | 15.9 | 0.4 | 14.1 | 0.5 | 22.8 | 0.8 | 24.7 | 0.8 | |
Age (not age adjusted) | 0-17 | 20.4 | 0.5 | 17.7 | 0.6 | 14.3 | 0.6 | 28.2 | 1.4 | 32.5 | 1.1 |
18-44 | 17.3 | 0.5 | 16.4 | 0.5 | 15.1 | 0.6 | 21.6 | 1.2 | 21.9 | 0.9 | |
45-64 | 15.4 | 0.5 | 14.8 | 0.5 | 13.5 | 0.6 | 21.6 | 1.4 | 22.1 | 1.4 | |
65 and over | 13.1 | 0.6 | 12.5 | 0.6 | 11.7 | 0.7 | 18.1 | 1.8 | 22.0 | 2.2 | |
Gender | Female | 17.5 | 0.4 | 15.7 | 0.5 | 13.5 | 0.5 | 23.4 | 1.0 | 28.1 | 1.0 |
Male | 16.9 | 0.5 | 16.1 | 0.5 | 14.7 | 0.6 | 22.3 | 1.2 | 21.5 | 1.0 | |
Health insuranceb,age 0-64 | Private | 12.1 | 0.4 | 12.0 | 0.4 | 11.5 | 0.5 | 13.4 | 1.0 | 13.5 | 0.9 |
Public | 36.7 | 1.0 | 34.3 | 1.2 | 31.2 | 1.5 | 39.5 | 2.0 | 46.0 | 1.9 | |
Uninsured | 24.4 | 0.8 | 22.5 | 1.0 | 18.9 | 1.1 | 30.2 | 1.9 | 28.8 | 1.3 | |
Health insurance, age 65 and over | Medicare and private | 10.6 | 0.7 | 10.6 | 0.7 | 10.6 | 0.7 | 12.8 | 2.7 | 9.1 | 2.5 |
Medicare and public | 24.0 | 1.9 | 22.1 | 2.0 | 18.7 | 2.2 | 24.5 | 3.8 | 34.8 | 4.6 | |
Medicare only | 13.3 | 1.1 | 13.1 | 1.2 | 12.3 | 1.3 | 17.9 | 2.9 | 15.0 | 2.7 | |
Family incomec | Negative or poor | 30.6 | 1.0 | 28.5 | 1.2 | 24.4 | 1.5 | 34.8 | 2.1 | 37.3 | 1.8 |
Near poor/low | 23.4 | 0.8 | 21.6 | 0.9 | 18.9 | 1.0 | 28.4 | 1.8 | 29.5 | 1.5 | |
Middle | 16.2 | 0.6 | 16.0 | 0.7 | 15.1 | 0.8 | 19.4 | 1.5 | 17.5 | 1.3 | |
High | 11.3 | 0.5 | 11.3 | 0.5 | 11.0 | 0.6 | 12.6 | 1.6 | 10.6 | 1.3 | |
Education (age 25 and over) | Less than high school | 22.6 | 0.8 | 20.6 | 1.0 | 18.2 | 1.2 | 27.8 | 2.1 | 27.3 | 1.4 |
High school graduate | 15.9 | 0.6 | 15.4 | 0.7 | 14.3 | 0.7 | 20.1 | 1.4 | 19.9 | 1.5 | |
At least some college | 13.2 | 0.4 | 13.2 | 0.5 | 12.5 | 0.5 | 18.1 | 1.3 | 13.6 | 1.2 | |
Residence location | Urban | 16.9 | 0.4 | 15.2 | 0.4 | 12.7 | 0.5 | 23.7 | 0.9 | 24.9 | 0.8 |
Rural | 17.7 | 0.9 | 17.4 | 0.9 | 16.7 | 0.9 | 18.1 | 2.4 | 23.1 | 2.3 |
a Estimates are age adjusted to the 2000 standard population, except where indicated.
b A small number of persons who were covered by both public and private health insurance plans were included in the "private health insurance" category only.
c 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.
Key: SE: Standard error.
Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics, National Health Interview Survey.