People with a provider who usually asks about medications and treatments other doctors may give, 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 | 75.1 | 0.6 | 75.3 | 0.7 | 77.5 | 1.3 | 67.5 | 2.7 | * | * | 71.0 | 5.6 | 73.5 | 2.8 | |
Age | 0-17 | 71.0 | 1.0 | 70.1 | 1.1 | 78.6 | 1.9 | 61.3 | 4.6 | * | * | 61.7 | 8.1 | 71.0 | 4.6 |
18-44 | 77.5 | 0.8 | 78.0 | 0.9 | 77.8 | 1.6 | 71.0 | 3.4 | * | * | 72.1 | 6.2 | 71.3 | 5.1 | |
45-64 | 77.5 | 0.8 | 77.9 | 0.9 | 77.3 | 1.8 | 70.6 | 4.2 | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
65 and over | 73.9 | 1.1 | 74.2 | 1.1 | 73.0 | 3.6 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
Gender | Male | 75.1 | 0.7 | 75.4 | 0.7 | 75.6 | 1.6 | 69.7 | 2.8 | * | * | 69.6 | 5.8 | 72.3 | 3.3 |
Female | 75.2 | 0.7 | 75.2 | 0.7 | 78.9 | 1.3 | 65.6 | 3.3 | * | * | 72.4 | 6.7 | 74.6 | 3.8 | |
Family incomea | Negative or poor | 75.5 | 1.3 | 75.3 | 1.5 | 78.2 | 2.4 | * | * | * | * | * | * | 70.9 | 5.6 |
Near poor/low | 75.2 | 1.2 | 75.2 | 1.3 | 76.8 | 2.4 | 62.2 | 6.7 | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
Middle | 72.9 | 1.0 | 73.2 | 1.1 | 75.3 | 2.4 | 62.6 | 5.6 | * | * | * | * | 72.9 | 5.5 | |
High | 76.8 | 0.7 | 76.9 | 0.8 | 80.2 | 2.1 | 72.0 | 3.5 | * | * | * | * | 70.7 | 4.9 | |
Educationb | Less than high school graduate | 75.0 | 1.1 | 75.5 | 1.2 | 75.1 | 2.2 | 68.2 | 5.7 | * | * | * | * | * | * |
High school graduate | 76.0 | 0.9 | 76.1 | 1.0 | 75.2 | 1.9 | 77.5 | 4.8 | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
At least some college | 78.1 | 0.8 | 78.5 | 0.8 | 80.0 | 1.8 | 67.5 | 3.3 | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
Health insurance, under age 65 | Any private | 75.3 | 0.7 | 75.5 | 0.7 | 78.6 | 1.4 | 69.5 | 3.0 | * | * | 64.8 | 7.9 | 71.1 | 3.8 |
Public only | 75.1 | 1.5 | 74.9 | 1.7 | 77.9 | 2.3 | 51.0 | 7.4 | * | * | * | * | 75.2 | 5.6 | |
Uninsured | 76.0 | 1.4 | 76.2 | 1.6 | 73.5 | 3.2 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
Health insurance, age 65 and over | Medicare only | 72.1 | 2.1 | 71.8 | 2.3 | 79.6 | 4.9 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * |
Medicare and private | 74.6 | 1.2 | 75.1 | 1.3 | 68.2 | 5.4 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
Medicare and other public | 75.4 | 2.4 | 76.3 | 2.7 | 73.9 | 5.3 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
Residence locationc | Metropolitan-large | 74.4 | 0.7 | 74.9 | 0.8 | 75.4 | 1.7 | 66.7 | 3.2 | * | * | 64.4 | 7.5 | 70.3 | 4.2 |
Metropolitan-small | 76.6 | 1.3 | 76.1 | 1.3 | 82.5 | 1.8 | 70.5 | 6.1 | * | * | * | * | 78.4 | 4.4 | |
Micropolitan | 76.1 | 1.5 | 75.5 | 1.6 | 82.1 | 2.6 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
Noncore-adjacent | 73.6 | 2.7 | 74.1 | 2.6 | 81.3 | 9.3 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
Noncore-not adjacent | 72.3 | 4.0 | 72.9 | 4.0 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
CSHCN | Yes | 74.3 | 1.5 | 73.4 | 1.8 | 80.1 | 2.7 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * |
No | 70.2 | 1.0 | 69.3 | 1.1 | 78.3 | 2.1 | 60.4 | 4.9 | * | * | * | * | 71.5 | 4.9 | |
Preferred language | English | 74.9 | 0.7 | 74.8 | 0.7 | 77.4 | 1.3 | 67.1 | 3.2 | * | * | 72.7 | 5.6 | 73.0 | 2.8 |
Other | 78.0 | 1.5 | 80.8 | 1.4 | * | * | 68.0 | 3.7 | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
Born in U.S. | Yes | 75.0 | 0.6 | 74.9 | 0.7 | 77.3 | 1.3 | 64.5 | 4.5 | * | * | 71.5 | 5.8 | 72.3 | 2.8 |
No | 76.9 | 1.3 | 79.5 | 1.3 | 81.3 | 3.4 | 68.9 | 2.9 | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
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 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.
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; CSHCN: Children with special health care needs; SE: Standard error.
Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends, Medical Expenditure Panel Survey.