People with a prescription medication in the past year, 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 | 64.4 | 0.4 | 66.7 | 0.4 | 54.4 | 1.1 | 48.5 | 1.7 | 62.3 | 5.7 | 60.1 | 3.8 | 63.2 | 2.5 | |
Age | 0-17 | 52.7 | 0.7 | 56.3 | 0.8 | 38.9 | 1.8 | 36.8 | 3.5 | * | * | 44.6 | 6.9 | 51.0 | 3.8 |
18-44 | 56.8 | 0.6 | 58.5 | 0.6 | 50.5 | 1.7 | 43.2 | 2.4 | * | * | 55.6 | 4.7 | 65.6 | 4.1 | |
45-64 | 75.3 | 0.5 | 76.4 | 0.6 | 71.6 | 1.3 | 60.4 | 3.2 | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
65 and over | 90.5 | 0.5 | 91.1 | 0.6 | 87.8 | 1.8 | 79.4 | 4.2 | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
Gender | Male | 57.2 | 0.5 | 59.4 | 0.5 | 45.3 | 1.4 | 46.1 | 2.2 | * | * | 53.8 | 4.5 | 59.6 | 3.5 |
Female | 71.2 | 0.5 | 73.8 | 0.5 | 62.3 | 1.2 | 50.8 | 1.9 | * | * | 67.1 | 4.5 | 66.6 | 3.4 | |
Family incomea | Negative or poor | 57.8 | 1.1 | 61.1 | 1.1 | 50.5 | 1.9 | 39.5 | 5.7 | * | * | 51.3 | 6.0 | 66.9 | 5.3 |
Near poor/low | 60.7 | 0.9 | 63.2 | 1.0 | 53.1 | 1.7 | 41.4 | 4.6 | * | * | 57.8 | 7.9 | 60.2 | 5.8 | |
Middle | 63.2 | 0.7 | 65.2 | 0.7 | 54.3 | 1.6 | 48.5 | 3.8 | * | * | 57.0 | 5.9 | 61.1 | 4.6 | |
High | 69.3 | 0.6 | 71.1 | 0.6 | 60.3 | 2.1 | 52.3 | 2.3 | * | * | * | * | 65.4 | 4.8 | |
Educationb | Less than high school graduate | 64.1 | 0.8 | 64.6 | 0.9 | 62.8 | 1.5 | 53.7 | 4.3 | * | * | * | * | * | * |
High school graduate | 68.4 | 0.7 | 70.8 | 0.7 | 58.2 | 1.9 | 44.2 | 3.3 | * | * | 56.6 | 5.6 | * | * | |
At least some college | 70.4 | 0.5 | 72.2 | 0.6 | 64.1 | 1.7 | 53.6 | 2.3 | * | * | * | * | 70.6 | 4.8 | |
Health insurance, under age 65 | Any private | 64.9 | 0.5 | 67.1 | 0.5 | 54.8 | 1.3 | 49.8 | 1.9 | * | * | 61.8 | 4.9 | 65.4 | 3.0 |
Public only | 59.6 | 1.0 | 63.5 | 1.0 | 51.2 | 2.3 | 41.7 | 5.5 | * | * | * | * | 61.5 | 5.6 | |
Uninsured | 38.1 | 1.0 | 39.2 | 1.1 | 35.9 | 1.9 | 21.9 | 5.9 | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
Health insurance, age 65 and over | Medicare only | 89.4 | 0.9 | 90.6 | 0.9 | 80.0 | 3.6 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * |
Medicare and private | 91.9 | 0.7 | 92.0 | 0.7 | 91.0 | 2.3 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
Medicare and other public | 88.8 | 1.7 | 88.9 | 2.1 | 92.6 | 2.9 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
Residence locationc | Metropolitan-large | 61.2 | 0.6 | 64.0 | 0.6 | 52.9 | 1.5 | 48.4 | 1.7 | * | * | 54.3 | 6.3 | 58.6 | 3.7 |
Metropolitan-small | 67.1 | 0.7 | 68.7 | 0.6 | 56.0 | 1.6 | 50.2 | 6.2 | * | * | 71.2 | 8.2 | 69.6 | 4.7 | |
Micropolitan | 70.9 | 1.2 | 72.7 | 1.3 | 59.7 | 2.7 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
Noncore-adjacent | 67.5 | 2.0 | 68.0 | 2.0 | 68.2 | 4.4 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
Noncore-not adjacent | 71.0 | 2.5 | 71.8 | 2.4 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
CSHCN | Yes | 84.6 | 1.0 | 85.9 | 1.1 | 79.8 | 2.6 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * |
No | 45.3 | 0.8 | 49.2 | 0.8 | 29.7 | 1.5 | 31.7 | 3.8 | * | * | 32.2 | 7.5 | 43.9 | 3.8 | |
Preferred language | English | 67.0 | 0.4 | 69.7 | 0.4 | 54.6 | 1.1 | 51.0 | 2.3 | * | * | 62.2 | 4.1 | 63.8 | 2.6 |
Other | 45.0 | 1.1 | 44.5 | 1.3 | 51.5 | 4.8 | 46.5 | 2.5 | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
Born in U.S. | Yes | 66.7 | 0.5 | 69.1 | 0.4 | 54.9 | 1.2 | 41.9 | 3.2 | * | * | 61.8 | 4.0 | 64.4 | 2.5 |
No | 49.5 | 1.0 | 48.9 | 1.3 | 50.5 | 3.3 | 51.4 | 2.0 | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
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.