Adults whose providers sometimes or never listened carefully to them, by ethnicity, United States, 2002 |
Population group | Total | Non-Hispanic | Hispanic (all races) | ||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All races | White | Black | |||||||||
Percent | SE | Percent | SE | Percent | SE | Percent | SE | Percent | SE | ||
Total | 10.3 | 0.3 | 9.9 | 0.3 | 9.5 | 0.4 | 10.6 | 0.7 | 15.0 | 0.9 | |
Age | 18-44 | 12.6 | 0.5 | 12.0 | 0.5 | 11.9 | 0.6 | 11.1 | 1.1 | 16.7 | 1.2 |
45-64 | 9.4 | 0.5 | 9.1 | 0.5 | 8.6 | 0.5 | 10.7 | 1.2 | 13.3 | 1.5 | |
65 and over | 6.8 | 0.5 | 6.7 | 0.5 | 6.4 | 0.5 | 8.7 | 1.9 | 9.5 | 2.1 | |
Gender | Male | 10.1 | 0.5 | 9.4 | 0.5 | 8.9 | 0.5 | 10.9 | 1.3 | 16.4 | 1.5 |
Female | 10.5 | 0.4 | 10.2 | 0.4 | 10.0 | 0.5 | 10.4 | 0.9 | 14.0 | 1.1 | |
Family incomea | Negative or poor | 15.4 | 1.0 | 14.9 | 1.2 | 15.3 | 1.4 | 15.1 | 2.2 | 17.9 | 2.1 |
Near poor/low | 12.9 | 0.8 | 12.1 | 0.8 | 11.9 | 1.1 | 12.0 | 1.7 | 17.6 | 1.9 | |
Middle | 10.4 | 0.5 | 9.9 | 0.5 | 9.8 | 0.6 | 9.1 | 1.2 | 15.0 | 1.6 | |
High | 8.3 | 0.4 | 8.2 | 0.5 | 7.8 | 0.5 | 7.8 | 1.5 | 10.2 | 1.7 | |
Educationb | Less than high school graduate | 12.6 | 0.7 | 11.4 | 0.7 | 10.7 | 0.9 | 12.6 | 1.7 | 17.2 | 1.3 |
High school graduate | 10.4 | 0.5 | 10.0 | 0.5 | 9.5 | 0.6 | 12.0 | 1.3 | 14.2 | 1.8 | |
At least some college | 9.5 | 0.5 | 9.3 | 0.5 | 9.1 | 0.5 | 8.2 | 1.1 | 13.3 | 1.7 | |
Health insurance, age 18-64 | Any private | 9.9 | 0.4 | 9.6 | 0.4 | 9.3 | 0.5 | 9.0 | 0.8 | 13.2 | 1.3 |
Public only | 15.7 | 1.1 | 15.8 | 1.3 | 16.7 | 1.7 | 14.6 | 2.2 | 15.1 | 2.1 | |
Uninsured | 18.3 | 1.2 | 16.8 | 1.5 | 17.3 | 1.9 | 16.7 | 2.9 | 22.8 | 2.3 | |
Health insurance, age 65 and over | Medicare only | 9.0 | 1.0 | 8.8 | 1.0 | 8.8 | 1.1 | * | * | * | * |
Medicare and private | 5.7 | 0.7 | 5.6 | 0.7 | 5.7 | 0.7 | * | * | * | * | |
Medicare and other public | 7.5 | 1.5 | 7.4 | 1.7 | * | * | * | * | 7.9 | 2.3 | |
Residence locationc | Metropolitan-large | 11.1 | 0.5 | 10.4 | 0.5 | 10.1 | 0.6 | 10.0 | 0.8 | 16.0 | 1.1 |
Metropolitan-small | 9.6 | 0.5 | 9.4 | 0.6 | 9.1 | 0.6 | 11.4 | 2.2 | 12.2 | 1.6 | |
Micropolitan | 8.3 | 0.8 | 8.1 | 0.8 | 7.8 | 0.9 | 11.8 | 2.5 | * | * | |
Noncore-adjacent | 10.9 | 1.3 | 10.6 | 1.4 | 9.4 | 1.6 | * | * | * | * | |
Noncore-not adjacent | 12.7 | 2.1 | 12.6 | 2.1 | 12.7 | 2.1 | * | * | * | * | |
Preferred language | English | 9.9 | 0.3 | 9.6 | 0.3 | 9.4 | 0.4 | 10.5 | 0.8 | 14.1 | 1.2 |
Other | 15.8 | 1.3 | 15.5 | 2.1 | 14.7 | 3.2 | * | * | 15.9 | 1.5 | |
Born in U.S. | Yes | 9.9 | 0.3 | 9.7 | 0.3 | 9.5 | 0.4 | 10.6 | 0.8 | 13.4 | 1.2 |
No | 13.6 | 1.0 | 11.7 | 1.3 | 9.9 | 1.6 | 11.0 | 2.1 | 16.5 | 1.5 |
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: SE: Standard error.
Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends, Medical Expenditure Panel Survey.