Table 154a: Adults with one or more indicators of poor communication at their last visit, by race, United States, 2001

	Total		White		Black or African American		Asian		NHOPI		AI/AN
Population group	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total	19.1	0.7	17.4	0.9	23.5	1.8	26.8	2.9	*	*	44.5	9.9
Age
18-44	21.86	1.08	19.88	1.31	25.04	2.48	24.32	3.6	*	*	*	*
45-64	17.0	1.3	16.0	1.5	18.8	3.1	34.2	6.4	*	*	*	*
65 and over	14.2	1.6	12.6	1.8	26.7	5.5	*	*	*	*	*	*
Gender
Male	18.69	1.19	16.87	1.4	22.39	3.24	25.89	4.39	*	*	*	*
Female	19.45	0.93	17.7	1.09	24.17	2.18	27.49	4	*	*	*	*
Family income
< 100% of poverty level	30.7	2.7	27.8	3.4	29.5	4.4	51.3	13.5	*	*	*	*
100-199% of poverty level	25.09	1.95	25.62	2.48	23.47	3.6	30.18	8.54	*	*	*	*
200-399% of poverty level	17.28	1.38	15.5	1.58	22.57	3.69	35.65	6.7	*	*	*	*
≥400% of poverty level	13.2	1.2	12.3	1.4	17.4	4.5	12.6	3.5	*	*	*	*
Education
Less than high school graduate	30.2	2.3	27.0	2.9	29.9	4.4	*	*	*	*	*	*
High school graduate	18.1	1.4	16.1	1.6	24.3	3.2	32.3	8.5	*	*	*	*
At least some college	16.99	0.92	15.95	1.08	20.13	2.59	21.61	2.88	*	*	*	*
Residence location
Urban	20.4	1.2	17.7	1.5	23.9	2.3	34.0	5.2	*	*	*	*
Suburban	17.7	1.1	16.4	1.2	22.7	3.4	22.9	3.5	*	*	*	*
Rural	20.5	1.8	19.0	1.9	23.9	5.0	*	*	*	*	*	*

^*Data do not meet the criteria for statistical reliability, data quality, or confidentiality.

Key: NHOPI: Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander; AI/AN: American Indian or Alaska Native; SE: Standard error

Note: The population categories used in this table are as reported from the source of the data (see below).

Source: Commonwealth Fund Health Care Quality Survey.

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