2007 National Healthcare Disparities Report: Data Tables Appendix--Table 221D.b

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Table 221D_b
People who were unable to receive or delayed in receiving needed prescription medications, by ethnicity, United States, 2004

Population group		Total		Non-Hispanic						Hispanic, all races
		Total		All races		White		Black		Hispanic, all races
		Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total		3.7	0.2	3.9	0.2	4.0	0.2	3.6	0.3	2.8	0.2
Age	0-17	1.1	0.2	1.1	0.2	1.4	0.3	*	*	1.0	0.2
	18-44	3.8	0.2	4.1	0.3	4.2	0.3	3.9	0.5	2.6	0.3
	45-64	6.0	0.3	6.0	0.4	6.2	0.4	6.6	0.9	6.1	0.9
	65 and over	4.0	0.4	3.8	0.4	3.6	0.4	5.8	1.2	6.5	1.4
Gender	Male	2.7	0.2	2.9	0.2	2.9	0.2	2.8	0.5	2.0	0.3
Gender	Female	4.6	0.2	4.8	0.2	5.1	0.3	4.3	0.4	3.6	0.4
Family income^a	Negative/poor	6.7	0.5	7.7	0.6	9.3	0.9	4.6	0.7	3.5	0.5
	Near poor/low	4.6	0.3	5.2	0.4	5.4	0.5	5.2	0.8	2.9	0.4
	Middle	3.7	0.2	3.8	0.3	4.2	0.3	2.7	0.5	2.8	0.5
	High	2.3	0.2	2.3	0.2	2.4	0.2	*	*	1.6	0.5
Education^b	Less than high school	5.6	0.4	6.1	0.5	6.3	0.6	5.4	0.7	4.4	0.5
	High school graduate	5.1	0.3	5.4	0.4	5.5	0.4	5.2	0.8	3.0	0.6
	At least some college	3.9	0.2	3.9	0.2	4.0	0.3	4.6	0.7	3.4	0.6
Health insurance, under age 65	Any private	3.0	0.2	3.1	0.2	3.4	0.2	2.7	0.4	2.0	0.3
	Public only	4.8	0.4	5.7	0.5	7.1	0.8	3.5	0.5	2.7	0.4
	Uninsured	5.7	0.5	6.9	0.7	7.1	0.8	5.8	1.1	3.3	0.5
Health insurance, age 65 and over	Medicare only	4.2	0.7	4.1	0.7	3.5	0.7	*	*	*	*
	Medicare and private	3.6	0.5	3.5	0.5	3.4	0.5	*	*	*	*
	Medicare and other public	5.2	1.0	5.1	1.2	*	*	*	*	5.6	1.6
Residence location^c	Metropolitan-large	3.6	0.2	3.8	0.2	4.1	0.3	3.3	0.4	2.7	0.3
	Metropolitan-small	3.6	0.3	3.7	0.3	3.8	0.3	3.4	0.5	2.9	0.4
	Micropolitan	4.0	0.5	4.1	0.5	4.1	0.6	6.7	1.2	3.1	0.8
	Noncore-adjacent	5.1	0.9	5.4	1.0	5.5	1.1	4.7	1.1	*	*
	Noncore-not adjacent	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
CSHCN	Yes	3.6	0.6	3.3	0.6	3.6	0.8	*	*	*	*
CSHCN	No	0.5	0.1	0.6	0.2	0.8	0.2	*	*	*	*
Language spoken most often at home	English	3.9	0.2	4.0	0.2	4.1	0.2	3.6	0.3	3.3	0.4
Language spoken most often at home	Other	1.9	0.2	*	*	*	*	*	*	2.4	0.3
Activity limitations^c	Basic activities	12.2	0.7	12.1	0.8	11.9	0.9	12.1	1.5	14.0	2.1
	Complex activities	15.3	1.0	15.1	1.1	15.1	1.2	13.4	1.9	16.9	2.9
	Neither basic nor complex activities	3.2	0.2	3.3	0.2	3.4	0.2	3.7	0.5	2.7	0.3

^a Negative/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 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 For more information, see the MEPS entry in Appendix A, Data Sources. Activity limitations include persons age 18 and over.

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

Key: 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.