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Table 222C_b
People unable to receive or delayed in receiving needed dental care due to financial or insurance reasons, by ethnicity, United States, 2004
Population group Total Non-Hispanic Hispanic, all races
All races White Black
Percent SE Percent SE Percent SE Percent SE Percent SE
Total   73.0 1.6 71.6 1.7 73.9 1.9 63.0 4.2 81.6 2.5
Age 0-17 68.0 3.9 63.7 4.6 67.3 4.9 * * 83.3 4.8
18-44 76.1 2.0 75.1 2.1 78.4 2.4 65.7 5.2 81.8 3.3
45-64 72.9 2.4 72.0 2.7 73.8 3.1 * * 78.9 5.3
65 and over 61.2 4.9 59.7 5.1 * * * * * *
Gender Male 71.9 2.3 70.7 2.5 73.8 2.8 60.0 6.4 78.9 3.8
Female 73.9 1.7 72.4 1.9 73.9 2.1 65.0 4.2 84.3 3.0
Family incomea Negative/poor 81.4 2.5 82.2 2.8 83.3 3.3 78.6 4.2 77.1 5.3
Near poor/low 79.2 2.6 77.2 3.0 81.1 3.2 63.6 7.9 88.1 3.9
Middle 77.9 2.1 76.7 2.3 79.8 2.5 * * 86.7 4.2
High 45.3 4.1 45.3 4.2 45.5 4.8 * * * *
Educationb Less than high school 82.1 2.2 81.6 2.8 85.0 2.9 * * 83.7 3.7
High school graduate  76.8 2.4 75.2 2.6 76.4 2.8 69.4 6.2 * *
At least some college 65.5 2.7 65.7 2.8 67.9 3.3 * * * *
Health insurance, under age 65 Any private 64.0 2.4 64.1 2.5 66.0 2.9 58.6 6.4 * *
Public only 74.9 3.1 75.1 3.5 81.4 3.6 60.7 7.6 74.0 5.5
Uninsured  91.6 2.0 90.7 2.3 95.0 1.9 * * 94.0 2.6
Health insurance, age 65 and over Medicare only * * * * * * * * * *
Medicare and private  * * * * * * * * * *
Medicare and other public * * * * * * * * * *
Residence locationc Metropolitan-large 72.7 2.3 70.3 2.6 74.3 3.0 60.8 5.4 83.8 3.0
Metropolitan-small 74.3 2.7 74.2 3.0 75.3 2.8 * * 75.0 6.1
Micropolitan  71.5 4.1 70.2 4.2 68.5 4.9 * * * *
Noncore-adjacent 70.0 6.3 * * * * * * * *
Noncore-not adjacent  * * * * * * * * * *
CSHCN Yes  * * * * * * * * * *
No 67.7 4.4 64.3 5.4 * * * * * *
Language spoken most often at home English  72.2 1.7 72.0 1.7 74.3 1.8 62.9 4.3 75.4 4.9
Other 79.4 4.7 * * * * * * 85.9 3.6
Activity limitationsc Basic activities 80.6 2.3 80.9 2.5 79.2 3.1 * * * *
Complex activities 78.9 3.0 79.0 3.3 76.8 3.9 * * * *
Neither basic nor complex activities 71.1 1.9 69.6 2.0 73.2 2.2 59.4 5.1 80.6 3.0

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.

 
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