2007 National Healthcare Disparities Report: Data Tables Appendix--Table 222D.b

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Table 222D_b
People unable to receive or delayed in receiving needed prescription medications due to financial or insurance reasons, 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		71.6	1.7	70.0	1.9	66.5	2.2	82.4	3.0	85.4	2.8
Age	0-17	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	18-44	79.7	2.0	78.4	2.2	74.8	2.7	*	*	89.6	3.5
	45-64	69.0	2.6	67.1	2.8	63.5	3.2	*	*	*	*
	65 and over	63.9	4.5	62.4	4.9	*	*	*	*	*	*
Gender	Male	68.8	3.1	66.2	3.4	62.5	4.1	*	*	*	*
Gender	Female	73.3	2.1	72.1	2.3	68.6	2.7	85.3	3.6	82.5	4.0
Family income^a	Negative/poor	84.1	2.8	83.6	3.1	82.1	3.8	*	*	*	*
	Near poor/low	81.6	3.1	81.0	3.5	76.1	4.5	*	*	*	*
	Middle	70.9	3.0	68.5	3.3	66.1	3.6	*	*	*	*
	High	50.0	3.9	49.5	4.0	48.2	4.2	*	*	*	*
Education^b	Less than high school	85.2	2.4	83.7	3.0	80.1	3.9	*	*	89.9	2.8
	High school graduate	77.7	2.7	77.3	2.8	75.3	3.2	*	*	*	*
	At least some college	61.9	2.9	60.4	3.0	55.8	3.4	*	*	*	*
Health insurance, under age 65	Any private	62.2	2.4	61.1	2.5	58.5	2.8	*	*	*	*
	Public only	83.7	2.9	82.5	3.2	81.1	4.0	*	*	*	*
	Uninsured	91.9	2.1	91.8	2.4	89.2	3.2	*	*	*	*
Health insurance, age 65 and over	Medicare only	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Medicare and private	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Medicare and other public	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Residence location^c	Metropolitan-large	69.2	2.3	66.6	2.6	62.5	3.0	75.3	4.4	85.5	3.5
	Metropolitan-small	72.9	3.5	71.8	3.9	68.6	4.1	*	*	*	*
	Micropolitan	74.2	4.9	73.7	5.2	69.0	5.8	*	*	*	*
	Noncore-adjacent	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Noncore-not adjacent	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
CSHCN	Yes	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
CSHCN	No	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Language spoken most often at home	English	70.2	1.8	69.8	1.9	66.3	2.2	82.8	3.0	77.2	4.9
Language spoken most often at home	Other	94.0	2.1	*	*	*	*	*	*	94.3	2.0
Activity limitations^c	Basic activities	74.9	2.6	73.7	2.8	69.2	3.3	*	*	*	*
	Complex activities	76.2	2.9	74.7	3.0	70.5	3.7	*	*	*	*
	Neither basic nor complex activities	72.0	2.2	70.0	2.5	66.9	2.9	*	*	87.3	3.4

^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.