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Table 228A_d
Adults who rate their health care in the past year 0-6 on a scale from 0 to 10, by education,a United States, 2004
Population group Total Less than high school High school graduate At least some college
Percent SE Percent SE Percent SE Percent SE
Total   13.8 0.4 19.6 0.9 14.3 0.7 11.7 0.5
Age 18-44 16.9 0.6 24.4 1.7 18.3 1.1 14.2 0.8
45-64 12.4 0.5 20.3 1.5 13.1 0.9 10.3 0.7
65 and over 9.0 0.7 12.4 1.4 9.2 1.2 6.7 0.8
Gender Male 14.1 0.6 20.1 1.4 14.6 1.0 12.0 0.8
Female 13.5 0.4 19.2 1.1 14.2 0.8 11.4 0.6
Race White, single race 12.7 0.4 18.3 1.0 13.3 0.7 10.8 0.5
Black, single race 18.6 1.1 22.0 2.0 20.5 1.6 15.3 1.7
Asian, single race 20.2 2.3 * * 19.1 4.6 20.2 2.7
NHOPI, single race * * * * * * * *
AI/AN, single race * * * * * * * *
Multiple races 18.6 3.2 * * * * * *
Ethnicity Non-Hispanic, all races 13.5 0.4 20.6 1.1 14.3 0.7 11.3 0.5
Non-Hispanic, White 12.4 0.4 19.4 1.3 13.3 0.7 10.4 0.5
Non-Hispanic, Black 18.4 1.1 21.5 2.0 20.6 1.6 15.1 1.7
Hispanic 16.2 0.9 15.9 1.4 14.7 1.7 17.7 1.8
Family incomeb Negative/poor 24.0 1.2 25.0 1.9 22.0 2.0 25.4 2.7
Near poor/low 17.3 0.9 19.7 1.7 16.8 1.4 15.5 1.5
Middle 14.1 0.7 19.7 1.9 15.2 1.1 11.3 0.8
High 10.2 0.6 11.8 2.0 9.7 0.9 10.3 0.6
Health insurance, ages 18-64 Any private 12.2 0.5 16.0 1.5 13.1 0.8 11.2 0.6
Public only 24.6 1.3 28.9 2.1 20.9 2.0 23.1 2.8
Uninsured  29.0 1.8 32.7 3.0 29.2 2.8 25.8 2.7
Health insurance, age 65 and over Medicare only 10.4 1.3 12.0 2.2 9.2 1.9 10.3 2.4
Medicare and private  8.1 0.9 12.4 2.6 9.2 1.5 5.6 0.9
Medicare and other public 10.9 1.8 13.3 2.5 * * * *
Residence locationc Metropolitan-large 14.5 0.6 21.2 1.4 14.4 0.9 12.9 0.7
Metropolitan-small 11.9 0.7 17.3 1.8 12.9 1.1 9.7 0.7
Micropolitan  13.7 1.2 18.3 2.0 15.6 2.0 10.2 1.5
Noncore-adjacent 16.5 1.7 19.9 2.9 17.6 3.1 12.6 2.7
Noncore-not adjacent  15.9 1.8 * * 15.5 2.7 13.4 2.6
Language spoken most often at home English  13.4 0.4 20.1 1.1 14.2 0.7 11.1 0.5
Other 18.8 1.4 17.3 1.8 16.9 2.5 21.7 2.7
Activity limitationsc Basic activities 18.2 0.9 20.7 1.6 19.7 1.7 15.0 1.3
Complex activities 22.4 1.2 25.3 2.0 23.0 2.1 19.4 2.0
Neither basic nor complex activities 12.6 0.4 18.6 1.2 12.7 0.7 11.2 0.5

a 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.

b 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.

c For more information, see the MEPS entry in Appendix A, Data Sources.

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

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