2007 National Healthcare Disparities Report: Data Tables Appendix--Table 228B.b

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Table 228B_b
Adults who rate their health care in the past year 7-8 on a scale from 0 to 10, 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		36.8	0.5	37.0	0.5	37.0	0.6	34.8	1.6	34.2	1.4
Age	18-44	39.8	0.7	40.4	0.8	41.2	0.9	36.2	2.0	35.3	1.8
	45-64	36.5	0.8	36.6	0.9	36.5	1.0	33.8	2.4	35.9	2.6
	65 and over	30.2	1.0	30.5	1.0	30.1	1.1	31.8	3.0	25.2	3.2
Gender	Male	37.3	0.7	37.8	0.7	38.0	0.8	33.9	2.2	32.2	2.2
Gender	Female	36.3	0.7	36.4	0.7	36.4	0.8	35.3	1.8	35.6	1.5
Family income^a	Negative/poor	31.6	1.4	31.7	1.6	32.4	1.9	27.2	2.7	30.7	2.1
	Near poor/low	32.4	1.1	33.5	1.3	32.9	1.5	34.1	2.4	26.5	2.0
	Middle	37.6	0.9	37.7	1.0	38.0	1.1	36.4	3.1	36.2	2.0
	High	38.8	0.8	38.6	0.9	38.3	0.9	38.7	3.5	41.7	3.4
Education^b	Less than high school	30.3	1.0	30.8	1.2	30.7	1.5	29.2	2.3	28.4	1.7
	High school graduate	35.6	0.9	35.6	1.0	35.2	1.1	35.1	2.5	36.5	2.7
	At least some college	39.4	0.7	39.4	0.7	39.5	0.8	37.4	2.8	38.7	2.6
Health insurance, ages 18-64	Any private	39.7	0.6	39.7	0.7	39.9	0.7	37.3	2.4	39.8	2.2
	Public only	32.8	1.4	33.7	1.7	32.7	2.0	30.2	2.5	28.8	2.3
	Uninsured	32.3	1.7	33.3	2.0	33.5	2.3	32.2	4.2	28.7	2.8
Health insurance, age 65 and over	Medicare only	28.5	1.6	29.2	1.7	29.3	1.9	*	*	*	*
	Medicare and private	31.0	1.3	30.8	1.3	30.6	1.4	34.1	4.2	*	*
	Medicare and other public	30.6	2.7	32.7	3.1	29.2	4.6	*	*	20.7	3.4
Residence location^c	Metropolitan-large	37.7	0.7	38.1	0.8	38.0	0.9	36.7	2.2	35.0	1.6
	Metropolitan-small	35.7	0.8	36.1	0.9	36.2	0.9	31.7	2.8	30.8	3.3
	Micropolitan	35.2	1.7	35.4	1.8	36.1	1.9	32.3	5.7	31.7	6.3
	Noncore-adjacent	35.0	3.1	34.3	3.1	35.0	3.5	26.6	5.7	*	*
	Noncore-not adjacent	38.8	2.2	38.7	2.3	38.3	2.5	*	*	*	*
Language spoken most often at home	English	36.9	0.5	36.9	0.5	37.0	0.6	34.9	1.6	37.3	2.2
Language spoken most often at home	Other	34.5	1.6	39.6	2.4	41.7	4.3	*	*	30.7	1.9
Activity limitations^c	Basic activities	34.2	1.1	34.4	1.2	35.1	1.3	30.4	2.9	31.9	3.0
	Complex activities	33.9	1.3	34.2	1.4	34.4	1.6	29.3	3.5	29.9	3.9
	Neither basic nor complex activities	37.3	0.6	37.6	0.6	37.5	0.7	35.6	1.8	34.7	1.5

^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 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.

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

Key: SE: standard error.

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends, Medical Expenditure Panel Survey.