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Table 230c
People with an office or outpatient visit, by family income,a United States, 2004
Population group Total Negative/poor Near poor/low Middle High
Percent SE Percent SE Percent SE Percent SE Percent SE
Total   73.0 0.5 66.7 0.9 68.1 0.9 71.4 0.7 79.0 0.6
Age 0-17 73.1 0.7 67.1 1.4 67.4 1.4 72.7 1.2 81.9 1.2
18-44 62.6 0.7 56.5 1.5 55.9 1.3 61.1 1.0 69.6 1.0
45-64 78.8 0.6 74.1 1.9 70.7 1.7 77.0 1.1 82.6 0.8
65 and over 92.5 0.5 90.4 1.4 90.7 1.2 93.2 0.8 94.0 1.0
Gender Male 66.6 0.6 58.8 1.4 60.9 1.2 63.5 0.9 74.0 0.7
Female 79.1 0.5 73.1 0.9 74.3 1.0 79.1 0.8 84.3 0.7
Race White, single race 74.8 0.5 67.5 1.1 68.9 1.1 73.1 0.8 80.7 0.6
Black, single race 63.7 1.0 63.0 1.6 65.0 2.0 63.1 1.7 64.0 2.5
Asian, single race 66.9 1.6 69.8 6.5 62.1 4.2 63.9 3.0 71.1 2.4
NHOPI, single race 60.9 5.2 * * * * * * * *
AI/AN, single race 63.3 2.9 * * * * * * * *
Multiple races 78.0 2.0 78.9 3.2 78.0 3.7 78.3 3.7 76.8 4.5
Ethnicity Non-Hispanic, all races 75.6 0.5 70.7 1.0 72.5 1.0 73.9 0.7 79.5 0.6
Non-Hispanic, White 78.3 0.5 74.3 1.4 75.4 1.2 76.6 0.8 81.4 0.6
Non-Hispanic, Black 63.6 1.1 62.8 1.6 65.3 2.0 63.0 1.7 63.6 2.6
Hispanic 57.6 0.9 54.4 1.5 53.9 1.7 55.5 1.4 71.9 1.9
Educationb Less than high school 65.9 0.9 64.0 1.6 63.0 1.7 65.1 1.5 76.4 2.0
High school graduate 71.5 0.7 67.7 1.8 70.7 1.5 69.3 1.1 76.0 1.2
At least some college 77.1 0.6 70.6 2.4 72.1 1.8 75.2 0.9 79.6 0.7
Health insurance, under age 65 Any private 75.1 0.5 72.6 2.0 68.9 1.3 72.1 0.9 78.8 0.6
Public only 73.3 0.9 73.1 1.1 73.2 1.4 73.5 2.2 75.0 4.7
Uninsured 42.0 0.9 37.3 1.7 38.8 1.6 43.7 1.7 51.6 3.1
Health insurance, age 65 and over Medicare only 89.8 1.2 89.4 2.5 88.5 2.4 89.9 1.8 91.5 2.5
Medicare and private 94.8 0.6 92.1 2.7 92.5 1.3 96.3 0.9 95.2 1.0
Medicare and other public 90.4 1.4 92.7 1.7 91.0 2.4 88.0 2.9 * *
Residence locationc Metropolitan-large 71.6 0.6 65.0 1.2 65.1 1.4 69.4 0.9 77.9 0.7
Metropolitan-small 75.1 0.7 69.8 1.7 70.2 1.6 73.2 1.3 81.0 0.9
Micropolitan 73.9 1.7 66.0 2.3 71.6 2.7 73.7 1.9 79.5 2.0
Noncore-adjacent 73.3 2.1 66.2 3.5 70.7 3.9 75.3 3.0 79.4 3.9
Noncore-not adjacent 75.9 3.5 71.3 5.3 79.1 5.0 71.9 3.7 81.9 5.2
CSHCN Yes 87.4 1.1 82.9 2.4 86.0 1.9 86.4 1.8 93.0 1.7
No 69.5 0.8 62.8 1.5 63.0 1.6 68.9 1.4 79.4 1.4
Language spoken most often at home English 75.6 0.5 70.5 1.0 72.5 0.9 73.8 0.7 79.7 0.6
Other 55.4 1.0 53.6 1.8 51.9 1.8 53.0 1.6 68.9 2.3
Activity limitationsc Basic activities 92.8 0.5 89.4 1.2 91.8 1.2 93.8 0.9 95.0 1.1
Complex activities 92.2 0.7 89.4 1.3 92.0 1.4 92.0 1.4 96.4 1.1
Neither basic nor complex activities 69.8 0.5 58.5 1.3 62.2 1.1 67.5 0.8 76.7 0.6

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