2007 National Healthcare Disparities Report: Data Tables Appendix--Table 191B.b

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Table 191B_b
Adults whose providers usually listened carefully to them, 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		33.2	0.6	33.0	0.6	34.3	0.6	23.1	1.6	34.7	1.4
Age	18-44	33.9	0.8	33.7	0.9	34.8	1.0	25.1	2.2	35.7	1.8
	45-64	33.8	0.8	33.7	0.9	35.5	0.9	21.8	2.2	35.5	2.3
	65 and over	30.4	1.2	30.5	1.2	31.4	1.4	19.1	2.6	28.4	3.1
Gender	Male	32.4	0.8	31.9	0.9	33.0	1.0	22.3	2.3	37.1	2.3
Gender	Female	33.8	0.6	33.9	0.7	35.3	0.8	23.7	2.0	33.0	1.6
Family income^a	Negative/poor	27.9	1.5	26.9	1.7	30.3	2.1	17.3	2.5	33.5	2.5
	Near poor/low	30.9	1.2	30.0	1.3	31.9	1.7	22.6	2.5	35.8	2.6
	Middle	34.4	0.9	34.1	1.0	36.1	1.1	19.8	2.0	37.1	2.6
	High	34.3	0.9	34.4	0.9	34.4	1.0	31.2	3.7	31.3	3.1
Education^b	Less than high school	27.8	1.1	26.5	1.3	28.1	1.6	18.8	1.9	32.2	1.7
	High school graduate	31.5	0.8	31.3	0.9	32.8	1.0	20.9	2.4	33.9	2.5
	At least some college	35.8	0.7	35.7	0.8	36.6	0.8	27.2	2.3	37.7	2.7
Health insurance, ages 18-64	Any private	34.8	0.6	34.6	0.7	35.6	0.8	25.1	2.1	36.1	2.0
	Public only	28.5	1.3	28.2	1.5	32.6	1.9	19.0	2.3	30.1	2.5
	Uninsured	31.8	1.9	29.8	2.1	31.0	2.6	24.6	3.9	38.8	3.1
Health insurance, age 65 and over	Medicare only	29.0	1.8	29.1	1.8	29.3	2.1	*	*	*	*
	Medicare and private	31.8	1.5	32.1	1.5	32.8	1.7	22.7	4.5	*	*
	Medicare and other public	25.7	2.9	25.2	3.3	27.1	4.6	*	*	28.0	4.7
Residence location^c	Metropolitan-large	33.9	0.7	33.8	0.8	35.3	0.9	25.7	2.2	34.9	1.7
	Metropolitan-small	32.1	1.1	32.0	1.1	33.0	1.2	18.6	2.2	33.6	3.0
	Micropolitan	33.3	1.8	33.2	1.8	34.3	1.9	18.5	4.8	36.2	4.7
	Noncore-adjacent	32.4	2.9	32.4	2.9	34.0	2.7	17.5	5.2	*	*
	Noncore-not adjacent	30.1	2.2	29.9	2.4	31.3	2.6	*	*	*	*
Language spoken most often at home	English	33.1	0.6	33.2	0.6	34.4	0.6	23.2	1.6	32.9	1.9
Language spoken most often at home	Other	33.8	1.6	29.9	2.4	28.8	5.5	*	*	36.6	1.9
Activity limitations^c	Basic activities	33.0	1.1	33.0	1.2	34.3	1.4	22.3	2.2	32.6	3.3
	Complex activities	32.4	1.3	32.6	1.4	34.1	1.5	20.8	2.6	29.8	3.9
	Neither basic nor complex activities	33.3	0.6	33.2	0.7	34.4	0.7	23.7	1.8	35.1	1.6

^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 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.