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Table 191C_b
Adults whose providers sometimes or never listened carefully to them, by ethnicity, United States, 2004
Population group Total Non-Hispanic Hispanic, all races
All races White Black
Percent SE Percent SE Percent SE Percent SE Percent SE
Total   8.7 0.3 8.5 0.3 7.9 0.3 10.2 0.9 11.2 0.8
Age 18-44 10.7 0.4 10.5 0.5 10.0 0.6 12.0 1.2 11.9 1.0
45-64 8.1 0.5 7.8 0.5 7.1 0.5 9.5 1.3 11.3 1.5
65 and over 5.6 0.5 5.5 0.5 5.2 0.5 * * 7.9 1.8
Gender Male 8.2 0.5 7.9 0.5 7.3 0.5 10.4 1.6 11.1 1.3
Female 9.2 0.3 8.9 0.4 8.4 0.4 10.0 1.0 11.3 1.0
Family incomea Negative/poor 15.8 1.1 16.2 1.3 15.3 1.5 17.6 2.3 13.1 1.7
Near poor/low 9.9 0.7 9.6 0.8 8.6 0.9 11.0 1.8 11.7 1.3
Middle 8.7 0.6 8.5 0.6 8.0 0.7 9.0 1.7 11.0 1.6
High 6.9 0.4 6.7 0.4 6.6 0.5 5.7 1.3 9.8 1.8
Educationb Less than high school 12.0 0.8 11.9 0.9 10.9 1.0 14.3 2.0 12.6 1.4
High school graduate 9.1 0.5 9.1 0.6 8.6 0.6 11.2 1.6 9.6 1.4
At least some college 7.5 0.4 7.2 0.4 6.8 0.4 7.3 1.2 11.2 1.6
Health insurance, ages 18-64 Any private 7.8 0.3 7.6 0.3 7.4 0.4 8.1 1.1 10.0 1.0
Public only 15.8 1.1 16.2 1.2 15.1 1.6 15.8 1.9 13.6 2.1
Uninsured 18.3 1.5 19.4 1.8 18.0 2.1 19.6 3.9 14.8 2.1
Health insurance, age 65 and over Medicare only 6.0 1.0 5.8 1.0 6.1 1.2 * * * *
Medicare and private 5.1 0.6 4.9 0.6 4.7 0.6 * * * *
Medicare and other public 7.9 1.5 8.0 1.8 7.1 2.0 * * * *
Residence locationc Metropolitan-large 9.1 0.4 8.8 0.4 8.0 0.5 10.4 1.2 11.9 1.0
Metropolitan-small 7.8 0.5 7.6 0.6 7.4 0.6 8.0 1.2 10.0 1.6
Micropolitan 9.0 1.0 9.0 1.0 8.4 0.9 * * * *
Noncore-adjacent 10.2 1.2 10.3 1.3 9.1 1.3 * * * *
Noncore-not adjacent 7.4 1.2 7.5 1.2 7.7 1.4 * * * *
Language spoken most often at home English 8.4 0.3 8.2 0.3 7.9 0.3 10.1 0.9 11.8 1.2
Other 12.7 1.3 15.9 2.7 * * * * 10.4 1.1
Activity limitationsc Basic activities 11.9 0.7 11.7 0.7 10.9 0.8 14.3 1.9 14.5 2.4
Complex activities 14.6 1.0 14.1 1.0 13.3 1.2 16.4 2.5 20.2 3.5
Neither basic nor complex activities 7.9 0.3 7.7 0.3 7.2 0.4 9.1 1.0 10.4 0.8

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.

 
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