2007 National Healthcare Disparities Report: Data Tables Appendix--Table 197B.b

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Table 197B_b
Adults whose providers usually spent enough time with 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		37.9	0.6	37.6	0.6	38.7	0.7	30.6	1.5	40.8	1.6
Age	18-44	37.7	0.8	37.2	0.8	38.1	1.0	31.8	2.1	41.1	2.0
	45-64	38.8	0.9	38.6	0.9	40.1	1.0	30.4	2.8	40.6	2.7
	65 and over	36.7	1.1	36.5	1.2	37.5	1.4	27.0	3.2	39.8	3.6
Gender	Male	38.4	0.8	38.1	0.9	39.0	1.0	32.6	2.3	40.5	2.5
Gender	Female	37.5	0.6	37.2	0.7	38.5	0.8	29.4	1.8	41.0	1.8
Family income^a	Negative/poor	32.5	1.4	31.7	1.6	34.8	2.0	23.4	2.2	37.0	2.5
	Near poor/low	35.5	1.2	34.1	1.3	36.1	1.5	28.7	2.4	42.6	2.5
	Middle	39.1	1.0	38.9	1.1	39.9	1.2	32.6	3.1	41.4	2.6
	High	39.0	0.9	38.9	0.9	39.3	1.0	35.1	3.7	40.4	3.8
Education^b	Less than high school	34.7	1.1	33.3	1.3	35.4	1.5	24.6	2.5	39.7	1.8
	High school graduate	37.6	0.9	37.2	0.9	38.9	1.0	27.9	2.5	42.2	2.9
	At least some college	39.0	0.8	38.9	0.8	39.4	0.9	35.9	2.4	40.7	3.0
Health insurance, ages 18-64	Any private	38.9	0.7	38.6	0.8	39.4	0.8	34.4	2.4	41.6	2.4
	Public only	33.4	1.4	33.0	1.5	36.7	2.0	21.9	2.2	35.1	2.7
	Uninsured	37.0	1.7	35.0	2.0	36.7	2.4	28.5	3.8	43.9	3.3
Health insurance, age 65 and over	Medicare only	33.4	2.0	33.2	2.1	33.9	2.4	*	*	*	*
	Medicare and private	38.8	1.6	39.0	1.6	39.3	1.8	37.1	5.2	*	*
	Medicare and other public	32.7	2.7	30.1	3.1	34.5	4.3	*	*	44.9	4.6
Residence location^c	Metropolitan-large	37.4	0.8	36.7	0.9	37.7	1.1	32.2	2.1	42.4	2.0
	Metropolitan-small	39.9	1.1	40.0	1.1	40.9	1.1	30.9	2.8	38.1	2.6
	Micropolitan	35.3	1.5	35.4	1.6	37.4	1.6	18.1	5.1	33.2	7.1
	Noncore-adjacent	36.9	2.9	37.1	2.9	37.7	3.0	25.6	4.6	*	*
	Noncore-not adjacent	39.2	2.9	38.9	3.2	39.5	3.7	*	*	*	*
Language spoken most often at home	English	37.6	0.6	37.6	0.6	38.7	0.7	30.7	1.5	38.2	2.3
Language spoken most often at home	Other	40.8	1.5	37.1	2.8	40.1	5.9	*	*	43.6	1.9
Activity limitations^c	Basic activities	38.9	1.2	38.8	1.3	40.6	1.5	27.0	2.7	41.2	3.2
	Complex activities	37.7	1.4	37.5	1.5	39.5	1.8	24.9	3.2	39.9	4.4
	Neither basic nor complex activities	37.7	0.6	37.4	0.6	38.4	0.7	31.7	1.7	40.7	1.7

^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.