2007 National Healthcare Disparities Report: Data Tables Appendix--Table 185A.b

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Table 185A_b
Adults who can always get care for illness or injury as soon as wanted, 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		59.5	0.8	61.3	0.8	63.2	0.9	56.7	2.2	44.3	2.2
Age	18-44	55.0	1.2	56.8	1.4	58.3	1.5	52.9	2.9	43.4	2.9
	45-64	59.3	1.3	60.9	1.4	62.8	1.6	55.1	3.5	42.3	3.9
	65 and over	70.5	1.4	71.8	1.4	73.5	1.6	74.0	4.1	52.7	4.9
Gender	Male	58.6	1.1	60.7	1.2	63.0	1.4	53.8	3.8	42.1	3.2
Gender	Female	60.2	1.1	61.8	1.2	63.3	1.3	58.2	2.8	46.1	2.6
Family income^a	Negative/poor	49.3	2.0	51.8	2.3	50.5	2.8	55.6	3.2	36.5	3.9
	Near poor/low	55.7	1.7	59.1	1.9	61.4	2.2	56.1	4.5	39.3	4.2
	Middle	58.3	1.5	59.8	1.5	61.6	1.7	56.2	4.2	45.7	4.0
	High	66.1	1.2	66.4	1.2	68.1	1.3	59.7	4.6	59.4	5.3
Education^b	Less than high school	53.7	1.7	56.8	1.9	57.7	2.3	57.2	3.5	42.9	2.9
	High school graduate	58.5	1.3	59.7	1.4	60.8	1.6	57.0	3.6	46.4	3.7
	At least some college	62.9	1.0	64.1	1.0	66.5	1.2	56.1	3.8	45.9	4.3
Health insurance, ages 18-64	Any private	61.6	1.0	62.3	1.1	63.9	1.2	54.0	3.4	53.8	3.0
	Public only	51.0	2.1	53.0	2.4	51.1	3.4	61.2	3.4	41.8	3.9
	Uninsured	35.0	2.4	39.2	2.9	41.7	3.6	39.4	4.9	20.6	3.5
Health insurance, age 65 and over	Medicare only	69.3	2.8	70.9	2.8	72.2	3.0	*	*	*	*
	Medicare and private	72.2	2.0	72.7	2.0	73.1	2.2	*	*	*	*
	Medicare and other public	66.6	4.0	69.3	4.5	*	*	*	*	*	*
Residence location^c	Metropolitan-large	58.4	1.2	60.7	1.3	63.7	1.6	55.6	2.9	43.6	2.8
	Metropolitan-small	59.6	1.4	60.7	1.5	61.5	1.6	59.9	4.1	48.0	4.1
	Micropolitan	62.3	2.2	63.8	2.2	64.2	2.5	*	*	*	*
	Noncore-adjacent	61.9	3.1	62.6	3.2	64.9	3.5	*	*	*	*
	Noncore-not adjacent	65.8	5.8	65.9	5.8	65.5	5.9	*	*	*	*
Language spoken most often at home	English	61.0	0.8	61.8	0.8	63.3	0.9	56.7	2.3	49.4	2.9
Language spoken most often at home	Other	41.9	2.6	46.7	5.4	*	*	*	*	38.9	2.8
Activity limitations^c	Basic activities	57.5	1.5	58.6	1.6	61.1	1.9	56.3	3.6	46.2	4.4
	Complex activities	55.0	1.9	56.3	2.0	57.5	2.4	61.7	4.2	39.5	5.1
	Neither basic nor complex activities	60.1	0.9	62.1	1.0	63.8	1.1	56.4	2.7	44.1	2.4

^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.