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

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Table 185B_b
Adults who can usually 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		26.3	0.6	25.1	0.7	24.7	0.8	25.8	1.8	36.1	1.8
Age	18-44	27.0	1.0	25.9	1.1	25.6	1.4	26.4	2.6	34.2	2.6
	45-64	27.7	1.1	26.4	1.2	25.7	1.4	27.4	2.8	41.4	3.8
	65 and over	22.2	1.4	21.3	1.4	21.2	1.5	20.0	4.2	33.4	4.3
Gender	Male	26.1	1.0	24.8	1.1	23.9	1.2	25.9	3.8	37.0	2.8
Gender	Female	26.4	0.9	25.4	0.9	25.3	1.1	25.7	2.3	35.4	2.6
Family income^a	Negative/poor	25.7	1.5	23.5	1.7	26.4	2.3	18.2	2.2	36.5	3.6
	Near poor/low	28.7	1.7	26.2	1.8	25.6	2.2	27.3	3.4	40.7	3.9
	Middle	28.2	1.3	26.9	1.4	26.6	1.5	28.5	4.6	39.0	3.5
	High	23.7	1.1	23.7	1.1	22.5	1.3	28.9	3.9	22.7	4.1
Education^b	Less than high school	27.2	1.3	24.5	1.5	24.1	1.8	24.1	3.5	36.6	2.8
	High school graduate	27.2	1.2	26.3	1.3	27.1	1.4	21.6	2.9	36.1	3.4
	At least some college	25.2	0.9	24.6	1.0	23.4	1.1	30.4	3.5	33.6	3.7
Health insurance, ages 18-64	Any private	26.7	0.9	26.3	0.9	25.6	1.1	30.0	2.8	31.2	2.5
	Public only	27.0	1.8	24.9	2.0	26.2	2.4	19.9	3.2	36.9	4.0
	Uninsured	31.1	2.2	26.3	2.5	25.7	3.0	24.2	4.6	47.9	4.3
Health insurance, age 65 and over	Medicare only	22.0	2.3	20.5	2.3	20.8	2.6	*	*	*	*
	Medicare and private	22.5	2.1	22.5	2.1	22.5	2.2	*	*	*	*
	Medicare and other public	21.8	3.3	18.6	3.8	*	*	*	*	*	*
Residence location^c	Metropolitan-large	26.7	0.9	25.2	1.0	24.3	1.2	26.8	2.4	36.1	2.4
	Metropolitan-small	26.7	1.1	26.1	1.2	25.8	1.3	26.6	3.5	32.2	3.4
	Micropolitan	24.7	1.9	23.0	1.9	23.4	2.1	*	*	*	*
	Noncore-adjacent	24.8	3.1	24.3	3.3	25.1	3.5	*	*	*	*
	Noncore-not adjacent	22.8	3.5	22.6	3.5	23.4	3.5	*	*	*	*
Language spoken most often at home	English	25.5	0.7	25.2	0.7	24.7	0.8	25.8	1.8	30.3	2.6
Language spoken most often at home	Other	35.0	2.4	22.7	4.4	*	*	*	*	42.6	2.7
Activity limitations^c	Basic activities	27.5	1.2	26.6	1.3	26.5	1.4	22.7	3.2	37.1	4.2
	Complex activities	28.7	1.7	27.5	1.8	27.9	2.1	19.5	3.7	43.1	5.8
	Neither basic nor complex activities	26.1	0.8	24.8	0.8	24.3	1.0	27.3	2.3	35.8	2.0

^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.