Table 222D_d People unable to receive or delayed in receiving needed prescription medications due to financial or insurance reasons, by education,a United States, 2004 |
Population group |
Total |
Less than high school |
High school graduate |
At least some college |
Percent |
Percent |
SE |
Percent |
SE |
Percent |
SE |
Total |
|
72.9 |
85.2 |
2.4 |
77.7 |
2.7 |
61.9 |
2.9 |
Age |
18-44 |
79.6 |
88.9 |
3.0 |
84.6 |
3.4 |
70.2 |
3.7 |
45-64 |
69.0 |
88.5 |
3.3 |
75.5 |
4.2 |
55.3 |
4.2 |
65 and over |
64.4 |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
Gender |
Male |
70.2 |
84.1 |
3.7 |
71.7 |
5.4 |
59.5 |
5.9 |
Female |
74.3 |
85.8 |
2.8 |
81.1 |
3.1 |
63.0 |
3.5 |
Race |
White, single race |
70.0 |
82.8 |
2.9 |
76.2 |
3.0 |
57.9 |
3.2 |
Black, single race |
83.9 |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
Asian, single race |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
NHOPI, single race |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
AI/AN, single race |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
Multiple races |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
Ethnicity |
Non-Hispanic, all races |
71.3 |
83.7 |
3.0 |
77.3 |
2.8 |
60.4 |
3.0 |
Non-Hispanic, White |
67.6 |
80.1 |
3.9 |
75.3 |
3.2 |
55.8 |
3.4 |
Non-Hispanic, Black |
84.4 |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
Hispanic |
87.2 |
89.9 |
2.8 |
* |
* |
* |
* |
Family incomeb |
Negative/poor |
86.5 |
86.1 |
3.3 |
93.4 |
2.3 |
* |
* |
Near poor/low |
82.1 |
85.3 |
3.9 |
81.2 |
5.6 |
* |
* |
Middle |
71.3 |
* |
* |
71.3 |
5.0 |
66.8 |
4.6 |
High |
51.1 |
* |
* |
* |
* |
44.2 |
5.1 |
Health insurance, ages 18-64 |
Any private |
64.1 |
* |
* |
70.7 |
4.2 |
55.2 |
3.5 |
Public only |
84.8 |
80.6 |
4.5 |
* |
* |
* |
* |
Uninsured |
91.6 |
94.2 |
2.7 |
* |
* |
* |
* |
Health insurance, age 65 and over |
Medicare only |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
Medicare and private |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
Medicare and other public |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
Residence locationc |
Metropolitan-large |
69.7 |
84.9 |
4.1 |
75.2 |
4.5 |
60.1 |
3.8 |
Metropolitan-small |
75.2 |
85.8 |
3.7 |
78.5 |
4.4 |
63.9 |
5.2 |
Micropolitan |
75.1 |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
Noncore-adjacent |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
Noncore-not adjacent |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
Language spoken most often at home |
English |
71.6 |
83.8 |
2.8 |
77.2 |
2.7 |
60.7 |
3.0 |
Other |
93.7 |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
Activity limitationsc |
Basic activities |
74.9 |
81.9 |
3.8 |
79.2 |
3.9 |
64.1 |
4.9 |
Complex activities |
76.2 |
81.1 |
4.5 |
84.9 |
3.8 |
* |
* |
Neither basic nor complex activities |
72.0 |
90.1 |
2.6 |
75.5 |
4.0 |
61.9 |
3.6 |
a Persons age 18 and over. 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.
b 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.
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: AI/AN: American Indian or Alaska Native; NHOPI: Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander; SE: standard error.
Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends, Medical Expenditure Panel Survey.