Table 208A_b Families unable to receive or delayed in receiving needed medical care, dental care, or prescription medications due to financial or insurance reasons, by ethnicity, United States, 2003 |
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|
|
|
Non-Hispanic |
Hispanic, all races |
|
|
Total |
All races |
White |
Black |
Population groupa |
Percent |
SE |
Percent |
SE |
Percent |
SE |
Percent |
SE |
Percent |
SE |
Total |
62.7 |
1.2 |
62.0 |
1.3 |
59.9 |
1.5 |
74.7 |
2.3 |
69.2 |
3.0 |
Age |
18-44 |
66.1 |
1.8 |
65.5 |
1.9 |
63.7 |
2.3 |
77.7 |
3.9 |
70.4 |
3.8 |
45-64 |
61.8 |
1.9 |
61.2 |
1.9 |
59.6 |
2.3 |
71.6 |
4.6 |
69.1 |
5.1 |
65 and over |
51.6 |
3.3 |
51.2 |
3.4 |
46.8 |
3.9 |
* |
* |
* |
* |
Gender |
Male |
60.9 |
1.8 |
59.8 |
1.9 |
56.8 |
2.2 |
77.9 |
3.6 |
71.1 |
4.1 |
Female |
64.2 |
1.6 |
63.8 |
1.8 |
62.4 |
2.1 |
72.7 |
2.8 |
67.8 |
4.0 |
Family incomeb |
Negative/poor |
77.7 |
2.2 |
78.6 |
2.4 |
78.4 |
2.8 |
82.4 |
3.8 |
73.0 |
5.3 |
Near poor/low |
73.6 |
2.1 |
73.0 |
2.2 |
71.6 |
2.7 |
76.0 |
4.5 |
78.2 |
4.7 |
Middle |
61.1 |
2.1 |
60.9 |
2.3 |
59.1 |
2.6 |
* |
* |
62.7 |
6.6 |
High |
45.0 |
2.1 |
44.7 |
2.2 |
43.8 |
2.3 |
* |
* |
* |
* |
Educationc |
Less than high school |
75.4 |
1.9 |
75.9 |
2.2 |
75.9 |
3.0 |
78.7 |
4.2 |
73.4 |
4.0 |
High school graduate |
65.8 |
2.2 |
65.7 |
2.3 |
62.8 |
2.6 |
81.1 |
3.5 |
67.7 |
4.9 |
At least some college |
54.9 |
1.7 |
54.4 |
1.8 |
52.6 |
2.0 |
66.4 |
4.5 |
* |
* |
Health insurance, age 18-64 |
Any private |
54.2 |
1.5 |
53.9 |
1.6 |
52.5 |
1.7 |
69.4 |
4.6 |
57.6 |
4.8 |
Public only |
71.9 |
2.6 |
71.7 |
2.9 |
72.8 |
3.7 |
68.8 |
5.4 |
* |
* |
Uninsured |
88.6 |
1.8 |
90.0 |
1.9 |
89.1 |
2.3 |
* |
* |
82.5 |
4.3 |
Health insurance, age 65 and over |
Medicare only |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
Medicare and private |
43.7 |
4.5 |
43.3 |
4.6 |
39.9 |
5.1 |
* |
* |
* |
* |
Medicare and other public |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
Residence locationd |
Metropolitan-large |
61.1 |
1.8 |
60.0 |
2.1 |
58.3 |
2.5 |
68.3 |
3.2 |
68.9 |
3.5 |
Metropolitan-small |
64.9 |
1.8 |
64.6 |
1.9 |
62.0 |
2.1 |
85.5 |
3.1 |
67.8 |
6.2 |
Micropolitan |
63.2 |
4.0 |
62.3 |
4.1 |
58.1 |
4.3 |
* |
* |
* |
* |
Noncore-adjacent |
67.7 |
5.1 |
67.5 |
5.5 |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
Noncore-not adjacent |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
Preferred language |
English |
62.3 |
1.3 |
61.9 |
1.3 |
59.8 |
1.5 |
74.7 |
2.3 |
68.1 |
4.1 |
Other |
68.5 |
3.3 |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
70.5 |
4.2 |
Born in U.S. |
Yes |
62.3 |
1.3 |
62.0 |
1.3 |
59.4 |
1.5 |
75.3 |
2.3 |
68.3 |
4.5 |
No |
65.8 |
2.6 |
62.7 |
3.9 |
* |
* |
* |
* |
70.1 |
3.9 |
a Values are for reference person in the family, excluding families with a reference person age under 18.
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 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.
d See MEPS entry in the Data Sources Appendix (Appendix A) for more information.
* 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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