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Table 208B_c
Families unable to receive or delayed in receiving needed medical care due to financial or insurance reasons, by family income,a United States, 2003
    Total Negative/poor Near poor/low Middle High
Population groupb Percent SE Percent SE Percent SE Percent SE Percent SE
Total 52.8 1.9 70.6 3.2 62.5 3.5 51.2 3.0 32.5 2.9
Age 18-44 57.2 2.5 71.1 4.9 71.4 4.4 50.3 3.8 36.3 5.3
45-64 52.3 2.5 74.6 4.4 64.1 5.0 56.1 4.8 30.8 4.1
65 and over 32.7 5.5 * * * * * * * *
Gender Male 52.7 2.8 * * 64.3 5.3 50.3 4.3 34.6 4.1
Female 53.0 2.4 66.5 4.0 61.3 4.3 51.9 4.2 29.8 4.5
Race White, single race 51.1 2.2 70.0 4.1 61.7 3.8 50.4 3.3 31.5 3.0
Black, single race 66.1 4.2 * * * * * * * *
Asian, single race * * * * * * * * * *
NHOPI, single race * * * * * * * * * *
AI/AN, single race * * * * * * * * * *
Multiple races * * * * * * * * * *
Ethnicity Non-Hispanic, all races 51.2 2.1 71.2 3.4 59.4 3.9 50.0 3.3 32.4 3.0
Non-Hispanic, White 48.8 2.4 70.3 4.6 57.7 4.3 48.9 3.7 31.2 3.2
Non-Hispanic, Black 66.7 4.2 * * * * * * * *
Hispanic, all races 66.6 3.7 * * * * * * * *
Educationc Less than high school 70.5 2.9 71.1 4.6 73.8 4.9 * * * *
High school graduate 54.7 3.3 * * * * 52.6 4.4 * *
At least some college 43.9 2.4 * * 57.3 5.4 45.6 4.7 28.1 3.4
Health insurance, age 18-64 Any private 41.1 2.1 * * 52.9 5.8 45.2 3.4 29.2 3.0
Public only 61.8 3.8 57.6 5.4 * * * * * *
Uninsured 87.6 2.2 90.8 2.8 85.4 4.3 * * * *
Health insurance, age 65 and over Medicare only * * * * * * * * * *
Medicare and private * * * * * * * * * *
Medicare and other public * * * * * * * * * *
Residence locationd Metropolitan-large 51.3 3.0 68.9 5.1 61.4 5.2 52.4 4.4 30.0 3.9
Metropolitan-small 54.6 3.1 70.5 5.1 62.1 5.7 49.3 5.0 * *
Micropolitan 53.3 5.5 * * * * * * * *
Noncore-adjacent * * * * * * * * * *
Noncore-not adjacent * * * * * * * * * *
Preferred language English 51.6 2.1 69.8 3.3 61.2 4.0 50.6 3.2 31.9 3.0
Other 66.1 5.1 * * * * * * * *
Born in U.S. Yes 51.9 2.1 70.1 3.6 61.8 4.0 49.2 3.3 32.7 3.1
No 59.2 4.4 * * * * * * * *

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 Values are for reference person in the family, excluding families with a reference person age under 18.

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: 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.

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