Table 208B_d Families unable to receive or delayed in receiving needed medical care due to financial or insurance reasons, by education,a United States, 2003 |
|
|
Total |
Less than high school |
High school graduate |
At least some college |
Population groupb |
Percent |
SE |
Percent |
SE |
Percent |
SE |
Percent |
SE |
Total |
52.8 |
1.9 |
70.5 |
2.9 |
54.7 |
3.3 |
43.9 |
2.4 |
Age |
18-44 |
57.1 |
2.5 |
68.1 |
4.5 |
67.2 |
4.5 |
47.5 |
3.5 |
45-64 |
52.3 |
2.5 |
76.3 |
3.9 |
49.2 |
5.1 |
43.9 |
3.7 |
65 and over |
32.2 |
5.5 |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
Gender |
Male |
52.5 |
2.8 |
67.9 |
5.4 |
54.0 |
4.6 |
43.8 |
3.7 |
Female |
53.0 |
2.4 |
72.7 |
3.4 |
55.4 |
4.1 |
44.1 |
3.4 |
Race |
White, single race |
51.1 |
2.2 |
70.3 |
3.5 |
53.5 |
3.6 |
41.5 |
2.7 |
Black, single race |
66.1 |
4.2 |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
Asian, single race |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
NHOPI, single race |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
AI/AN, single race |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
Multiple races |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
Ethnicity |
Non-Hispanic, all races |
51.1 |
2.1 |
68.9 |
3.4 |
53.8 |
3.6 |
43.2 |
2.6 |
Non-Hispanic, White |
48.8 |
2.4 |
68.8 |
4.3 |
52.1 |
4.1 |
40.4 |
2.8 |
Non-Hispanic, Black |
66.7 |
4.2 |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
Hispanic, all races |
66.5 |
3.7 |
75.8 |
4.9 |
* |
* |
* |
* |
Family incomec |
Negative/poor |
70.6 |
3.2 |
71.1 |
4.6 |
* |
* |
* |
* |
Near poor/low |
62.3 |
3.5 |
73.8 |
4.9 |
* |
* |
57.3 |
5.4 |
Middle |
51.2 |
3.0 |
* |
* |
52.6 |
4.4 |
45.6 |
4.7 |
High |
32.5 |
2.9 |
* |
* |
* |
* |
28.1 |
3.4 |
Health insurance, age 18-64 |
Any private |
41.1 |
2.1 |
* |
* |
43.9 |
4.5 |
36.0 |
2.7 |
Public only |
61.8 |
3.8 |
57.2 |
6.3 |
* |
* |
* |
* |
Uninsured |
87.5 |
2.2 |
87.8 |
3.3 |
* |
* |
* |
* |
Health insurance, age 65 and over |
Medicare only |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
Medicare and private |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
Medicare and other public |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
Residence locationd |
Metropolitan-large |
51.1 |
3.0 |
67.3 |
4.7 |
59.7 |
4.7 |
41.5 |
3.6 |
Metropolitan-small |
54.6 |
3.1 |
70.5 |
6.0 |
49.8 |
5.3 |
50.6 |
3.9 |
Micropolitan |
53.3 |
5.5 |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
Noncore-adjacent |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
Noncore-not adjacent |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
Preferred language |
English |
51.6 |
2.1 |
70.2 |
3.2 |
54.1 |
3.4 |
43.0 |
2.6 |
Other |
65.4 |
5.2 |
71.6 |
5.5 |
* |
* |
* |
* |
Born in U.S. |
Yes |
51.9 |
2.1 |
70.5 |
3.3 |
54.9 |
3.3 |
42.3 |
2.7 |
No |
58.7 |
4.4 |
70.2 |
5.5 |
* |
* |
* |
* |
a 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 Values are for reference person in the family, excluding families with a reference person age under 18.
c 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.
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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