Table 208C_b Families unable to receive or delayed in receiving needed dental care due to financial or insurance reasons, by ethnicity, United States, 2003 |
|
|
|
|
Non-Hispanic |
Hispanic, all races |
|
|
Total |
All races |
White |
Black |
Population groupa |
Percent |
SE |
Percent |
SE |
Percent |
SE |
Percent |
SE |
Percent |
SE |
Total |
71.6 |
1.7 |
71.3 |
1.8 |
69.9 |
2.1 |
78.3 |
2.8 |
73.5 |
4.0 |
Age |
18-44 |
72.8 |
2.1 |
72.2 |
2.4 |
70.3 |
2.8 |
81.2 |
4.1 |
76.4 |
4.9 |
45-64 |
70.8 |
2.5 |
70.7 |
2.5 |
70.0 |
3.1 |
* |
* |
* |
* |
65 and over |
66.7 |
4.9 |
68.5 |
5.0 |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
Gender |
Male |
69.2 |
2.5 |
68.7 |
2.7 |
65.7 |
3.2 |
* |
* |
72.4 |
5.7 |
Female |
73.5 |
2.0 |
73.3 |
2.1 |
73.2 |
2.4 |
73.8 |
3.9 |
74.4 |
5.2 |
Family incomeb |
Negative/poor |
81.3 |
2.9 |
82.2 |
3.1 |
83.8 |
3.8 |
* |
* |
* |
* |
Near poor/low |
82.2 |
2.3 |
83.3 |
2.4 |
84.9 |
2.8 |
* |
* |
75.7 |
6.2 |
Middle |
73.7 |
2.5 |
74.0 |
2.6 |
72.4 |
3.2 |
* |
* |
* |
* |
High |
48.4 |
3.8 |
48.0 |
3.9 |
45.6 |
4.0 |
* |
* |
* |
* |
Educationc |
Less than high school |
78.8 |
2.9 |
80.0 |
3.4 |
82.6 |
4.3 |
* |
* |
75.1 |
5.4 |
High school graduate |
74.1 |
2.5 |
74.4 |
2.7 |
72.0 |
3.3 |
* |
* |
* |
* |
At least some college |
66.2 |
2.6 |
65.8 |
2.7 |
64.0 |
3.2 |
* |
* |
* |
* |
Health insurance, age 18-64 |
Any private |
61.1 |
2.3 |
60.9 |
2.4 |
58.9 |
2.7 |
* |
* |
* |
* |
Public only |
77.9 |
3.3 |
77.6 |
3.7 |
81.3 |
5.1 |
* |
* |
* |
* |
Uninsured |
91.5 |
1.6 |
93.1 |
1.6 |
92.7 |
2.0 |
* |
* |
84.3 |
4.3 |
Health insurance, age 65 and over |
Medicare only |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
Medicare and private |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
Medicare and other public |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
Residence locationd |
Metropolitan-large |
70.7 |
2.4 |
70.5 |
2.6 |
69.4 |
3.4 |
74.2 |
3.9 |
72.0 |
4.5 |
Metropolitan-small |
73.9 |
2.8 |
73.5 |
2.9 |
72.3 |
3.2 |
* |
* |
* |
* |
Micropolitan |
68.1 |
5.2 |
68.2 |
5.4 |
63.0 |
6.3 |
* |
* |
* |
* |
Noncore-adjacent |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
Noncore-not adjacent |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
Preferred language |
English |
71.5 |
1.8 |
71.3 |
1.8 |
70.0 |
2.1 |
78.1 |
2.8 |
73.4 |
5.5 |
Other |
72.7 |
4.1 |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
73.5 |
5.1 |
Born in U.S. |
Yes |
71.8 |
1.9 |
71.8 |
1.9 |
70.0 |
2.2 |
79.1 |
2.8 |
73.0 |
6.3 |
No |
70.0 |
3.4 |
67.1 |
4.8 |
* |
* |
* |
* |
73.9 |
4.8 |
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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