Table 208D_b Families unable to receive or delayed in receiving needed prescription medications 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 |
70.7 |
1.9 |
70.5 |
1.9 |
67.2 |
2.3 |
86.6 |
2.7 |
72.7 |
4.9 |
Age |
18-44 |
75.2 |
2.8 |
75.7 |
2.9 |
72.0 |
3.6 |
* |
* |
* |
* |
45-64 |
69.8 |
3.0 |
69.2 |
3.0 |
67.6 |
3.6 |
* |
* |
* |
* |
65 and over |
59.8 |
5.4 |
59.2 |
5.6 |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
Gender |
Male |
69.6 |
2.9 |
69.0 |
3.0 |
65.4 |
3.6 |
* |
* |
* |
* |
Female |
71.6 |
2.3 |
71.6 |
2.4 |
68.6 |
2.9 |
86.2 |
3.5 |
70.7 |
6.2 |
Family incomeb |
Negative/poor |
81.0 |
3.1 |
82.1 |
3.4 |
77.5 |
4.4 |
* |
* |
* |
* |
Near poor/low |
79.8 |
2.9 |
80.0 |
3.1 |
76.5 |
4.0 |
* |
* |
* |
* |
Middle |
66.5 |
3.6 |
66.2 |
3.9 |
64.1 |
4.4 |
* |
* |
* |
* |
High |
57.1 |
4.0 |
56.6 |
4.1 |
56.3 |
4.3 |
* |
* |
* |
* |
Educationc |
Less than high school |
81.6 |
2.5 |
82.4 |
2.8 |
80.3 |
3.6 |
* |
* |
* |
* |
High school graduate |
72.3 |
3.3 |
72.3 |
3.4 |
69.6 |
3.8 |
* |
* |
* |
* |
At least some college |
63.0 |
2.8 |
62.9 |
2.9 |
59.1 |
3.3 |
* |
* |
* |
* |
Health insurance, age 18-64 |
Any private |
63.5 |
2.9 |
63.2 |
2.9 |
60.3 |
3.2 |
* |
* |
* |
* |
Public only |
79.9 |
3.7 |
80.5 |
3.9 |
77.7 |
5.5 |
* |
* |
* |
* |
Uninsured |
87.8 |
2.5 |
90.0 |
2.6 |
89.9 |
3.1 |
* |
* |
* |
* |
Health insurance, age 65 and over |
Medicare only |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
Medicare and private |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
Medicare and other public |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
Residence locationd |
Metropolitan-large |
66.5 |
2.9 |
65.9 |
3.0 |
62.0 |
4.2 |
* |
* |
* |
* |
Metropolitan-small |
72.5 |
3.5 |
73.0 |
3.4 |
69.3 |
3.8 |
* |
* |
* |
* |
Micropolitan |
77.2 |
5.5 |
75.6 |
5.6 |
72.4 |
6.1 |
* |
* |
* |
* |
Noncore-adjacent |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
Noncore-not adjacent |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
Preferred language |
English |
70.0 |
2.0 |
70.1 |
1.9 |
67.0 |
2.4 |
86.6 |
2.7 |
* |
* |
Other |
80.7 |
4.4 |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
Born in U.S. |
Yes |
70.7 |
2.0 |
70.6 |
2.0 |
66.7 |
2.4 |
87.2 |
2.7 |
* |
* |
No |
70.9 |
4.7 |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
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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