Table 184A_b Adults whose providers always explained things in a way they could understand, by ethnicity, United States, 2003 |
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Non-Hispanic |
Hispanic, all races |
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Total |
All races |
White |
Black |
Population group |
Percent |
SE |
Percent |
SE |
Percent |
SE |
Percent |
SE |
Percent |
SE |
Total |
60.3 |
0.6 |
60.7 |
0.6 |
61.1 |
0.7 |
64.6 |
1.9 |
56.1 |
1.5 |
Age |
18-44 |
58.8 |
0.9 |
59.6 |
0.9 |
60.3 |
1.0 |
62.9 |
2.6 |
53.0 |
1.9 |
45-64 |
61.7 |
0.9 |
61.9 |
0.9 |
62.3 |
1.0 |
66.2 |
2.4 |
59.0 |
2.8 |
65 and over |
61.3 |
1.1 |
61.0 |
1.1 |
60.9 |
1.3 |
67.2 |
4.1 |
65.6 |
3.5 |
Gender |
Male |
59.8 |
0.8 |
60.5 |
0.9 |
61.1 |
0.9 |
63.3 |
2.7 |
52.9 |
2.4 |
Female |
60.6 |
0.7 |
60.9 |
0.7 |
61.2 |
0.8 |
65.4 |
2.0 |
58.2 |
1.8 |
Family incomea |
Negative/poor |
56.6 |
1.5 |
56.8 |
1.7 |
56.1 |
2.2 |
64.2 |
2.5 |
56.0 |
3.0 |
Near poor/low |
57.8 |
1.3 |
58.4 |
1.4 |
58.2 |
1.7 |
61.7 |
2.9 |
53.8 |
2.4 |
Middle |
59.5 |
1.0 |
59.5 |
1.1 |
59.9 |
1.2 |
63.0 |
3.0 |
59.7 |
3.0 |
High |
62.4 |
0.9 |
62.9 |
0.9 |
63.4 |
0.9 |
68.8 |
3.3 |
53.3 |
3.3 |
Educationb |
Less than high school |
58.8 |
1.2 |
59.6 |
1.3 |
60.0 |
1.6 |
63.5 |
2.6 |
55.5 |
2.2 |
High school graduate |
59.1 |
1.0 |
59.3 |
1.0 |
58.7 |
1.1 |
66.9 |
3.1 |
56.2 |
2.7 |
At least some college |
61.7 |
0.8 |
62.0 |
0.8 |
62.8 |
0.8 |
64.2 |
2.7 |
56.5 |
2.8 |
Health insurance, age 18-64 |
Any private |
60.9 |
0.7 |
61.1 |
0.7 |
61.6 |
0.8 |
65.2 |
2.4 |
57.6 |
2.2 |
Public only |
57.8 |
1.7 |
58.4 |
1.8 |
59.0 |
2.2 |
61.2 |
3.1 |
54.8 |
3.2 |
Uninsured |
55.2 |
1.8 |
57.7 |
2.2 |
58.8 |
2.4 |
63.5 |
5.3 |
46.4 |
3.1 |
Health insurance, age 65 and over |
Medicare only |
64.1 |
2.0 |
63.9 |
2.1 |
63.8 |
2.1 |
* |
* |
66.9 |
5.4 |
Medicare and private |
60.0 |
1.7 |
59.8 |
1.7 |
59.5 |
1.9 |
66.5 |
6.5 |
* |
* |
Medicare and other public |
62.6 |
3.0 |
61.8 |
3.5 |
63.4 |
4.5 |
66.3 |
5.2 |
65.8 |
5.5 |
Residence locationc |
Metropolitan-large |
58.8 |
0.8 |
59.5 |
0.8 |
59.9 |
1.0 |
64.0 |
2.1 |
54.1 |
1.9 |
Metropolitan-small |
61.6 |
1.1 |
61.7 |
1.1 |
62.1 |
1.1 |
65.1 |
3.8 |
61.1 |
2.8 |
Micropolitan |
63.9 |
1.8 |
63.9 |
1.9 |
63.5 |
2.0 |
73.6 |
4.7 |
63.7 |
4.3 |
Noncore-adjacent |
56.7 |
2.8 |
57.4 |
2.8 |
58.2 |
2.8 |
* |
* |
* |
* |
Noncore-not adjacent |
64.4 |
2.5 |
64.3 |
2.5 |
64.2 |
2.5 |
* |
* |
* |
* |
Preferred language |
English |
61.0 |
0.6 |
61.3 |
0.6 |
61.3 |
0.7 |
64.7 |
1.9 |
56.6 |
2.1 |
Other |
51.2 |
2.0 |
45.5 |
3.2 |
53.5 |
6.1 |
* |
* |
55.5 |
2.2 |
Born in U.S. |
Yes |
61.3 |
0.6 |
61.4 |
0.6 |
61.3 |
0.7 |
64.7 |
1.9 |
59.8 |
2.2 |
No |
53.1 |
1.5 |
53.4 |
2.1 |
57.9 |
3.3 |
63.4 |
5.1 |
52.7 |
2.1 |
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 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.
c 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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