| Total | Less than high school graduate | High school graduate | At least some college | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Population group | Percent | SE | Percent | SE | Percent | SE | Percent | SE |
| Total | 76.5 | 1.3 | 84.1 | 2.1 | 75.4 | 2.1 | 73.1 | 2.3 |
| Age | ||||||||
| 18-44 | 78.6 | 1.7 | 86.6 | 2.4 | 78.4 | 3.0 | 74.3 | 2.8 |
| 45-64 | 76.8 | 2.1 | 86.8 | 3.9 | 74.8 | 3.8 | 74.1 | 3.0 |
| 65 and over | 63.5 | 4.5 | * | * | * | * | * | * |
| Gender | ||||||||
| Male | 73.0 | 2.0 | 87.3 | 2.5 | 69.8 | 3.5 | 67.0 | 3.6 |
| Female | 79.5 | 1.6 | 81.1 | 3.3 | 80.8 | 2.4 | 77.9 | 2.7 |
| Race | ||||||||
| White | 77.3 | 1.4 | 85.6 | 2.2 | 76.3 | 2.4 | 73.4 | 2.3 |
| Black | 71.9 | 3.4 | * | * | * | * | * | * |
| Asian or Pacific Islander | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * |
| Ethnicity | ||||||||
| Non-Hispanic | 76.5 | 1.3 | 84.1 | 2.1 | 75.4 | 2.1 | 73.1 | 2.3 |
| White | 76.9 | 1.5 | 87.9 | 2.3 | 75.2 | 2.7 | 73.3 | 2.5 |
| Black | 71.3 | 3.5 | * | * | * | * | * | * |
| Hispanic | 79.9 | 3.1 | 80.0 | 4.4 | * | * | * | * |
| Family incomeb | ||||||||
| Negative or poor | 82.8 | 2.5 | 83.4 | 4.1 | 81.3 | 4.1 | * | * |
| Near poor/low | 84.9 | 2.1 | 90.7 | 2.4 | 79.1 | 4.4 | 84.4 | 3.1 |
| Middle | 77.7 | 2.3 | * | * | 73.6 | 3.6 | 79.9 | 3.8 |
| High | 58.3 | 3.2 | * | * | * | * | 57.2 | 4.1 |
| Insurance coverage | ||||||||
| Under age 65 | ||||||||
| Any private | 70.2 | 2.1 | 80.9 | 4.4 | 71.0 | 3.2 | 67.5 | 3.0 |
| Public only | 76.5 | 3.7 | * | * | * | * | * | * |
| Uninsured | 93.2 | 1.4 | 96.0 | 1.4 | 88.8 | 3.2 | 95.2 | 2.0 |
| Age 65 and over | ||||||||
| Medicare only | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * |
| Medicare and private | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * |
| Medicare and other public | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * |
| Residence locationc | ||||||||
| Metropolitan-large | 74.1 | 1.8 | 81.2 | 3.2 | 73.7 | 2.9 | 71.3 | 2.9 |
| Metropolitan-small | 78.1 | 2.3 | 85.0 | 3.9 | 80.9 | 3.3 | 71.8 | 4.0 |
| Micropolitan | 83.7 | 2.7 | * | * | * | * | * | * |
| Noncore-adjacent | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * |
| Noncore-rural | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * |
a Includes persons age 18 and over. Less than high school graduate 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.
bNegative or 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.
cSee 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.