| Total | Less than high school graduate | High school graduate | At least some college | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Population group | Percent | SE | Percent | SE | Percent | SE | Percent | SE |
| Total | 79.6 | 0.6 | 75.6 | 1.3 | 81.8 | 1.1 | 79.6 | 0.8 |
| Age | ||||||||
| 18-44 | 75.7 | 1.0 | 69.0 | 2.4 | 77.8 | 1.7 | 76.4 | 1.3 |
| 45-64 | 79.5 | 1.0 | 72.3 | 2.4 | 81.0 | 1.7 | 80.2 | 1.1 |
| 65 and over | 86.6 | 1.0 | 83.5 | 2.0 | 89.0 | 1.7 | 87.0 | 1.4 |
| Gender | ||||||||
| Male | 80.0 | 0.8 | 78.1 | 2.0 | 80.1 | 1.6 | 80.5 | 1.1 |
| Female | 79.3 | 0.8 | 73.7 | 1.8 | 83.0 | 1.4 | 78.9 | 1.1 |
| Race | ||||||||
| White | 80.5 | 0.6 | 76.5 | 1.4 | 83.0 | 1.1 | 80.5 | 0.8 |
| Black | 77.8 | 1.9 | 76.0 | 4.2 | 78.3 | 2.9 | 78.4 | 2.8 |
| Asian or Pacific Islander | 57.8 | 5.2 | * | * | * | * | * | * |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * |
| Ethnicity | ||||||||
| Non-Hispanic | 81.0 | 0.6 | 79.6 | 1.4 | 82.6 | 1.1 | 80.6 | 0.8 |
| White | 82.1 | 0.7 | 81.3 | 1.6 | 83.9 | 1.1 | 81.4 | 0.9 |
| Black | 78.5 | 1.9 | 76.5 | 4.3 | 78.7 | 2.9 | 79.5 | 2.7 |
| Hispanic | 62.4 | 1.9 | 58.5 | 2.6 | 70.2 | 3.6 | 61.5 | 3.5 |
| Family incomeb | ||||||||
| Negative or poor | 68.6 | 2.1 | 69.4 | 2.9 | 70.0 | 3.2 | 65.5 | 4.4 |
| Near poor/low | 75.9 | 1.6 | 71.9 | 2.6 | 79.5 | 2.6 | 76.3 | 2.7 |
| Middle | 80.8 | 1.0 | 81.5 | 2.5 | 82.3 | 1.6 | 79.3 | 1.5 |
| High | 82.0 | 0.9 | 77.8 | 3.3 | 85.4 | 1.6 | 81.2 | 1.0 |
| Insurance coverage | ||||||||
| Under age 65 | ||||||||
| Any private | 80.4 | 0.7 | 78.5 | 2.1 | 82.0 | 1.3 | 79.9 | 0.9 |
| Public only | 66.3 | 2.4 | 60.9 | 3.8 | 72.8 | 3.8 | 67.0 | 4.6 |
| Uninsured | 59.8 | 2.8 | 58.1 | 4.5 | 64.0 | 4.5 | 57.1 | 5.1 |
| Age 65 and over | ||||||||
| Medicare only | 85.3 | 1.8 | 82.8 | 3.3 | 88.6 | 3.1 | 84.8 | 2.9 |
| Medicare and private | 88.0 | 1.3 | 83.6 | 3.5 | 89.9 | 2.3 | 88.9 | 1.6 |
| Medicare and other public | 83.2 | 3.2 | 86.2 | 3.7 | * | * | * | * |
| Residence locationc | ||||||||
| Metropolitan-large | 77.0 | 1.0 | 70.3 | 2.1 | 79.3 | 1.8 | 77.8 | 1.1 |
| Metropolitan-small | 82.2 | 1.0 | 79.4 | 2.3 | 83.2 | 1.6 | 82.6 | 1.4 |
| Micropolitan | 83.9 | 1.3 | 82.4 | 2.6 | 89.2 | 1.8 | 80.2 | 2.7 |
| Noncore-adjacent | 84.2 | 2.6 | * | * | 85.2 | 3.4 | * | * |
| Noncore-rural | 83.9 | 3.2 | * | * | * | * | * | * |
aPersons 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.