Total | Less than high school graduate | High school graduate | At least some college | |||||
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Population group | Percent | SE | Percent | SE | Percent | SE | Percent | SE |
Total | 78.2 | 0.6 | 79.6 | 0.9 | 76.1 | 1.0 | 79.1 | 0.7 |
Age | ||||||||
18-44 | 79.4 | 0.8 | 83.7 | 1.2 | 77.8 | 1.3 | 78.7 | 1.0 |
45-64 | 78.8 | 0.8 | 78.7 | 1.7 | 76.6 | 1.4 | 80.2 | 0.9 |
65 and over | 74.4 | 1.2 | 74.8 | 1.7 | 71.3 | 1.9 | 77.2 | 1.6 |
Gender | ||||||||
Male | 78.3 | 0.7 | 79.9 | 1.2 | 75.7 | 1.2 | 79.3 | 0.9 |
Female | 78.1 | 0.6 | 79.3 | 1.1 | 76.4 | 1.1 | 78.9 | 0.8 |
Race | ||||||||
White | 77.7 | 0.7 | 78.8 | 1.1 | 75.1 | 1.1 | 79.0 | 0.7 |
Black | 82.6 | 1.3 | 84.0 | 1.6 | 82.1 | 2.0 | 82.2 | 1.7 |
Asian or Pacific Islander | 76.5 | 3.5 | * | * | 81.2 | 5.2 | 74.8 | 3.9 |
American Indian or Alaska Native | 79.7 | 3.8 | * | * | * | * | * | * |
Ethnicity | ||||||||
Non-Hispanic | 78.2 | 0.6 | 79.6 | 0.9 | 76.1 | 1.0 | 79.1 | 0.7 |
White | 76.9 | 0.7 | 76.4 | 1.3 | 74.3 | 1.2 | 78.9 | 0.8 |
Black | 82.8 | 1.3 | 83.5 | 1.7 | 82.1 | 2.0 | 82.9 | 1.6 |
Hispanic | 83.8 | 1.1 | 86.8 | 1.4 | 83.8 | 1.9 | 79.6 | 2.3 |
Family incomeb | ||||||||
Negative or poor | 79.4 | 1.4 | 81.1 | 1.8 | 77.8 | 2.4 | 78.5 | 2.8 |
Near poor/low | 78.1 | 1.2 | 79.3 | 1.6 | 76.6 | 1.8 | 78.7 | 2.3 |
Middle | 77.1 | 0.8 | 79.2 | 1.6 | 75.3 | 1.2 | 77.8 | 1.1 |
High | 78.7 | 0.9 | 79.1 | 2.4 | 76.2 | 1.5 | 79.7 | 0.9 |
Insurance coverage | ||||||||
Under age 65 | ||||||||
Any private | 78.6 | 0.7 | 80.4 | 1.3 | 76.5 | 1.1 | 79.3 | 0.8 |
Public only | 82.3 | 1.6 | 83.5 | 2.2 | 81.0 | 2.4 | 81.7 | 3.1 |
Uninsured | 81.4 | 1.5 | 84.7 | 2.0 | 80.6 | 2.2 | 78.2 | 2.8 |
Age 65 and over | ||||||||
Medicare only | 74.2 | 1.8 | 78.2 | 2.4 | 71.8 | 3.1 | 71.2 | 3.4 |
Medicare and private | 74.1 | 1.4 | 71.8 | 2.7 | 70.0 | 2.3 | 79.9 | 1.8 |
Medicare and other public | 77.9 | 3.1 | 76.6 | 3.6 | * | * | * | * |
Residence locationc | ||||||||
Metropolitan-large | 77.9 | 0.9 | 79.4 | 1.4 | 75.3 | 1.5 | 78.8 | 0.9 |
Metropolitan-small | 78.4 | 1.1 | 78.9 | 1.8 | 76.5 | 1.8 | 79.7 | 1.3 |
Micropolitan | 80.7 | 1.3 | 82.4 | 1.8 | 79.2 | 1.8 | 81.0 | 2.2 |
Noncore-adjacent | 76.7 | 2.4 | 80.6 | 3.4 | 74.9 | 2.9 | 75.5 | 3.1 |
Noncore-rural | 73.3 | 4.3 | * | * | 74.6 | 4.7 | 72.6 | 6.4 |
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.
Note: The population categories used in this table are as reported from the source of the data (see below).
Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Medical Expenditure Panel Survey.