| Total | Less than high school graduate | High school graduate | At least some college | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Population group | Percent | SE | Percent | SE | Percent | SE | Percent | SE |
| Total | 55.0 | 0.6 | 58.0 | 1.2 | 56.3 | 0.9 | 53.0 | 0.8 |
| Age | ||||||||
| 18-44 | 50.3 | 0.8 | 51.9 | 1.9 | 51.3 | 1.4 | 49.3 | 1.0 |
| 45-64 | 56.0 | 1.0 | 59.8 | 2.1 | 55.2 | 1.4 | 55.6 | 1.3 |
| 65 and over | 65.0 | 1.0 | 64.3 | 1.9 | 69.3 | 1.9 | 61.0 | 1.8 |
| Gender | ||||||||
| Male | 55.6 | 0.9 | 57.4 | 1.9 | 56.2 | 1.3 | 54.7 | 1.1 |
| Female | 54.5 | 0.7 | 58.4 | 1.5 | 56.4 | 1.1 | 51.7 | 1.0 |
| Race | ||||||||
| White | 54.2 | 0.6 | 56.6 | 1.4 | 55.4 | 1.0 | 52.6 | 0.8 |
| Black | 64.9 | 1.6 | 69.5 | 2.4 | 65.4 | 2.5 | 61.4 | 2.3 |
| Asian or Pacific Islander | 42.8 | 3.1 | * | * | * | * | 42.6 | 3.5 |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 56.0 | 4.7 | * | * | * | * | * | * |
| Ethnicity | ||||||||
| Non-Hispanic | 54.6 | 0.7 | 56.6 | 1.4 | 56.2 | 1.0 | 53.0 | 0.8 |
| White | 53.8 | 0.7 | 54.5 | 1.7 | 55.2 | 1.0 | 52.7 | 0.8 |
| Black | 64.8 | 1.6 | 69.4 | 2.5 | 65.4 | 2.5 | 61.4 | 2.3 |
| Hispanic | 58.3 | 1.3 | 63.4 | 1.8 | 57.2 | 2.4 | 52.3 | 2.5 |
| Family incomeb | ||||||||
| Negative or poor | 56.5 | 1.5 | 60.2 | 2.2 | 56.5 | 2.8 | 50.1 | 3.2 |
| Near poor/low | 57.6 | 1.2 | 62.2 | 1.8 | 54.8 | 2.0 | 55.4 | 2.2 |
| Middle | 54.6 | 1.0 | 55.7 | 2.1 | 59.0 | 1.5 | 50.1 | 1.5 |
| High | 54.0 | 0.9 | 52.1 | 3.0 | 54.1 | 1.6 | 54.1 | 1.0 |
| Insurance coverage | ||||||||
| Under age 65 | ||||||||
| Any private | 52.5 | 0.7 | 52.4 | 2.0 | 53.4 | 1.1 | 52.0 | 0.9 |
| Public only | 54.7 | 2.3 | 59.4 | 3.1 | 51.5 | 2.9 | 49.7 | 3.9 |
| Uninsured | 52.5 | 1.9 | 55.3 | 2.8 | 51.5 | 3.1 | 50.8 | 3.3 |
| Age 65 and over | ||||||||
| Medicare only | 63.0 | 2.0 | 63.9 | 3.2 | 66.1 | 3.2 | 57.8 | 3.6 |
| Medicare and private | 65.7 | 1.3 | 62.8 | 3.0 | 71.1 | 2.5 | 62.4 | 2.2 |
| Medicare and other public | 66.5 | 3.0 | 68.8 | 3.5 | * | * | * | * |
| Residence locationc | ||||||||
| Metropolitan-large | 53.6 | 0.8 | 58.6 | 1.9 | 53.7 | 1.3 | 52.0 | 1.1 |
| Metropolitan-small | 54.7 | 1.2 | 55.7 | 2.4 | 58.1 | 1.8 | 52.0 | 1.5 |
| Micropolitan | 59.1 | 1.4 | 60.8 | 2.6 | 58.4 | 2.3 | 58.9 | 2.0 |
| Noncore-adjacent | 59.3 | 1.8 | 58.2 | 4.0 | 60.3 | 2.1 | 59.0 | 3.5 |
| Noncore-rural | 64.4 | 3.5 | * | * | 66.7 | 5.6 | 67.5 | 4.0 |
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.