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 | 8.8 | 0.3 | 12.4 | 0.7 | 9.4 | 0.5 | 7.0 | 0.4 |
Age | ||||||||
18-44 | 10.0 | 0.4 | 14.0 | 1.1 | 10.8 | 0.8 | 8.3 | 0.6 |
45-64 | 8.1 | 0.5 | 12.7 | 1.3 | 9.5 | 0.9 | 6.1 | 0.5 |
65 and over | 7.1 | 0.6 | 10.3 | 1.0 | 6.2 | 0.9 | 4.7 | 0.8 |
Gender | ||||||||
Male | 8.6 | 0.4 | 11.8 | 1 | 9.5 | 0.7 | 6.8 | 0.6 |
Female | 8.9 | 0.4 | 12.9 | 0.8 | 9.4 | 0.6 | 7.2 | 0.5 |
Race | ||||||||
White | 8.1 | 0.3 | 11.7 | 0.7 | 8.7 | 0.5 | 6.5 | 0.4 |
Black | 11.2 | 0.9 | 13.9 | 1.7 | 12.5 | 1.7 | 8.3 | 1.1 |
Asian or Pacific Islander | 18.9 | 2.8 | * | * | * | * | 15.0 | 3.1 |
American Indian or Alaska Native | 13.5 | 3.2 | * | * | * | * | * | * |
Ethnicity | ||||||||
Non-Hispanic | 8.3 | 0.3 | 11.2 | 0.7 | 9.2 | 0.5 | 6.8 | 0.4 |
White | 7.5 | 0.3 | 10.2 | 0.8 | 8.4 | 0.5 | 6.3 | 0.4 |
Black | 11.2 | 0.9 | 13.6 | 1.8 | 12.5 | 1.7 | 8.3 | 1.2 |
Hispanic | 13.6 | 0.9 | 17.0 | 1.5 | 12.2 | 1.5 | 10.1 | 1.3 |
Family incomeb | ||||||||
Negative or poor | 14.6 | 1.1 | 17.8 | 1.6 | 14.7 | 2.0 | 8.8 | 1.7 |
Near poor/low | 11.6 | 0.8 | 14.0 | 1.2 | 11.5 | 1.3 | 8.8 | 1.2 |
Middle | 9.0 | 0.5 | 10.1 | 1.1 | 8.3 | 0.7 | 9.1 | 0.8 |
High | 6.5 | 0.4 | 7.6 | 1.4 | 8.2 | 0.9 | 5.7 | 0.5 |
Insurance coverage | ||||||||
Under age 65 | ||||||||
Any private | 7.9 | 0.3 | 9.7 | 1.0 | 9.0 | 0.7 | 7.0 | 0.4 |
Public only | 15.6 | 1.2 | 16.3 | 1.7 | 16.5 | 2.3 | 12.4 | 2.6 |
Uninsured | 15.0 | 1.2 | 20.6 | 2.2 | 14.0 | 1.9 | 10.3 | 1.7 |
Age 65 and over | ||||||||
Medicare only | 8.0 | 1.0 | 9.7 | 1.6 | 7.1 | 1.5 | 6.6 | 1.8 |
Medicare and private | 5.7 | 0.6 | 10.2 | 1.7 | 4.4 | 0.9 | 4.1 | 0.9 |
Medicare and other public | 12.5 | 2.3 | 11.5 | 2.5 | * | * | * | * |
Residence locationc | ||||||||
Metropolitan-large | 9.8 | 0.5 | 12.6 | 0.9 | 11.5 | 0.8 | 8.0 | 0.6 |
Metropolitan-small | 7.4 | 0.5 | 11.3 | 1.2 | 7.5 | 0.9 | 5.8 | 0.6 |
Micropolitan | 7.7 | 0.7 | 12.0 | 1.9 | 7.8 | 1.1 | 5.1 | 0.9 |
Noncore-adjacent | 8.9 | 1.6 | 15.4 | 3.1 | 6.6 | 1.7 | 6.3 | 1.8 |
Noncore-rural | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * |
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.