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 | 40.3 | 0.5 | 36.3 | 1.2 | 39.7 | 0.9 | 42.2 | 0.8 |
Age | ||||||||
18-44 | 41.4 | 0.8 | 39.0 | 2.0 | 39.6 | 1.5 | 43.1 | 1.0 |
45-64 | 40.2 | 0.9 | 36.5 | 2.2 | 40.5 | 1.3 | 41.0 | 1.2 |
65 and over | 37.6 | 1.2 | 32.7 | 1.9 | 38.5 | 1.9 | 41.6 | 2.1 |
Gender | ||||||||
Male | 40.3 | 0.7 | 37.1 | 1.8 | 41.0 | 1.3 | 40.9 | 1.1 |
Female | 40.3 | 0.6 | 35.7 | 1.3 | 38.8 | 1.1 | 43.1 | 1.0 |
Race | ||||||||
White | 41.0 | 0.5 | 37.9 | 1.3 | 40.9 | 0.9 | 42.1 | 0.9 |
Black | 32.8 | 1.4 | 27.0 | 2.4 | 30.6 | 2.2 | 38.7 | 1.9 |
Asian or Pacific Islander | 46.2 | 3.4 | * | * | * | * | 50.9 | 4.1 |
American Indian or Alaska Native | 37.6 | 4.4 | * | * | * | * | * | * |
Ethnicity | ||||||||
Non-Hispanic | 40.6 | 0.6 | 37.4 | 1.4 | 39.8 | 0.9 | 42.1 | 0.8 |
White | 41.4 | 0.6 | 39.6 | 1.6 | 41.0 | 1.0 | 42.0 | 0.9 |
Black | 32.8 | 1.4 | 27.5 | 2.5 | 30.6 | 2.2 | 38.3 | 1.9 |
Hispanic | 37.2 | 1.3 | 31.9 | 1.8 | 38.2 | 2.6 | 43.6 | 2.4 |
Family incomeb | ||||||||
Negative or poor | 34.4 | 1.4 | 32.4 | 2.1 | 34.2 | 2.4 | 38.2 | 3.1 |
Near poor/low | 35.1 | 1.2 | 32.0 | 1.8 | 35.2 | 1.8 | 38.7 | 2.1 |
Middle | 41.7 | 1.0 | 38.1 | 1.9 | 40.4 | 1.4 | 44.5 | 1.5 |
High | 42.4 | 0.8 | 45.2 | 3.0 | 42.6 | 1.4 | 42.0 | 0.9 |
Insurance coverage | ||||||||
Under age 65 | ||||||||
Any private | 42.3 | 0.6 | 42.9 | 2.0 | 41.6 | 1.0 | 42.6 | 0.8 |
Public only | 33.4 | 1.8 | 33.5 | 2.7 | 33.9 | 2.8 | 32.5 | 3.1 |
Uninsured | 35.1 | 1.5 | 30.7 | 2.3 | 33.5 | 2.7 | 41.5 | 2.9 |
Age 65 and over | ||||||||
Medicare only | 37.9 | 2.0 | 30.3 | 2.9 | 42.1 | 3.3 | 43.1 | 3.4 |
Medicare and private | 38.4 | 1.6 | 35.8 | 3.0 | 37.7 | 2.4 | 40.7 | 2.6 |
Medicare and other public | 31.7 | 3.3 | 30.3 | 3.8 | * | * | * | * |
Residence locationc | ||||||||
Metropolitan-large | 40.9 | 0.7 | 36.3 | 1.7 | 40.2 | 1.3 | 42.7 | 1.0 |
Metropolitan-small | 39.5 | 1.0 | 34.6 | 2.5 | 38.1 | 1.4 | 42.3 | 1.4 |
Micropolitan | 40.2 | 1.4 | 37.6 | 2.5 | 42.0 | 2.3 | 40.1 | 2.4 |
Noncore-adjacent | 37.7 | 2.4 | 38.5 | 3.8 | 38.5 | 3.5 | 35.8 | 4.9 |
Noncore-rural | 41.8 | 2.7 | * | * | 41.3 | 5.1 | 41.8 | 3.8 |
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.