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 | 45.8 | 0.6 | 46.3 | 1.0 | 47.2 | 1.0 | 44.8 | 0.7 |
Age | ||||||||
18-44 | 38.2 | 0.8 | 36.7 | 1.6 | 40.0 | 1.4 | 37.6 | 0.9 |
45-64 | 48.4 | 0.8 | 48.6 | 2.2 | 46.4 | 1.4 | 49.6 | 1.1 |
65 and over | 60.9 | 1.2 | 56.5 | 1.7 | 64.8 | 1.9 | 61.2 | 2.0 |
Gender | ||||||||
Male | 45.1 | 0.7 | 46.2 | 1.5 | 45.9 | 1.4 | 44.3 | 1.0 |
Female | 46.4 | 0.7 | 46.3 | 1.3 | 48.1 | 1.2 | 45.2 | 0.9 |
Race | ||||||||
White | 46.2 | 0.6 | 46.8 | 1.2 | 47.4 | 1.1 | 45.2 | 0.8 |
Black | 47.4 | 1.6 | 49.4 | 2.8 | 46.4 | 2.6 | 46.9 | 2.4 |
Asian or Pacific Islander | 32.7 | 2.7 | * | * | * | * | 32.1 | 3.0 |
American Indian or Alaska Native | 36.4 | 4.6 | * | * | * | * | * | * |
Ethnicity | ||||||||
Non-Hispanic | 45.9 | 0.6 | 45.2 | 1.2 | 47.5 | 1.0 | 45.1 | 0.7 |
White | 46.2 | 0.7 | 45.7 | 1.4 | 47.6 | 1.1 | 45.5 | 0.8 |
Black | 47.8 | 1.7 | 49.9 | 2.8 | 46.7 | 2.6 | 47.4 | 2.4 |
Hispanic | 45.4 | 1.4 | 50.2 | 2.1 | 43.4 | 2.5 | 40.4 | 2.5 |
Family incomeb | ||||||||
Negative or poor | 46.2 | 1.7 | 47.9 | 2.2 | 44.6 | 2.7 | 45.8 | 3.1 |
Near poor/low | 48.7 | 1.2 | 48.0 | 1.9 | 51.7 | 2.1 | 45.9 | 2.1 |
Middle | 44.6 | 1.0 | 45.9 | 2.0 | 48.2 | 1.6 | 40.8 | 1.4 |
High | 45.6 | 0.9 | 42.1 | 2.7 | 44.7 | 1.7 | 46.3 | 1.0 |
Insurance coverage | ||||||||
Under age 65 | ||||||||
Any private | 42.9 | 0.7 | 41.1 | 1.8 | 43.7 | 1.2 | 42.7 | 0.8 |
Public only | 41.9 | 2.0 | 42.3 | 2.7 | 40.6 | 3.5 | 43.1 | 4.4 |
Uninsured | 38.6 | 1.8 | 39.2 | 2.7 | 37.4 | 3.1 | 39.5 | 3.3 |
Age 65 and over | ||||||||
Medicare only | 58.0 | 1.9 | 55.6 | 2.7 | 59.8 | 3.6 | 59.5 | 4.0 |
Medicare and private | 62.9 | 1.5 | 56.4 | 2.8 | 67.2 | 2.4 | 62.9 | 2.3 |
Medicare and other public | 59.0 | 3.5 | 58.6 | 4.3 | * | * | * | * |
Residence locationc | ||||||||
Metropolitan-large | 43.4 | 0.7 | 46.2 | 1.6 | 43.9 | 1.4 | 42.3 | 0.9 |
Metropolitan-small | 47.6 | 1.0 | 46.5 | 2.1 | 49.1 | 1.7 | 46.9 | 1.4 |
Micropolitan | 49.4 | 1.5 | 45.5 | 2.6 | 50.4 | 2.3 | 50.7 | 2.4 |
Noncore-adjacent | 53.3 | 1.9 | 46.9 | 4.1 | 55.7 | 2.8 | 55.6 | 3.5 |
Noncore-rural | 52.9 | 3.5 | * | * | 56.9 | 6.6 | 52.9 | 4.4 |
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.
Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends, Medical Expenditure Panel Survey.