Table 161a: Adults with incident in past 2 years when they did not follow doctor's advice, by race, United States, 2001

  Total White Black or African American Asian NHOPI AI/AN
Population group Percent SE Percent SE Percent SE Percent SE Percent SE Percent SE
                         
Total 24.3 0.8 24.9 1.0 22.1 1.9 24.3 3.0 * * * *
                         
Age                        
    18-44 26.7 1.2 28.2 1.5 23.3 2.6 21.8 3.5 * * * *
    45-64 27.4 1.6 27.3 1.8 26.8 3.8 35.1 7.0 * * * *
    65 and over 11.7 1.4 12.7 1.7 * * * * * * * *
                         
Gender                        
    Male 22.5 1.3 22.3 1.6 19.8 3.1 20.2 4.5 * * * *
    Female 25.8 1.1 26.8 1.3 23.6 2.3 27.8 4.2 * * * *
                         
Family income                        
    < 100% of poverty level 29.5 2.8 29.8 3.5 22.6 4.8 * * * * * *
    100-199% of poverty level 26.2 2.0 28.7 2.6 20.5 3.6 * * * * * *
    200-399% of poverty level 22.3 1.6 22.8 1.9 22.0 3.7 22.4 5.8 * * * *
    ≥ 400% of poverty level 25.3 1.6 24.8 1.8 28.9 5.3 21.7 4.8 * * * *
                         
Education                        
    Less than high school graduate 24.8 2.3 28.3 3.0 15.5 3.7 * * * * * *
    High school graduate 20.5 1.5 19.9 1.7 24.1 3.5 36.7 9.6 * * * *
    At least some college 26.3 1.1 26.9 1.3 23.1 2.7 22.6 3.2 * * * *
                         
Residence location                        
    Urban 26.4 1.4 29.0 1.9 20.6 2.3 28.4 5.2 * * * *
    Suburban 22.5 1.2 22.2 1.4 23.7 3.6 21.6 3.7 * * * *
    Rural 25.6 2.0 26.0 2.2 22.8 5.1 * * * * * *
                         

*Data do not meet the criteria for statistical reliability, data quality, or confidentiality.

Key: NHOPI: Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander; AI/AN: American Indian or Alaska Native; SE: Standard error

Note: The population categories used in this table are as reported from the source of the data (see below).

Source: Commonwealth Fund Health Care Quality Survey.

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