Table 163a: Adults who believe they would have gotten better care if different race/ethnicity, 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 5.2 0.3 2.5 0.3 16.6 1.5 12.8 2.2 * * * *
                         
Age                        
    18-44 6.3 0.5 3.4 0.5 15.9 2.0 13.0 2.8 * * * *
    45-64 5.0 0.6 2.0 0.6 20.7 3.2 * * * * * *
    65 and over 2.2 0.5 * * * * * * * * * *
                         
Gender                        
    Male 5.4 0.6 2.9 0.5 16.5 2.6 12.5 3.0 * * * *
    Female 5.1 0.4 2.2 0.4 16.6 1.9 13.2 3.1 * * * *
                         
Family income                        
    < 100% of poverty level 9.0 1.3 7.2 1.6 15.7 3.5 * * * * * *
    100-199% of poverty level 7.5 1.0 4.3 1.0 16.8 3.1 * * * * * *
    200-399% of poverty level 4.2 0.6 * * 14.4 3.0 * * * * * *
    ≥ 400% of poverty level 2.9 0.5 * * 16.3 3.8 * * * * * *
                         
Education                        
    Less than high school graduate 9.6 1.3 7.9 1.5 15.9 3.6 * * * * * *
    High school graduate 3.9 0.5 1.6 0.5 13.0 2.4 * * * * * *
    At least some college 4.9 0.4 1.8 0.4 20.1 2.4 10.7 2.3 * * * *
                         
Residence location                        
    Urban 7.9 0.7 3.5 0.6 18.0 2.1 16.6 4.0 * * * *
    Suburban 3.7 0.4 2.0 0.4 12.6 2.5 11.1 2.6 * * * *
    Rural 4.6 0.8 * * 21.7 4.6 * * * * * *
                         

*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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