Table 188A_b Percent of families in which a member was unable or delayed in receiving needed medical care, dental care, or prescription medications, by ethnicity, United States, 2002 |
Population groupa |
Total |
Non-Hispanic |
Hispanic (all races) |
All races |
White |
Black |
Percent |
SE |
Percent |
SE |
Percent |
SE |
Percent |
SE |
Percent |
SE |
Total |
|
20.5 |
0.5 |
20.7 |
0.5 |
21.1 |
0.6 |
19.1 |
1.0 |
19.0 |
1.1 |
Age |
18-44 |
22.3 |
0.7 |
23.1 |
0.7 |
24.4 |
0.9 |
19.0 |
1.3 |
18.1 |
1.3 |
45-64 |
21.7 |
0.7 |
21.7 |
0.7 |
21.9 |
0.8 |
20.2 |
1.6 |
21.4 |
2.1 |
65 and over |
14.0 |
0.8 |
13.8 |
0.8 |
13.2 |
0.9 |
17.1 |
2.4 |
19.3 |
2.9 |
Gender |
Male |
19.1 |
0.6 |
19.3 |
0.7 |
19.9 |
0.8 |
16.7 |
1.5 |
17.6 |
1.2 |
Female |
22.0 |
0.6 |
22.2 |
0.6 |
22.3 |
0.7 |
20.7 |
1.3 |
20.7 |
1.7 |
Family incomeb |
Negative or poor |
28.2 |
1.3 |
29.2 |
1.5 |
32.3 |
1.8 |
21.5 |
2.1 |
23.4 |
2.0 |
Near poor/low |
24.8 |
1.0 |
25.4 |
1.1 |
25.6 |
1.4 |
24.9 |
1.9 |
21.9 |
2.2 |
Middle |
19.8 |
0.7 |
20.3 |
0.8 |
21.1 |
0.9 |
16.2 |
2.0 |
15.3 |
1.5 |
High |
16.1 |
0.7 |
16.2 |
0.7 |
16.5 |
0.8 |
14.4 |
2.1 |
15.4 |
2.2 |
Educationc |
Less than high school graduate |
23.3 |
1.0 |
24.7 |
1.1 |
25.3 |
1.3 |
22.8 |
2.0 |
19.2 |
1.5 |
High school graduate |
19.5 |
0.7 |
19.7 |
0.7 |
20.0 |
0.8 |
17.6 |
1.9 |
17.1 |
2.1 |
At least some college |
20.0 |
0.6 |
20.0 |
0.6 |
20.5 |
0.7 |
18.2 |
1.7 |
20.3 |
1.9 |
Health insurance, under age 65 |
Any private |
19.0 |
0.5 |
19.3 |
0.6 |
19.9 |
0.7 |
16.1 |
1.3 |
16.3 |
1.5 |
Public only |
32.4 |
1.9 |
36.0 |
2.3 |
41.2 |
2.9 |
25.8 |
2.3 |
15.6 |
2.2 |
Uninsured |
30.8 |
1.3 |
33.2 |
1.6 |
36.1 |
1.9 |
25.5 |
2.8 |
24.5 |
2.0 |
Health insurance, age 65 and over |
Medicare only |
17.0 |
1.8 |
16.2 |
1.8 |
15.5 |
1.8 |
25.7 |
5.2 |
28.4 |
5.9 |
Medicare and private |
11.9 |
0.9 |
11.9 |
0.9 |
11.5 |
1.0 |
13.6 |
3.2 |
* |
* |
Medicare and other public |
17.1 |
1.9 |
17.6 |
2.2 |
18.9 |
2.7 |
13.1 |
3.6 |
14.3 |
3.0 |
Residence locationd |
Metropolitan-large |
20.6 |
0.6 |
20.9 |
0.6 |
22.0 |
0.8 |
17.9 |
1.2 |
18.6 |
1.3 |
Metropolitan-small |
20.9 |
1.0 |
20.9 |
1.1 |
20.9 |
1.2 |
20.4 |
2.0 |
20.4 |
2.5 |
Micropolitan |
19.7 |
1.7 |
19.7 |
1.7 |
19.1 |
1.8 |
27.0 |
4.1 |
19.6 |
4.5 |
Noncore-adjacent |
20.1 |
1.8 |
20.1 |
1.8 |
20.1 |
2.0 |
* |
* |
* |
* |
Noncore-not adjacent |
18.8 |
3.6 |
18.7 |
3.5 |
17.8 |
3.9 |
* |
* |
* |
* |
Preferred language |
English |
20.9 |
0.5 |
20.9 |
0.5 |
21.0 |
0.6 |
19.2 |
1.0 |
22.4 |
1.8 |
Other |
16.3 |
1.1 |
16.3 |
2.0 |
23.0 |
3.5 |
* |
* |
16.4 |
1.3 |
Born in U.S. |
Yes |
21.1 |
0.5 |
21.1 |
0.6 |
21.1 |
0.6 |
19.5 |
1.0 |
22.0 |
1.8 |
No |
16.6 |
0.9 |
16.4 |
1.2 |
20.8 |
2.1 |
13.4 |
3.0 |
16.8 |
1.2 |
a Values are for reference person in the family, excluding families with reference person age under 18.
b Negative 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.
c 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.
d See 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.
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