Table 188C_b Percent of families in which a member was unable or delayed in receiving needed dental care, 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 |
|
10.2 |
0.3 |
10.1 |
0.4 |
10.0 |
0.4 |
11.1 |
0.8 |
11.0 |
0.9 |
Age |
18-44 |
12.1 |
0.5 |
12.3 |
0.5 |
12.9 |
0.7 |
11.7 |
1.0 |
11.2 |
1.1 |
45-64 |
10.1 |
0.5 |
10.0 |
0.6 |
9.8 |
0.6 |
10.8 |
1.4 |
11.1 |
1.4 |
65 and over |
5.5 |
0.5 |
5.3 |
0.5 |
4.7 |
0.5 |
9.5 |
1.9 |
9.2 |
2.2 |
Gender |
Male |
9.3 |
0.4 |
9.1 |
0.5 |
9.4 |
0.6 |
8.5 |
1.1 |
10.8 |
1.2 |
Female |
11.1 |
0.5 |
11.1 |
0.5 |
10.6 |
0.6 |
12.8 |
1.1 |
11.3 |
1.1 |
Family incomeb |
Negative or poor |
15.9 |
1.0 |
16.3 |
1.1 |
17.5 |
1.5 |
14.0 |
2.0 |
13.9 |
1.7 |
Near poor/low |
13.6 |
0.7 |
13.3 |
0.8 |
13.1 |
1.0 |
13.7 |
1.6 |
15.2 |
1.9 |
Middle |
9.9 |
0.6 |
10.2 |
0.7 |
10.4 |
0.8 |
10.2 |
1.8 |
8.0 |
1.1 |
High |
6.6 |
0.4 |
6.6 |
0.5 |
6.7 |
0.5 |
6.2 |
1.4 |
5.8 |
1.3 |
Educationc |
Less than high school graduate |
12.6 |
0.7 |
13.1 |
0.8 |
13.2 |
1.0 |
12.6 |
1.7 |
11.2 |
1.2 |
High school graduate |
9.7 |
0.5 |
9.7 |
0.5 |
9.7 |
0.6 |
9.8 |
1.2 |
10.4 |
1.5 |
At least some college |
9.5 |
0.5 |
9.4 |
0.5 |
9.4 |
0.6 |
11.4 |
1.5 |
11.0 |
1.5 |
Health insurance, under age 65 |
Any private |
8.8 |
0.4 |
8.9 |
0.4 |
9.0 |
0.5 |
9.1 |
1.0 |
8.6 |
1.0 |
Public only |
16.4 |
1.3 |
18.4 |
1.5 |
19.8 |
2.1 |
15.8 |
2.3 |
7.3 |
1.7 |
Uninsured |
20.3 |
1.3 |
21.6 |
1.7 |
23.8 |
2.1 |
15.2 |
2.2 |
16.7 |
1.9 |
Health insurance, age 65 and over |
Medicare only |
6.3 |
1.0 |
5.7 |
0.9 |
4.7 |
0.9 |
15.7 |
4.6 |
* |
* |
Medicare and private |
4.9 |
0.5 |
5.0 |
0.5 |
4.6 |
0.5 |
8.2 |
2.2 |
* |
* |
Medicare and other public |
6.3 |
1.2 |
6.0 |
1.4 |
5.7 |
1.5 |
* |
* |
* |
* |
Residence locationd |
Metropolitan-large |
10.5 |
0.4 |
10.5 |
0.4 |
10.6 |
0.5 |
11.1 |
1.0 |
10.5 |
1.0 |
Metropolitan-small |
10.2 |
0.7 |
10.1 |
0.8 |
10.1 |
0.9 |
10.7 |
1.4 |
11.4 |
2.0 |
Micropolitan |
9.3 |
1.2 |
9.1 |
1.1 |
8.6 |
1.1 |
13.7 |
3.6 |
* |
* |
Noncore-adjacent |
9.0 |
1.4 |
8.5 |
1.4 |
8.4 |
1.5 |
* |
* |
* |
* |
Noncore-not adjacent |
8.5 |
2.3 |
8.2 |
2.1 |
7.9 |
2.3 |
* |
* |
* |
* |
Preferred language |
English |
10.2 |
0.4 |
10.1 |
0.4 |
9.9 |
0.5 |
11.2 |
0.8 |
11.7 |
1.3 |
Other |
10.4 |
0.9 |
10.3 |
1.7 |
14.7 |
2.8 |
* |
* |
10.5 |
1.1 |
Born in U.S. |
Yes |
10.2 |
0.4 |
10.1 |
0.4 |
9.9 |
0.5 |
11.4 |
0.8 |
11.5 |
1.4 |
No |
10.3 |
0.7 |
10.0 |
1.1 |
13.2 |
1.8 |
* |
* |
10.6 |
1.0 |
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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