Table 189C_b Percent of families unable or delayed in receiving needed dental care due to financial or insurance reasons, 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 |
|
72.8 |
1.3 |
72.2 |
1.4 |
71.9 |
1.6 |
70.8 |
3.5 |
77.7 |
3.3 |
Age |
18-44 |
77.4 |
1.7 |
77.3 |
1.8 |
78.7 |
2.1 |
68.2 |
4.3 |
78.2 |
4.3 |
45-64 |
67.9 |
2.3 |
66.8 |
2.4 |
63.7 |
3.0 |
* |
* |
* |
* |
65 and over |
63.4 |
4.2 |
63.0 |
4.4 |
62.1 |
5.0 |
* |
* |
* |
* |
Gender |
Male |
71.9 |
2.0 |
71.8 |
2.1 |
71.3 |
2.3 |
* |
* |
72.9 |
5.2 |
Female |
73.6 |
1.7 |
72.5 |
1.9 |
72.5 |
2.2 |
70.4 |
4.2 |
83.2 |
3.8 |
Family incomeb |
Negative or poor |
82.1 |
2.0 |
80.8 |
2.3 |
84.2 |
2.6 |
* |
* |
* |
* |
Near poor/low |
84.7 |
2.1 |
86.1 |
2.2 |
87.4 |
2.6 |
* |
* |
78.5 |
6.3 |
Middle |
75.1 |
2.5 |
75.4 |
2.6 |
74.2 |
3.0 |
* |
* |
* |
* |
High |
49.0 |
3.2 |
48.8 |
3.3 |
49.2 |
3.4 |
* |
* |
* |
* |
Educationc |
Less than high school graduate |
77.8 |
2.3 |
77.4 |
2.6 |
79.0 |
3.4 |
* |
* |
79.5 |
4.9 |
High school graduate |
77.7 |
2.1 |
77.1 |
2.3 |
76.9 |
2.5 |
* |
* |
* |
* |
At least some college |
66.5 |
2.1 |
66.4 |
2.1 |
65.6 |
2.5 |
* |
* |
* |
* |
Health insurance, under age 65 |
Any private |
65.3 |
2.0 |
65.2 |
2.1 |
64.1 |
2.3 |
* |
* |
66.9 |
6.2 |
Public only |
79.0 |
3.0 |
79.7 |
3.1 |
84.8 |
3.3 |
* |
* |
* |
* |
Uninsured |
89.7 |
1.8 |
89.9 |
2.1 |
90.1 |
2.3 |
* |
* |
88.9 |
3.9 |
Health insurance, age 65 and over |
Medicare only |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
Medicare and private |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
Medicare and other public |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
Residence locationd |
Metropolitan-large |
73.5 |
1.8 |
72.7 |
2.0 |
72.1 |
2.3 |
71.6 |
4.4 |
77.9 |
4.2 |
Metropolitan-small |
72.0 |
2.2 |
71.3 |
2.5 |
72.2 |
2.7 |
* |
* |
* |
* |
Micropolitan |
73.3 |
4.0 |
72.8 |
4.0 |
71.3 |
4.9 |
* |
* |
* |
* |
Noncore-adjacent |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
Noncore-not adjacent |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
Preferred language |
English |
71.9 |
1.4 |
71.6 |
1.4 |
71.5 |
1.6 |
70.6 |
3.6 |
76.4 |
4.3 |
Other |
81.1 |
3.6 |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
78.8 |
4.8 |
Born in U.S. |
Yes |
71.9 |
1.4 |
71.7 |
1.5 |
71.5 |
1.7 |
71.1 |
3.7 |
74.7 |
4.7 |
No |
78.4 |
3.4 |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
80.0 |
4.7 |
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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