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Table 189C_c
Percent of families unable or delayed in receiving needed dental care due to financial or insurance reasons, by family incomea, United States, 2002
Population groupb Total Negative/poor Near poor/low Middle High
Percent SE Percent SE Percent SE Percent SE Percent SE
Total   72.8 1.3 82.1 2.0 84.7 2.1 75.1 2.5 49.0 3.2
Age 18-44 77.4 1.7 85.7 2.2 86.8 2.7 76.6 3.2 53.3 5.2
45-64 67.9 2.3 80.7 4.2 86.1 3.9 74.5 4.2 43.9 4.3
65 and over 63.4 4.2 * * * * * * * *
Gender Male 71.9 2.0 85.9 3.4 85.6 3.2 76.1 3.1 48.6 4.4
Female 73.6 1.7 80.1 2.5 83.9 2.7 74.2 3.5 49.5 4.2
Race White, single race 72.6 1.4 85.1 2.3 85.2 2.5 73.9 2.8 49.4 3.3
Black, single race 71.5 3.4 * * * * * * * *
Asian, single race * * * * * * * * * *
NHOPI, single race * * * * * * * * * *
AI/AN, single race * * * * * * * * * *
Multiple races * * * * * * * * * *
Ethnicity Non-Hispanic, all races 72.2 1.4 80.8 2.3 86.1 2.2 75.4 2.6 48.8 3.3
Non-Hispanic, White 71.9 1.6 84.2 2.6 87.4 2.6 74.2 3.0 49.2 3.4
Non-Hispanic, Black 70.8 3.5 * * * * * * * *
Hispanic (all races) 77.7 3.3 * * 78.5 6.3 * * * *
Educationc Less than high school graduate 77.8 2.3 77.2 3.1 84.7 3.7 * * * *
High school graduate 77.7 2.1 * * 86.4 3.5 81.2 3.7 * *
At least some college 66.5 2.1 * * 82.6 4.2 73.5 3.3 45.5 3.8
Health insurance, under age 65 Any private 65.3 2.0 * * 84.2 3.5 70.6 3.1 44.6 3.6
Public only 79.0 3.0 73.0 4.4 * * * * * *
Uninsured 89.7 1.8 90.8 2.7 88.2 3.6 * * * *
Health insurance, age 65 and over Medicare only * * * * * * * * * *
Medicare and private * * * * * * * * * *
Medicare and other public * * * * * * * * * *
Residence locationd Metropolitan-large 73.5 1.8 86.1 2.3 82.8 3.4 79.6 3.2 49.0 4.5
Metropolitan-small 72.0 2.2 77.5 4.2 88.7 2.9 71.1 5.0 * *
Micropolitan 73.3 4.0 * * * * * * * *
Noncore-adjacent * * * * * * * * * *
Noncore-not adjacent * * * * * * * * * *
Preferred language English 71.9 1.4 81.1 2.2 85.4 2.1 74.7 2.7 48.1 3.2
Other 81.1 3.6 * * * * * * * *
Born in U.S. Yes 71.9 1.4 81.3 2.1 85.2 2.1 74.4 2.7 48.2 3.2
No 78.4 3.4 * * 82.7 5.5 * * * *

a 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.

b Values are for reference person in the family, excluding families with reference person age under 18.

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: AI/AN: American Indian or Alaska Native; NHOPI: Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander; 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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