Table 189D_b Percent of families unable or delayed in receiving needed prescription medications 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 |
|
66.3 |
1.8 |
65.3 |
2.0 |
64.6 |
2.1 |
75.0 |
5.2 |
76.5 |
4.5 |
Age |
18-44 |
72.0 |
2.5 |
71.5 |
2.9 |
71.4 |
3.1 |
* |
* |
* |
* |
45-64 |
62.3 |
3.0 |
61.1 |
3.1 |
60.5 |
3.4 |
* |
* |
* |
* |
65 and over |
58.5 |
4.6 |
57.4 |
5.1 |
54.7 |
5.9 |
* |
* |
* |
* |
Gender |
Male |
58.6 |
2.8 |
57.6 |
3.0 |
56.6 |
3.2 |
* |
* |
* |
* |
Female |
72.2 |
2.2 |
71.1 |
2.4 |
71.3 |
2.6 |
76.8 |
6.0 |
82.1 |
5.2 |
Family incomeb |
Negative or poor |
73.6 |
3.3 |
71.4 |
3.8 |
68.9 |
4.6 |
* |
* |
* |
* |
Near poor/low |
76.7 |
3.4 |
75.7 |
3.7 |
79.0 |
4.4 |
* |
* |
* |
* |
Middle |
68.1 |
3.5 |
67.9 |
3.7 |
67.7 |
3.9 |
* |
* |
* |
* |
High |
46.7 |
3.5 |
47.5 |
3.6 |
46.5 |
3.8 |
* |
* |
* |
* |
Educationc |
Less than high school graduate |
75.6 |
3.0 |
75.5 |
3.4 |
72.6 |
4.1 |
* |
* |
76.4 |
6.4 |
High school graduate |
67.4 |
2.9 |
67.1 |
3.1 |
66.9 |
3.5 |
* |
* |
* |
* |
At least some college |
60.1 |
2.9 |
58.8 |
3.0 |
59.5 |
3.0 |
* |
* |
* |
* |
Health insurance, under age 65 |
Any private |
61.1 |
2.9 |
60.6 |
3.1 |
60.9 |
3.2 |
* |
* |
* |
* |
Public only |
67.8 |
4.9 |
67.6 |
5.2 |
66.1 |
6.2 |
* |
* |
* |
* |
Uninsured |
89.7 |
2.2 |
89.4 |
3.3 |
88.6 |
3.8 |
* |
* |
* |
* |
Health insurance, age 65 and over |
Medicare only |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
Medicare and private |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
Medicare and other public |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
Residence locationd |
Metropolitan-large |
61.6 |
2.6 |
59.5 |
2.9 |
59.1 |
3.1 |
* |
* |
76.8 |
5.1 |
Metropolitan-small |
71.4 |
3.1 |
71.3 |
3.4 |
69.6 |
3.5 |
* |
* |
* |
* |
Micropolitan |
71.4 |
4.8 |
70.4 |
5.0 |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
Noncore-adjacent |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
Noncore-not adjacent |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
Preferred language |
English |
65.2 |
1.9 |
65.2 |
2.0 |
64.2 |
2.1 |
74.7 |
5.3 |
* |
* |
Other |
83.7 |
4.6 |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
89.6 |
3.8 |
Born in U.S. |
Yes |
65.1 |
1.9 |
65.1 |
2.0 |
63.8 |
2.1 |
76.0 |
5.3 |
* |
* |
No |
78.8 |
4.5 |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
88.9 |
3.9 |
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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