2005 National Healthcare Disparities Report, Appendix D: Data Tables. Table 195B

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Table 195B_b
Adults who rate their health care in the past year 7-8 on a scale from 0 to 10, by ethnicity, United States, 2002

Population group		Total		Non-Hispanic						Hispanic (all races)
		Total		All races		White		Black		Hispanic (all races)
		Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total		40.3	0.5	40.5	0.5	40.8	0.6	36.5	1.3	37.9	1.3
Age	18-44	44.1	0.8	44.5	0.9	45.2	0.9	38.8	2.0	41.4	1.6
	45-64	40.5	0.8	40.9	0.8	41.3	0.9	36.8	2.0	35.2	2.6
	65 and over	30.7	0.9	31.0	0.9	31.1	1.0	28.1	2.9	24.7	3.0
Gender	Male	41.2	0.8	41.1	0.8	41.5	0.9	36.9	2.2	42.8	2.1
Gender	Female	39.6	0.6	40.1	0.7	40.2	0.8	36.3	1.5	34.5	1.5
Family income^a	Negative or poor	34.0	1.2	34.6	1.4	36.1	1.8	30.0	2.4	31.0	2.6
	Near poor/low	37.0	1.1	37.7	1.2	38.5	1.4	31.1	2.2	32.9	2.2
	Middle	40.2	0.8	40.3	0.9	40.1	1.0	39.6	2.5	39.4	2.1
	High	42.8	0.8	42.6	0.8	42.5	0.9	42.1	3.0	46.4	3.1
Education^b	Less than high school graduate	34.7	0.9	34.9	1.0	35.5	1.2	30.1	2.0	34.2	1.6
	High school graduate	38.3	0.8	38.3	0.9	38.5	0.9	35.0	2.0	37.9	2.2
	At least some college	43.7	0.7	43.7	0.8	43.7	0.8	42.4	2.0	42.9	2.3
Health insurance, age 18-64	Any private	44.4	0.6	44.3	0.6	44.5	0.7	39.9	1.9	45.6	1.9
	Public only	33.3	1.4	34.6	1.7	34.6	2.2	34.4	2.9	27.7	2.4
	Uninsured	36.1	1.7	37.4	2.2	38.3	2.7	32.2	3.7	31.9	2.4
Health insurance, age 65 and over	Medicare only	30.8	1.9	31.6	2.0	33.2	2.2	19.0	3.8	19.0	4.1
	Medicare and private	31.3	1.2	31.2	1.2	30.7	1.2	33.8	5.0	*	*
	Medicare and other public	27.3	2.5	28.7	3.0	26.3	3.8	28.8	4.3	21.3	4.3
Residence location^c	Metropolitan-large	41.2	0.6	41.2	0.7	41.3	0.8	38.7	1.8	40.5	1.4
	Metropolitan-small	39.1	0.9	39.7	1.0	40.2	1.1	31.2	2.7	30.4	2.9
	Micropolitan	39.5	1.5	39.6	1.5	40.3	1.5	32.1	3.0	37.3	6.4
	Noncore-adjacent	41.0	3.0	41.5	3.2	42.0	3.4	*	*	*	*
	Noncore-not adjacent	38.2	3.4	37.9	3.2	37.5	3.3	*	*	*	*
Preferred language	English	40.5	0.5	40.4	0.5	40.7	0.6	36.4	1.3	41.0	2.1
Preferred language	Other	38.5	1.4	43.2	2.9	44.6	4.6	*	*	35.2	1.4
Born in U.S.	Yes	39.9	0.5	40.0	0.5	40.4	0.6	36.2	1.4	38.8	2.0
Born in U.S.	No	42.8	1.3	46.5	1.7	48.1	2.5	41.4	5.1	37.2	1.6

^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 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.

^c 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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