2005 National Healthcare Disparities Report, Appendix D: Data Tables. Table 161B

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Table 161B_b
Adults who can usually get appointments for routine care as soon as wanted, 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		37.2	0.5	37.9	0.5	39.2	0.6	29.0	1.2	30.0	1.2
Age	18-44	37.9	0.7	38.6	0.7	40.5	0.8	29.1	1.8	32.7	1.7
	45-64	38.4	0.9	39.3	0.9	40.5	1.0	30.2	2.1	26.5	1.9
	65 and over	33.5	1.1	34.0	1.2	34.7	1.2	25.8	3.1	23.8	3.0
Gender	Male	37.4	0.8	38.1	0.8	39.1	0.9	31.1	2.2	30.4	1.9
Gender	Female	37.0	0.6	37.8	0.7	39.3	0.7	27.8	1.4	29.8	1.6
Family income^a	Negative or poor	31.4	1.4	32.2	1.6	35.2	1.9	23.9	2.7	27.5	2.7
	Near poor/low	34.1	1.2	35.3	1.3	36.6	1.6	26.1	2.3	27.5	2.1
	Middle	35.7	0.8	36.2	0.9	37.6	1.0	29.1	2.2	31.1	2.0
	High	40.4	0.8	40.8	0.8	41.4	0.9	34.5	2.6	33.0	3.0
Education^b	Less than high school graduate	32.4	1.1	33.8	1.2	35.4	1.4	24.3	2.1	27.0	1.8
	High school graduate	34.9	0.8	35.5	0.9	36.5	0.9	28.6	2.3	28.2	2.3
	At least some college	40.4	0.7	40.7	0.8	42.0	0.8	31.8	2.0	34.6	2.5
Health insurance, age 18-64	Any private	39.6	0.6	40.0	0.7	41.3	0.7	30.7	1.6	35.0	1.8
	Public only	30.2	1.5	32.0	1.7	35.9	2.3	23.8	3.2	23.1	2.6
	Uninsured	32.0	1.8	34.2	2.2	34.7	2.5	31.6	4.7	24.9	2.4
Health insurance, age 65 and over	Medicare only	32.0	2.1	33.0	2.1	34.3	2.3	*	*	*	*
	Medicare and private	34.7	1.4	34.7	1.5	35.1	1.5	24.8	5.3	*	*
	Medicare and other public	29.5	2.7	31.1	3.2	31.2	4.1	32.7	5.2	22.9	3.8
Residence location^c	Metropolitan-large	37.1	0.7	38.2	0.8	40.0	0.9	30.7	1.6	29.2	1.5
	Metropolitan-small	38.1	0.9	38.4	0.9	39.5	1.0	24.2	2.9	34.2	3.4
	Micropolitan	36.2	1.6	36.7	1.6	37.2	1.8	29.3	4.9	22.2	3.2
	Noncore-adjacent	35.7	2.3	35.9	2.3	36.7	2.6	*	*	*	*
	Noncore-not adjacent	32.9	2.5	32.9	2.5	33.5	2.6	*	*	*	*
Preferred language	English	38.0	0.5	38.1	0.5	39.2	0.6	29.0	1.3	35.4	1.8
Preferred language	Other	28.1	1.5	32.6	2.9	40.2	5.0	*	*	25.0	1.5
Born in U.S.	Yes	37.8	0.5	38.0	0.5	39.2	0.6	28.9	1.3	33.4	1.9
Born in U.S.	No	32.8	1.4	36.7	2.0	39.4	2.9	31.0	3.7	27.0	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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