Table 161C_b Adults who can sometimes or never get appointments for routine care as soon as wanted, by ethnicity, United States, 2002 |
Population group |
Total |
Non-Hispanic |
Hispanic (all races) |
All races |
White |
Black |
Percent |
SE |
Percent |
SE |
Percent |
SE |
Percent |
SE |
Percent |
SE |
Total |
|
16.8 |
0.4 |
16.0 |
0.4 |
14.9 |
0.4 |
19.6 |
1.0 |
24.5 |
1.3 |
Age |
18-44 |
21.4 |
0.6 |
20.6 |
0.7 |
19.6 |
0.8 |
23.0 |
1.5 |
27.0 |
1.7 |
45-64 |
15.3 |
0.6 |
14.6 |
0.6 |
13.5 |
0.6 |
18.1 |
1.7 |
24.0 |
2.0 |
65 and over |
8.6 |
0.6 |
8.4 |
0.6 |
8.0 |
0.7 |
11.2 |
2.2 |
11.7 |
2.5 |
Gender |
Male |
15.8 |
0.6 |
15.0 |
0.6 |
13.7 |
0.6 |
20.3 |
1.9 |
24.4 |
2.1 |
Female |
17.4 |
0.5 |
16.7 |
0.5 |
15.8 |
0.6 |
19.1 |
1.3 |
24.5 |
1.4 |
Family incomea |
Negative or poor |
20.2 |
1.2 |
19.4 |
1.3 |
19.2 |
1.5 |
18.8 |
2.1 |
24.0 |
2.6 |
Near poor/low |
17.3 |
0.8 |
15.5 |
0.9 |
14.7 |
1.0 |
19.3 |
2.1 |
27.1 |
2.3 |
Middle |
16.9 |
0.7 |
16.2 |
0.8 |
15.0 |
0.8 |
19.5 |
2.0 |
23.0 |
2.1 |
High |
15.8 |
0.6 |
15.4 |
0.6 |
14.3 |
0.6 |
20.3 |
2.3 |
24.1 |
2.7 |
Educationb |
Less than high school graduate |
17.6 |
0.8 |
15.7 |
0.9 |
14.5 |
1.0 |
19.9 |
2.4 |
25.0 |
1.8 |
High school graduate |
15.3 |
0.6 |
14.6 |
0.7 |
13.7 |
0.7 |
17.8 |
1.8 |
23.2 |
2.3 |
At least some college |
17.4 |
0.5 |
16.9 |
0.6 |
15.7 |
0.6 |
21.0 |
1.8 |
25.5 |
2.4 |
Health insurance, age 18-64 |
Any private |
17.6 |
0.5 |
17.3 |
0.5 |
16.2 |
0.5 |
20.3 |
1.3 |
22.0 |
1.7 |
Public only |
21.6 |
1.3 |
20.2 |
1.3 |
20.3 |
1.7 |
20.1 |
2.6 |
27.4 |
2.8 |
Uninsured |
26.2 |
1.5 |
22.9 |
1.8 |
21.0 |
2.1 |
28.1 |
4.0 |
37.0 |
2.8 |
Health insurance, age 65 and over |
Medicare only |
10.8 |
1.3 |
11.1 |
1.3 |
10.8 |
1.4 |
* |
* |
* |
* |
Medicare and private |
7.6 |
0.7 |
7.4 |
0.7 |
6.9 |
0.7 |
* |
* |
* |
* |
Medicare and other public |
8.6 |
1.4 |
7.8 |
1.6 |
6.5 |
1.7 |
* |
* |
11.9 |
3.1 |
Residence locationc |
Metropolitan-large |
18.6 |
0.6 |
17.6 |
0.6 |
16.2 |
0.7 |
19.4 |
1.2 |
25.7 |
1.4 |
Metropolitan-small |
15.1 |
0.7 |
14.7 |
0.7 |
14.1 |
0.7 |
19.3 |
2.1 |
21.2 |
2.9 |
Micropolitan |
14.0 |
0.9 |
13.8 |
1.0 |
13.4 |
1.1 |
20.3 |
3.4 |
20.7 |
4.2 |
Noncore-adjacent |
14.5 |
1.6 |
14.2 |
1.6 |
12.6 |
1.8 |
* |
* |
* |
* |
Noncore-not adjacent |
11.6 |
2.0 |
11.5 |
2.0 |
10.6 |
1.9 |
* |
* |
* |
* |
Preferred language |
English |
15.9 |
0.4 |
15.5 |
0.4 |
14.8 |
0.4 |
19.2 |
1.0 |
23.3 |
1.8 |
Other |
27.2 |
1.7 |
29.6 |
3.2 |
21.7 |
4.2 |
* |
* |
25.6 |
1.7 |
Born in U.S. |
Yes |
15.7 |
0.4 |
15.4 |
0.4 |
14.8 |
0.4 |
19.5 |
1.0 |
22.3 |
1.8 |
No |
24.7 |
1.2 |
23.5 |
1.6 |
17.2 |
2.0 |
21.1 |
4.6 |
26.5 |
1.8 |
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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