Skip Navigation U.S. Department of Health and Human Services www.hhs.gov
Agency for Healthcare Research Quality www.ahrq.gov
AHRQ Home | Questions? | Contact Us | Site Map | What's New | Browse | Información en español | E-mail UpdatesE-mail Updates
www.ahrq.gov

Table 231d
People with prescription medication, by education,a United States, 2004
Population group Total Less than high school High school graduate At least some college
Percent SE Percent SE Percent SE Percent SE
Total   67.5 0.5 62.3 0.9 67.4 0.8 69.7 0.6
Age 18-44 55.1 0.7 46.1 1.3 53.4 1.1 59.7 0.9
45-64 74.3 0.7 69.5 1.4 74.3 1.2 75.6 0.9
65 and over 92.1 0.5 91.1 1.0 91.8 0.9 93.0 0.8
Gender Male 58.0 0.7 52.3 1.4 57.1 1.1 61.0 0.9
Female 76.4 0.6 72.6 1.0 76.7 0.9 77.6 0.7
Race White, single race 69.4 0.6 62.9 1.1 69.5 0.9 71.9 0.7
Black, single race 60.5 1.2 61.0 2.1 57.8 1.7 62.6 1.7
Asian, single race 49.5 2.3 49.4 4.3 51.4 5.0 48.9 2.5
NHOPI, single race * * * * * * * *
AI/AN, single race 64.3 3.6 * * * * * *
Multiple races 71.6 2.9 73.7 5.1 67.9 4.8 73.6 4.3
Ethnicity Non-Hispanic, all races 70.3 0.6 68.7 1.0 70.0 0.9 70.9 0.7
Non-Hispanic, White 73.1 0.6 71.7 1.2 72.9 0.9 73.6 0.7
Non-Hispanic, Black 60.8 1.2 61.7 2.1 58.2 1.8 62.5 1.7
Hispanic 48.3 1.0 46.6 1.5 46.4 1.8 53.2 1.9
Family incomeb Negative/poor 64.1 1.2 62.4 1.4 65.0 1.9 65.4 2.6
Near poor/low 65.1 1.1 60.7 1.7 66.6 1.6 68.6 1.7
Middle 65.5 0.9 61.0 1.5 65.8 1.2 67.3 1.1
High 71.1 0.7 68.8 2.3 70.8 1.3 71.5 0.8
Health insurance, ages 18-64 Any private 67.2 0.6 60.0 1.4 66.8 1.0 68.8 0.7
Public only 73.5 1.2 68.3 1.8 75.4 1.8 81.4 2.3
Uninsured 36.1 1.1 34.0 1.6 35.8 1.8 38.9 1.9
Health insurance, age 65 and over Medicare only 89.9 1.1 89.1 1.6 88.6 2.0 92.0 1.7
Medicare and private 93.3 0.6 92.5 1.4 94.3 0.9 92.9 1.0
Medicare and other public 93.6 1.2 94.4 1.4 88.1 3.5 * *
Residence locationc Metropolitan-large 64.2 0.7 57.3 1.3 64.7 1.1 66.5 0.9
Metropolitan-small 71.7 0.8 66.9 1.5 70.0 1.3 74.7 1.0
Micropolitan 70.0 1.4 68.7 2.6 68.4 2.1 72.1 1.6
Noncore-adjacent 72.5 1.6 66.1 3.3 74.6 2.5 75.2 2.7
Noncore-not adjacent 72.8 2.6 77.0 5.8 71.4 3.3 71.5 4.6
Language spoken most often at home English 70.4 0.5 68.7 1.0 69.7 0.8 71.3 0.7
Other 44.9 1.2 43.9 1.6 43.4 2.1 47.4 2.2
Activity limitationsc Basic activities 92.5 0.5 91.9 0.9 91.8 1.0 93.7 0.9
Complex activities 92.0 0.7 90.3 1.5 91.8 1.1 93.9 1.2
Neither basic nor complex activities 63.4 0.6 54.1 1.0 62.7 0.9 67.0 0.7

a Persons age 18 and over. Less than high school 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.

b Negative/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 For more information, see the MEPS entry in Appendix A, Data Sources.

* 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.

 
AHRQ Advancing Excellence in Health Care