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Table 222B_b
People unable to receive or delayed in receiving needed medical care due to financial or insurance reasons, by ethnicity, United States, 2004
Population group Total Non-Hispanic Hispanic, all races
All races White Black
Percent SE Percent SE Percent SE Percent SE Percent SE
Total   56.0 1.7 54.1 2.0 52.4 2.2 64.9 4.4 69.7 3.8
Age 0-17 44.2 4.5 40.8 5.1 * * * * * *
18-44 63.4 2.4 61.6 2.7 60.5 3.0 * * 75.7 4.2
45-64 58.1 2.8 56.9 3.0 56.6 3.4 * * * *
65 and over 24.7 4.4 21.4 4.8 * * * * * *
Gender Male 60.1 2.8 58.4 3.1 56.6 3.6 * * 71.8 5.5
Female 53.4 2.2 51.5 2.4 49.9 2.6 61.2 5.2 68.2 4.3
Family incomea Negative/poor 72.1 2.7 70.4 3.2 69.9 3.9 * * 80.6 4.4
Near poor/low 70.7 3.6 70.7 4.2 69.0 4.5 * * 70.4 6.5
Middle 55.3 2.8 53.1 3.0 51.6 3.3 * * * *
High 31.0 2.9 30.2 3.1 31.4 3.4 * * * *
Educationb Less than high school 70.8 2.9 68.4 3.3 68.8 3.6 * * 79.3 4.1
High school graduate  62.8 3.1 61.8 3.4 59.9 3.7 * * * *
At least some college 46.2 2.8 45.5 2.9 43.9 3.2 * * * *
Health insurance, under age 65 Any private 42.4 2.5 43.0 2.6 42.0 2.9 * * * *
Public only 62.1 3.1 61.2 3.5 63.1 4.1 * * * *
Uninsured  87.2 2.4 85.8 2.9 86.2 3.0 * * 92.4 2.6
Health insurance, age 65 and over Medicare only * * * * * * * * * *
Medicare and private  * * * * * * * * * *
Medicare and other public * * * * * * * * * *
Residence locationc Metropolitan-large 53.0 2.4 49.9 2.7 46.8 3.0 59.6 5.4 69.0 4.7
Metropolitan-small 60.0 3.3 58.4 3.8 56.6 4.0 * * * *
Micropolitan  55.2 5.4 55.2 5.6 56.7 5.7 * * * *
Noncore-adjacent * * * * * * * * * *
Noncore-not adjacent  * * * * * * * * * *
CSHCN Yes  * * * * * * * * * *
No 43.3 6.3 * * * * * * * *
Language spoken most often at home English  54.0 1.9 54.2 2.0 52.4 2.2 64.5 4.5 51.5 5.9
Other 75.0 5.0 * * * * * * 84.8 3.2
Activity limitationsc Basic activities 61.3 2.8 60.7 3.0 57.9 3.4 * * * *
Complex activities 60.9 2.8 60.7 2.9 59.3 3.3 * * * *
Neither basic nor complex activities 56.6 2.3 54.3 2.5 53.3 2.8 65.6 5.6 72.8 4.9

a 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.

b 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.

c For more information, see the MEPS entry in Appendix A, Data Sources.  Activity limitations include persons age 18 and over.

* Data do not meet the criteria for statistical reliability, data quality, or confidentiality.

Key: CSHCN: children with special health care needs; 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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