Table 228A_d Adults who rate their health care in the past year 0-6 on a scale from 0 to 10, 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 |
|
13.8 |
0.4 |
19.6 |
0.9 |
14.3 |
0.7 |
11.7 |
0.5 |
Age |
18-44 |
16.9 |
0.6 |
24.4 |
1.7 |
18.3 |
1.1 |
14.2 |
0.8 |
45-64 |
12.4 |
0.5 |
20.3 |
1.5 |
13.1 |
0.9 |
10.3 |
0.7 |
65 and over |
9.0 |
0.7 |
12.4 |
1.4 |
9.2 |
1.2 |
6.7 |
0.8 |
Gender |
Male |
14.1 |
0.6 |
20.1 |
1.4 |
14.6 |
1.0 |
12.0 |
0.8 |
Female |
13.5 |
0.4 |
19.2 |
1.1 |
14.2 |
0.8 |
11.4 |
0.6 |
Race |
White, single race |
12.7 |
0.4 |
18.3 |
1.0 |
13.3 |
0.7 |
10.8 |
0.5 |
Black, single race |
18.6 |
1.1 |
22.0 |
2.0 |
20.5 |
1.6 |
15.3 |
1.7 |
Asian, single race |
20.2 |
2.3 |
* |
* |
19.1 |
4.6 |
20.2 |
2.7 |
NHOPI, single race |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
AI/AN, single race |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
Multiple races |
18.6 |
3.2 |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
Ethnicity |
Non-Hispanic, all races |
13.5 |
0.4 |
20.6 |
1.1 |
14.3 |
0.7 |
11.3 |
0.5 |
Non-Hispanic, White |
12.4 |
0.4 |
19.4 |
1.3 |
13.3 |
0.7 |
10.4 |
0.5 |
Non-Hispanic, Black |
18.4 |
1.1 |
21.5 |
2.0 |
20.6 |
1.6 |
15.1 |
1.7 |
Hispanic |
16.2 |
0.9 |
15.9 |
1.4 |
14.7 |
1.7 |
17.7 |
1.8 |
Family incomeb |
Negative/poor |
24.0 |
1.2 |
25.0 |
1.9 |
22.0 |
2.0 |
25.4 |
2.7 |
Near poor/low |
17.3 |
0.9 |
19.7 |
1.7 |
16.8 |
1.4 |
15.5 |
1.5 |
Middle |
14.1 |
0.7 |
19.7 |
1.9 |
15.2 |
1.1 |
11.3 |
0.8 |
High |
10.2 |
0.6 |
11.8 |
2.0 |
9.7 |
0.9 |
10.3 |
0.6 |
Health insurance, ages 18-64 |
Any private |
12.2 |
0.5 |
16.0 |
1.5 |
13.1 |
0.8 |
11.2 |
0.6 |
Public only |
24.6 |
1.3 |
28.9 |
2.1 |
20.9 |
2.0 |
23.1 |
2.8 |
Uninsured |
29.0 |
1.8 |
32.7 |
3.0 |
29.2 |
2.8 |
25.8 |
2.7 |
Health insurance, age 65 and over |
Medicare only |
10.4 |
1.3 |
12.0 |
2.2 |
9.2 |
1.9 |
10.3 |
2.4 |
Medicare and private |
8.1 |
0.9 |
12.4 |
2.6 |
9.2 |
1.5 |
5.6 |
0.9 |
Medicare and other public |
10.9 |
1.8 |
13.3 |
2.5 |
* |
* |
* |
* |
Residence locationc |
Metropolitan-large |
14.5 |
0.6 |
21.2 |
1.4 |
14.4 |
0.9 |
12.9 |
0.7 |
Metropolitan-small |
11.9 |
0.7 |
17.3 |
1.8 |
12.9 |
1.1 |
9.7 |
0.7 |
Micropolitan |
13.7 |
1.2 |
18.3 |
2.0 |
15.6 |
2.0 |
10.2 |
1.5 |
Noncore-adjacent |
16.5 |
1.7 |
19.9 |
2.9 |
17.6 |
3.1 |
12.6 |
2.7 |
Noncore-not adjacent |
15.9 |
1.8 |
* |
* |
15.5 |
2.7 |
13.4 |
2.6 |
Language spoken most often at home |
English |
13.4 |
0.4 |
20.1 |
1.1 |
14.2 |
0.7 |
11.1 |
0.5 |
Other |
18.8 |
1.4 |
17.3 |
1.8 |
16.9 |
2.5 |
21.7 |
2.7 |
Activity limitationsc |
Basic activities |
18.2 |
0.9 |
20.7 |
1.6 |
19.7 |
1.7 |
15.0 |
1.3 |
Complex activities |
22.4 |
1.2 |
25.3 |
2.0 |
23.0 |
2.1 |
19.4 |
2.0 |
Neither basic nor complex activities |
12.6 |
0.4 |
18.6 |
1.2 |
12.7 |
0.7 |
11.2 |
0.5 |
a 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.