Table 222B_d People unable to receive or delayed in receiving needed medical care due to financial or insurance reasons, 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 |
|
57.5 |
1.9 |
70.8 |
2.9 |
62.8 |
3.1 |
46.2 |
2.8 |
Age |
18-44 |
63.3 |
2.4 |
77.7 |
4.0 |
65.9 |
4.0 |
53.7 |
3.9 |
45-64 |
58.0 |
2.8 |
76.4 |
4.1 |
64.3 |
5.3 |
44.0 |
4.1 |
65 and over |
24.7 |
4.4 |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
Gender |
Male |
63.3 |
3.1 |
76.1 |
4.6 |
68.4 |
5.2 |
50.3 |
4.4 |
Female |
54.1 |
2.3 |
67.0 |
3.4 |
59.5 |
3.7 |
44.1 |
3.6 |
Race |
White, single race |
56.8 |
2.0 |
71.2 |
3.1 |
61.9 |
3.3 |
45.0 |
3.0 |
Black, single race |
64.3 |
4.8 |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
Asian, single race |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
NHOPI, single race |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
AI/AN, single race |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
Multiple races |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
Ethnicity |
Non-Hispanic, all races |
55.7 |
2.1 |
68.4 |
3.3 |
61.8 |
3.4 |
45.5 |
2.9 |
Non-Hispanic, White |
54.3 |
2.3 |
68.8 |
3.6 |
59.9 |
3.7 |
43.9 |
3.2 |
Non-Hispanic, Black |
66.5 |
4.4 |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
Hispanic |
72.2 |
4.1 |
79.3 |
4.1 |
* |
* |
* |
* |
Family incomeb |
Negative/poor |
73.1 |
2.7 |
79.2 |
3.5 |
74.2 |
4.6 |
* |
* |
Near poor/low |
72.7 |
3.7 |
72.9 |
5.1 |
74.6 |
7.5 |
* |
* |
Middle |
57.5 |
2.9 |
* |
* |
52.7 |
4.4 |
55.2 |
4.2 |
High |
32.4 |
3.1 |
* |
* |
* |
* |
27.0 |
3.6 |
Health insurance, ages 18-64 |
Any private |
44.4 |
2.7 |
* |
* |
49.5 |
4.6 |
38.3 |
3.3 |
Public only |
64.1 |
3.5 |
70.5 |
5.1 |
* |
* |
* |
* |
Uninsured |
87.8 |
2.5 |
90.5 |
2.9 |
90.3 |
5.0 |
81.4 |
4.7 |
Health insurance, age 65 and over |
Medicare only |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
Medicare and private |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
Medicare and other public |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
Residence locationc |
Metropolitan-large |
54.8 |
2.6 |
68.6 |
4.5 |
63.8 |
4.5 |
43.5 |
3.6 |
Metropolitan-small |
60.9 |
3.3 |
74.4 |
4.7 |
66.8 |
4.5 |
48.5 |
4.9 |
Micropolitan |
56.3 |
6.0 |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
Noncore-adjacent |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
Noncore-not adjacent |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
Language spoken most often at home |
English |
55.9 |
2.0 |
69.1 |
3.2 |
61.0 |
3.3 |
45.4 |
2.9 |
Other |
74.9 |
5.6 |
79.7 |
4.6 |
* |
* |
* |
* |
Activity limitationsc |
Basic activities |
61.2 |
2.8 |
66.8 |
4.8 |
63.7 |
4.4 |
53.7 |
4.9 |
Complex activities |
60.8 |
2.8 |
66.4 |
5.0 |
64.3 |
4.6 |
51.0 |
5.7 |
Neither basic nor complex activities |
56.6 |
2.3 |
76.2 |
3.8 |
62.4 |
3.9 |
44.6 |
3.3 |
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.