2007 National Healthcare Disparities Report: Data Tables Appendix--Table 197C.a

You Are Here: AHRQ Home > Quality Assessment > Measuring Healthcare Quality > National Healthcare Quality & Disparities Reports, 2007 > Disparities Report, Data Tables Appendix

Table 197C_a
Adults whose providers sometimes or never spent enough time with them, by race, United States, 2004

Population group		Total		Single race										Multiple races
		Total		White		Black		Asian		NHOPI		AI/AN		Multiple races
		Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total		13.4	0.4	12.8	0.4	15.3	1.1	19.1	2.0	*	*	*	*	18.5	3.3
Age	18-44	17.1	0.5	16.6	0.6	19.3	1.5	17.3	2.9	*	*	*	*	20.9	4.1
	45-64	11.3	0.5	10.6	0.6	12.3	1.6	21.4	3.4	*	*	*	*	*	*
	65 and over	8.8	0.6	8.4	0.7	8.1	2.0	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Gender	Male	12.6	0.5	12.0	0.6	15.1	1.7	17.1	2.5	*	*	*	*	*	*
Gender	Female	14.0	0.4	13.3	0.5	15.5	1.2	20.7	2.8	*	*	*	*	17.0	3.7
Family income^a	Negative/poor	19.1	1.3	18.6	1.6	19.2	2.0	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Near poor/low	14.7	0.8	14.3	1.0	14.5	1.8	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Middle	14.0	0.6	13.6	0.7	15.2	2.0	19.8	3.2	*	*	*	*	*	*
	High	11.3	0.6	10.7	0.6	13.6	2.1	18.9	2.8	*	*	*	*	*	*
Education^b	Less than high school	14.9	0.8	14.2	0.9	17.0	2.1	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	High school graduate	12.8	0.6	11.7	0.7	17.2	2.0	21.1	4.7	*	*	*	*	*	*
	At least some college	13.3	0.5	12.9	0.6	13.2	1.6	19.7	2.4	*	*	*	*	*	*
Health insurance, ages 18-64	Any private	12.9	0.5	12.4	0.5	14.3	1.4	18.1	2.2	*	*	*	*	14.5	3.8
	Public only	19.4	1.2	19.1	1.4	19.6	2.3	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Uninsured	24.1	1.4	23.1	1.7	24.1	3.2	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Health insurance, age 65 and over	Medicare only	9.3	1.3	9.3	1.4	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Medicare and private	8.4	0.8	8.1	0.9	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Medicare and other public	9.9	1.7	8.6	1.9	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Residence location^c	Metropolitan-large	14.7	0.5	13.8	0.6	17.2	1.5	19.3	2.2	*	*	*	*	24.0	5.3
	Metropolitan-small	11.2	0.6	11.2	0.7	10.2	1.5	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Micropolitan	13.4	1.2	12.8	1.2	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Noncore-adjacent	13.5	1.5	13.6	1.8	10.9	3.1	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Noncore-not adjacent	9.5	1.7	9.8	1.7	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Language spoken most often at home	English	13.0	0.4	12.6	0.4	15.1	1.1	14.6	2.4	*	*	*	*	18.6	3.3
Language spoken most often at home	Other	17.7	1.4	15.2	1.5	*	*	23.7	3.4	*	*	*	*	*	*
Activity limitations^c	Basic activities	15.1	0.9	13.9	1.0	17.5	2.3	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Complex activities	18.4	1.1	17.6	1.3	18.9	2.7	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Neither basic nor complex activities	12.9	0.4	12.3	0.4	14.9	1.3	18.7	2.2	*	*	*	*	14.9	3.3

^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 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.

^* 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.