Table 185B_b Adults who can usually get care for illness or injury as soon as wanted, 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 |
|
26.3 |
0.6 |
25.1 |
0.7 |
24.7 |
0.8 |
25.8 |
1.8 |
36.1 |
1.8 |
Age |
18-44 |
27.0 |
1.0 |
25.9 |
1.1 |
25.6 |
1.4 |
26.4 |
2.6 |
34.2 |
2.6 |
45-64 |
27.7 |
1.1 |
26.4 |
1.2 |
25.7 |
1.4 |
27.4 |
2.8 |
41.4 |
3.8 |
65 and over |
22.2 |
1.4 |
21.3 |
1.4 |
21.2 |
1.5 |
20.0 |
4.2 |
33.4 |
4.3 |
Gender |
Male |
26.1 |
1.0 |
24.8 |
1.1 |
23.9 |
1.2 |
25.9 |
3.8 |
37.0 |
2.8 |
Female |
26.4 |
0.9 |
25.4 |
0.9 |
25.3 |
1.1 |
25.7 |
2.3 |
35.4 |
2.6 |
Family incomea |
Negative/poor |
25.7 |
1.5 |
23.5 |
1.7 |
26.4 |
2.3 |
18.2 |
2.2 |
36.5 |
3.6 |
Near poor/low |
28.7 |
1.7 |
26.2 |
1.8 |
25.6 |
2.2 |
27.3 |
3.4 |
40.7 |
3.9 |
Middle |
28.2 |
1.3 |
26.9 |
1.4 |
26.6 |
1.5 |
28.5 |
4.6 |
39.0 |
3.5 |
High |
23.7 |
1.1 |
23.7 |
1.1 |
22.5 |
1.3 |
28.9 |
3.9 |
22.7 |
4.1 |
Educationb |
Less than high school |
27.2 |
1.3 |
24.5 |
1.5 |
24.1 |
1.8 |
24.1 |
3.5 |
36.6 |
2.8 |
High school graduate |
27.2 |
1.2 |
26.3 |
1.3 |
27.1 |
1.4 |
21.6 |
2.9 |
36.1 |
3.4 |
At least some college |
25.2 |
0.9 |
24.6 |
1.0 |
23.4 |
1.1 |
30.4 |
3.5 |
33.6 |
3.7 |
Health insurance, ages 18-64 |
Any private |
26.7 |
0.9 |
26.3 |
0.9 |
25.6 |
1.1 |
30.0 |
2.8 |
31.2 |
2.5 |
Public only |
27.0 |
1.8 |
24.9 |
2.0 |
26.2 |
2.4 |
19.9 |
3.2 |
36.9 |
4.0 |
Uninsured |
31.1 |
2.2 |
26.3 |
2.5 |
25.7 |
3.0 |
24.2 |
4.6 |
47.9 |
4.3 |
Health insurance, age 65 and over |
Medicare only |
22.0 |
2.3 |
20.5 |
2.3 |
20.8 |
2.6 |
* |
* |
* |
* |
Medicare and private |
22.5 |
2.1 |
22.5 |
2.1 |
22.5 |
2.2 |
* |
* |
* |
* |
Medicare and other public |
21.8 |
3.3 |
18.6 |
3.8 |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
Residence locationc |
Metropolitan-large |
26.7 |
0.9 |
25.2 |
1.0 |
24.3 |
1.2 |
26.8 |
2.4 |
36.1 |
2.4 |
Metropolitan-small |
26.7 |
1.1 |
26.1 |
1.2 |
25.8 |
1.3 |
26.6 |
3.5 |
32.2 |
3.4 |
Micropolitan |
24.7 |
1.9 |
23.0 |
1.9 |
23.4 |
2.1 |
* |
* |
* |
* |
Noncore-adjacent |
24.8 |
3.1 |
24.3 |
3.3 |
25.1 |
3.5 |
* |
* |
* |
* |
Noncore-not adjacent |
22.8 |
3.5 |
22.6 |
3.5 |
23.4 |
3.5 |
* |
* |
* |
* |
Language spoken most often at home |
English |
25.5 |
0.7 |
25.2 |
0.7 |
24.7 |
0.8 |
25.8 |
1.8 |
30.3 |
2.6 |
Other |
35.0 |
2.4 |
22.7 |
4.4 |
* |
* |
* |
* |
42.6 |
2.7 |
Activity limitationsc |
Basic activities |
27.5 |
1.2 |
26.6 |
1.3 |
26.5 |
1.4 |
22.7 |
3.2 |
37.1 |
4.2 |
Complex activities |
28.7 |
1.7 |
27.5 |
1.8 |
27.9 |
2.1 |
19.5 |
3.7 |
43.1 |
5.8 |
Neither basic nor complex activities |
26.1 |
0.8 |
24.8 |
0.8 |
24.3 |
1.0 |
27.3 |
2.3 |
35.8 |
2.0 |
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: SE: standard error.
Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends, Medical Expenditure Panel Survey.