Table 185C_d Adults who can sometimes or never get care for illness or injury as soon as wanted, 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 |
|
14.2 |
0.5 |
19.1 |
1.4 |
14.3 |
0.9 |
11.9 |
0.7 |
Age |
18-44 |
18.0 |
0.8 |
26.2 |
2.3 |
17.8 |
1.5 |
14.8 |
1.1 |
45-64 |
12.9 |
0.8 |
19.4 |
2.5 |
14.1 |
1.6 |
9.9 |
1.1 |
65 and over |
7.3 |
0.9 |
7.3 |
1.6 |
6.5 |
1.5 |
7.9 |
1.7 |
Gender |
Male |
15.2 |
0.8 |
20.2 |
2.1 |
16.6 |
1.5 |
12.0 |
1.1 |
Female |
13.4 |
0.6 |
18.4 |
1.6 |
12.5 |
1.0 |
11.9 |
0.9 |
Race |
White, single race |
13.1 |
0.6 |
19.0 |
1.6 |
12.6 |
1.0 |
10.9 |
0.8 |
Black, single race |
17.3 |
1.6 |
17.9 |
2.9 |
21.2 |
2.8 |
13.6 |
2.1 |
Asian, single race |
25.5 |
4.5 |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
NHOPI, single race |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
AI/AN, single race |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
Multiple races |
18.4 |
4.6 |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
Ethnicity |
Non-Hispanic, all races |
13.5 |
0.6 |
18.8 |
1.6 |
13.9 |
1.0 |
11.3 |
0.8 |
Non-Hispanic, White |
12.1 |
0.6 |
18.2 |
1.9 |
12.1 |
1.0 |
10.1 |
0.8 |
Non-Hispanic, Black |
17.5 |
1.7 |
18.7 |
3.0 |
21.5 |
2.9 |
13.5 |
2.2 |
Hispanic |
19.7 |
1.6 |
20.5 |
2.4 |
17.6 |
2.7 |
20.6 |
3.0 |
Family incomeb |
Negative/poor |
25.1 |
1.9 |
29.4 |
3.0 |
22.0 |
2.6 |
22.6 |
3.4 |
Near poor/low |
15.6 |
1.2 |
16.3 |
2.0 |
13.0 |
1.7 |
18.4 |
2.7 |
Middle |
13.4 |
0.9 |
15.8 |
2.4 |
15.1 |
1.4 |
11.0 |
1.4 |
High |
10.3 |
0.9 |
13.4 |
3.1 |
10.5 |
1.8 |
9.8 |
1.0 |
Health insurance, ages 18-64 |
Any private |
11.7 |
0.7 |
14.0 |
2.0 |
13.3 |
1.2 |
10.3 |
0.9 |
Public only |
21.8 |
1.7 |
26.4 |
3.0 |
18.8 |
2.6 |
18.0 |
3.2 |
Uninsured |
34.1 |
2.3 |
39.9 |
3.8 |
29.1 |
3.9 |
33.8 |
4.0 |
Health insurance, age 65 and over |
Medicare only |
8.6 |
1.8 |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
Medicare and private |
5.4 |
1.2 |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
Medicare and other public |
11.4 |
2.9 |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
Residence locationc |
Metropolitan-large |
14.9 |
0.9 |
21.3 |
2.0 |
14.7 |
1.4 |
12.6 |
1.1 |
Metropolitan-small |
13.7 |
0.9 |
18.8 |
2.5 |
14.0 |
1.6 |
11.0 |
1.4 |
Micropolitan |
13.1 |
1.2 |
15.3 |
3.1 |
13.7 |
2.2 |
11.3 |
2.0 |
Noncore-adjacent |
13.5 |
2.5 |
* |
* |
16.1 |
4.6 |
* |
* |
Noncore-not adjacent |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
Language spoken most often at home |
English |
13.4 |
0.6 |
19.0 |
1.6 |
13.9 |
0.9 |
10.9 |
0.7 |
Other |
23.0 |
2.1 |
19.9 |
2.8 |
20.3 |
3.8 |
29.0 |
4.6 |
Activity limitationsc |
Basic activities |
15.1 |
1.2 |
16.9 |
2.3 |
15.1 |
2.1 |
13.6 |
2.0 |
Complex activities |
16.4 |
1.6 |
20.3 |
2.7 |
15.9 |
2.6 |
12.9 |
2.3 |
Neither basic nor complex activities |
13.8 |
0.6 |
19.8 |
1.6 |
14.1 |
1.0 |
11.6 |
0.8 |
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.