Table 193C_d Adults whose providers sometimes or never explained things in a way they could understand, 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 |
|
8.4 |
0.3 |
13.5 |
0.7 |
9.2 |
0.5 |
6.4 |
0.3 |
Age |
18-44 |
10.0 |
0.4 |
17.1 |
1.3 |
11.2 |
0.9 |
7.4 |
0.5 |
45-64 |
7.4 |
0.4 |
11.5 |
1.3 |
8.6 |
0.8 |
5.9 |
0.5 |
65 and over |
6.7 |
0.6 |
10.2 |
1.2 |
6.4 |
1.0 |
4.6 |
0.8 |
Gender |
Male |
8.8 |
0.5 |
13.8 |
1.1 |
9.3 |
0.8 |
7.1 |
0.6 |
Female |
8.1 |
0.3 |
13.2 |
1.0 |
9.1 |
0.7 |
6.0 |
0.5 |
Race |
White, single race |
7.7 |
0.3 |
12.9 |
0.8 |
8.3 |
0.6 |
5.9 |
0.4 |
Black, single race |
11.1 |
1.0 |
14.6 |
1.8 |
13.0 |
1.6 |
7.8 |
1.1 |
Asian, single race |
13.7 |
1.7 |
* |
* |
16.6 |
4.0 |
11.9 |
2.0 |
NHOPI, single race |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
AI/AN, single race |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
Multiple races |
13.0 |
2.7 |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
Ethnicity |
Non-Hispanic, all races |
8.0 |
0.3 |
13.1 |
0.9 |
9.2 |
0.6 |
6.1 |
0.4 |
Non-Hispanic, White |
7.3 |
0.3 |
12.1 |
1.1 |
8.3 |
0.6 |
5.6 |
0.4 |
Non-Hispanic, Black |
10.8 |
1.0 |
14.6 |
1.8 |
12.9 |
1.6 |
7.3 |
1.1 |
Hispanic |
12.2 |
0.8 |
14.9 |
1.3 |
8.9 |
1.4 |
11.6 |
1.6 |
Family incomeb |
Negative/poor |
14.7 |
1.0 |
16.9 |
1.4 |
14.2 |
1.9 |
12.0 |
1.9 |
Near poor/low |
10.5 |
0.7 |
12.5 |
1.4 |
11.1 |
1.0 |
7.7 |
1.1 |
Middle |
8.5 |
0.5 |
13.7 |
1.6 |
8.4 |
0.9 |
6.8 |
0.6 |
High |
6.3 |
0.4 |
10.3 |
1.9 |
7.3 |
0.9 |
5.7 |
0.5 |
Health insurance, ages 18-64 |
Any private |
7.1 |
0.3 |
10.9 |
1.2 |
8.2 |
0.6 |
6.0 |
0.4 |
Public only |
16.6 |
1.0 |
19.7 |
1.7 |
15.7 |
1.7 |
12.3 |
2.2 |
Uninsured |
16.5 |
1.3 |
19.1 |
3.0 |
15.7 |
2.3 |
15.2 |
2.3 |
Health insurance, age 65 and over |
Medicare only |
8.7 |
1.2 |
12.5 |
2.3 |
6.8 |
1.7 |
7.3 |
2.1 |
Medicare and private |
5.3 |
0.7 |
9.1 |
2.0 |
5.9 |
1.2 |
3.4 |
0.7 |
Medicare and other public |
8.9 |
1.5 |
9.1 |
1.7 |
* |
* |
* |
* |
Residence locationc |
Metropolitan-large |
8.7 |
0.4 |
14.5 |
1.2 |
9.6 |
0.8 |
6.7 |
0.5 |
Metropolitan-small |
7.9 |
0.5 |
12.7 |
1.2 |
8.8 |
1.0 |
5.8 |
0.6 |
Micropolitan |
9.0 |
0.8 |
13.0 |
2.0 |
8.7 |
1.3 |
7.5 |
1.1 |
Noncore-adjacent |
9.4 |
1.2 |
13.5 |
2.9 |
9.5 |
2.1 |
* |
* |
Noncore-not adjacent |
4.9 |
1.1 |
* |
* |
5.6 |
1.3 |
* |
* |
Language spoken most often at home |
English |
8.0 |
0.3 |
13.0 |
0.8 |
9.0 |
0.5 |
6.2 |
0.3 |
Other |
13.0 |
1.0 |
15.4 |
1.6 |
11.3 |
2.0 |
11.6 |
1.7 |
Activity limitationsc |
Basic activities |
11.3 |
0.8 |
13.0 |
1.4 |
13.5 |
1.4 |
7.8 |
1.1 |
Complex activities |
13.6 |
1.0 |
17.4 |
1.9 |
14.3 |
1.7 |
9.6 |
1.5 |
Neither basic nor complex activities |
7.7 |
0.3 |
13.3 |
1.0 |
8.0 |
0.5 |
6.2 |
0.4 |
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.