Table 231b People with prescription medication, 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 |
|
62.7 |
0.5 |
65.6 |
0.6 |
68.9 |
0.6 |
54.1 |
1.1 |
46.0 |
0.9 |
Age |
0-17 |
48.6 |
0.7 |
50.3 |
0.9 |
54.0 |
1.1 |
39.5 |
1.5 |
41.8 |
1.3 |
18-44 |
55.0 |
0.7 |
58.4 |
0.7 |
61.6 |
0.9 |
50.1 |
1.3 |
38.4 |
1.2 |
45-64 |
74.1 |
0.7 |
75.2 |
0.7 |
77.1 |
0.8 |
67.3 |
1.9 |
62.9 |
1.8 |
65 and over |
91.9 |
0.5 |
92.3 |
0.5 |
92.6 |
0.6 |
90.6 |
1.6 |
86.6 |
2.2 |
Gender |
Male |
55.6 |
0.6 |
58.4 |
0.7 |
61.5 |
0.8 |
45.6 |
1.5 |
39.6 |
1.0 |
Female |
69.6 |
0.6 |
72.3 |
0.6 |
76.1 |
0.7 |
61.4 |
1.3 |
52.7 |
1.1 |
Family incomea |
Negative/poor |
57.1 |
1.1 |
62.2 |
1.2 |
66.9 |
1.5 |
52.9 |
1.9 |
41.4 |
1.5 |
Near poor/low |
59.3 |
1.0 |
64.9 |
1.1 |
68.5 |
1.3 |
56.8 |
1.8 |
41.4 |
1.5 |
Middle |
61.0 |
0.8 |
63.3 |
0.9 |
66.9 |
1.0 |
52.1 |
1.8 |
46.3 |
1.5 |
High |
67.9 |
0.6 |
68.6 |
0.7 |
70.9 |
0.7 |
55.3 |
2.7 |
59.2 |
2.0 |
Educationb |
Less than high school |
62.3 |
0.9 |
68.7 |
1.0 |
71.7 |
1.2 |
61.7 |
2.1 |
46.6 |
1.5 |
High school graduate |
67.4 |
0.8 |
70.0 |
0.9 |
72.9 |
0.9 |
58.2 |
1.8 |
46.4 |
1.8 |
At least some college |
69.7 |
0.6 |
70.9 |
0.7 |
73.6 |
0.7 |
62.5 |
1.7 |
53.2 |
1.9 |
Health insurance, under age 65 |
Any private |
63.0 |
0.6 |
64.2 |
0.6 |
67.0 |
0.7 |
53.1 |
1.2 |
51.6 |
1.3 |
Public only |
59.3 |
1.0 |
62.3 |
1.2 |
67.3 |
1.7 |
55.6 |
1.6 |
51.4 |
1.5 |
Uninsured |
35.1 |
1.0 |
40.2 |
1.4 |
43.5 |
1.7 |
31.9 |
2.8 |
24.2 |
1.3 |
Health insurance, age 65 and over |
Medicare only |
89.6 |
1.2 |
89.7 |
1.2 |
90.8 |
1.3 |
84.0 |
2.8 |
87.7 |
2.9 |
Medicare and private |
93.4 |
0.6 |
93.3 |
0.6 |
93.4 |
0.7 |
92.6 |
2.6 |
* |
* |
Medicare and other public |
93.3 |
1.2 |
95.1 |
1.2 |
93.5 |
2.0 |
98.7 |
0.8 |
85.7 |
4.0 |
Residence locationc |
Metropolitan-large |
59.3 |
0.7 |
62.6 |
0.8 |
66.9 |
0.8 |
51.5 |
1.3 |
44.7 |
1.1 |
Metropolitan-small |
67.1 |
0.8 |
69.2 |
0.8 |
71.6 |
0.9 |
59.1 |
1.9 |
50.0 |
1.7 |
Micropolitan |
66.7 |
1.3 |
67.9 |
1.3 |
69.2 |
1.5 |
57.0 |
3.1 |
50.4 |
3.0 |
Noncore-adjacent |
65.8 |
1.8 |
68.2 |
1.7 |
69.3 |
1.6 |
62.5 |
4.0 |
38.2 |
8.2 |
Noncore-not adjacent |
68.6 |
2.5 |
69.7 |
2.3 |
70.3 |
2.4 |
* |
* |
* |
* |
CSHCN |
Yes |
81.2 |
1.3 |
82.1 |
1.4 |
84.6 |
1.6 |
72.5 |
3.4 |
76.1 |
2.8 |
No |
41.4 |
0.8 |
42.7 |
0.9 |
46.6 |
1.2 |
30.5 |
1.6 |
36.4 |
1.4 |
Language spoken most often at home |
English |
65.7 |
0.5 |
66.5 |
0.6 |
69.4 |
0.6 |
54.3 |
1.1 |
54.4 |
1.2 |
Other |
42.6 |
1.1 |
48.2 |
2.2 |
53.7 |
3.5 |
* |
* |
40.0 |
1.1 |
Activity limitationsc |
Basic activities |
92.4 |
0.5 |
92.7 |
0.6 |
93.1 |
0.6 |
91.2 |
1.4 |
88.7 |
1.9 |
Complex activities |
91.9 |
0.7 |
92.2 |
0.7 |
92.1 |
0.8 |
94.8 |
1.3 |
88.5 |
2.4 |
Neither basic nor complex activities |
63.3 |
0.6 |
66.2 |
0.6 |
69.5 |
0.7 |
54.4 |
1.3 |
44.6 |
1.0 |
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 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.
c For more information, go to the MEPS entry in Appendix A, Data Sources. Activity limitations include persons age 18 and over.
* Data do not meet the criteria for statistical reliability, data quality, or confidentiality.
Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends, Medical Expenditure Panel Survey.