Table 193B_b Adults whose providers usually explained things in a way they could understand, 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 |
|
32.5 |
0.5 |
32.5 |
0.5 |
33.9 |
0.6 |
21.7 |
1.3 |
32.7 |
1.5 |
Age |
18-44 |
32.1 |
0.7 |
32.2 |
0.7 |
33.6 |
0.9 |
23.0 |
1.8 |
31.9 |
1.9 |
45-64 |
32.8 |
0.9 |
32.5 |
0.9 |
33.6 |
1.0 |
22.5 |
2.3 |
36.7 |
2.6 |
65 and over |
32.7 |
1.1 |
33.0 |
1.2 |
34.8 |
1.3 |
15.5 |
2.5 |
27.5 |
3.1 |
Gender |
Male |
32.4 |
0.8 |
32.2 |
0.9 |
33.4 |
0.9 |
22.4 |
2.4 |
34.4 |
2.3 |
Female |
32.6 |
0.6 |
32.7 |
0.7 |
34.2 |
0.8 |
21.3 |
1.5 |
31.4 |
1.5 |
Family incomea |
Negative/poor |
29.0 |
1.4 |
28.9 |
1.6 |
33.2 |
2.0 |
18.3 |
1.9 |
29.5 |
2.4 |
Near poor/low |
30.9 |
1.3 |
30.4 |
1.4 |
32.6 |
1.7 |
20.0 |
2.4 |
33.4 |
2.6 |
Middle |
34.0 |
0.9 |
34.0 |
1.0 |
35.5 |
1.1 |
23.1 |
2.3 |
34.4 |
2.5 |
High |
32.7 |
0.8 |
32.8 |
0.8 |
33.3 |
0.9 |
24.1 |
3.0 |
31.7 |
3.0 |
Educationb |
Less than high school |
29.7 |
1.2 |
29.8 |
1.4 |
33.3 |
1.7 |
16.8 |
2.0 |
29.5 |
1.9 |
High school graduate |
33.5 |
0.9 |
33.3 |
1.0 |
35.1 |
1.0 |
22.4 |
2.6 |
35.4 |
2.5 |
At least some college |
32.6 |
0.7 |
32.6 |
0.7 |
33.2 |
0.8 |
23.6 |
1.8 |
33.8 |
2.5 |
Health insurance, ages 18-64 |
Any private |
32.7 |
0.6 |
32.6 |
0.7 |
33.5 |
0.8 |
24.4 |
2.0 |
33.9 |
1.9 |
Public only |
29.2 |
1.3 |
30.0 |
1.4 |
34.4 |
2.0 |
17.8 |
1.9 |
25.7 |
2.7 |
Uninsured |
33.1 |
1.8 |
31.5 |
2.0 |
34.4 |
2.6 |
21.8 |
4.1 |
38.5 |
3.1 |
Health insurance, age 65 and over |
Medicare only |
29.6 |
1.7 |
29.6 |
1.8 |
31.1 |
2.0 |
* |
* |
* |
* |
Medicare and private |
35.4 |
1.5 |
35.8 |
1.5 |
36.9 |
1.6 |
19.4 |
4.1 |
* |
* |
Medicare and other public |
25.6 |
2.9 |
25.6 |
3.3 |
29.5 |
4.6 |
* |
* |
25.9 |
4.5 |
Residence locationc |
Metropolitan-large |
32.6 |
0.7 |
32.5 |
0.8 |
34.0 |
0.9 |
23.9 |
1.8 |
33.3 |
1.8 |
Metropolitan-small |
32.1 |
0.9 |
32.4 |
1.0 |
33.6 |
1.1 |
17.5 |
2.0 |
28.3 |
2.8 |
Micropolitan |
32.4 |
1.7 |
32.1 |
1.8 |
33.4 |
1.9 |
17.3 |
4.4 |
39.7 |
5.8 |
Noncore-adjacent |
32.0 |
2.6 |
31.7 |
2.7 |
33.6 |
2.6 |
16.5 |
4.5 |
* |
* |
Noncore-not adjacent |
37.2 |
3.9 |
37.0 |
4.1 |
37.7 |
4.4 |
* |
* |
* |
* |
Language spoken most often at home |
English |
32.5 |
0.5 |
32.5 |
0.6 |
34.0 |
0.6 |
21.7 |
1.3 |
31.3 |
1.8 |
Other |
32.8 |
1.7 |
31.1 |
2.5 |
25.5 |
4.8 |
* |
* |
34.0 |
2.1 |
Activity limitationsc |
Basic activities |
34.4 |
1.2 |
34.5 |
1.2 |
37.0 |
1.4 |
15.3 |
2.1 |
32.7 |
3.7 |
Complex activities |
32.7 |
1.4 |
33.0 |
1.5 |
35.7 |
1.7 |
15.1 |
2.3 |
29.1 |
3.6 |
Neither basic nor complex activities |
32.1 |
0.6 |
32.0 |
0.6 |
33.1 |
0.7 |
23.4 |
1.5 |
32.7 |
1.5 |
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.