Table 185A_b Adults who can always 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 |
|
59.5 |
0.8 |
61.3 |
0.8 |
63.2 |
0.9 |
56.7 |
2.2 |
44.3 |
2.2 |
Age |
18-44 |
55.0 |
1.2 |
56.8 |
1.4 |
58.3 |
1.5 |
52.9 |
2.9 |
43.4 |
2.9 |
45-64 |
59.3 |
1.3 |
60.9 |
1.4 |
62.8 |
1.6 |
55.1 |
3.5 |
42.3 |
3.9 |
65 and over |
70.5 |
1.4 |
71.8 |
1.4 |
73.5 |
1.6 |
74.0 |
4.1 |
52.7 |
4.9 |
Gender |
Male |
58.6 |
1.1 |
60.7 |
1.2 |
63.0 |
1.4 |
53.8 |
3.8 |
42.1 |
3.2 |
Female |
60.2 |
1.1 |
61.8 |
1.2 |
63.3 |
1.3 |
58.2 |
2.8 |
46.1 |
2.6 |
Family incomea |
Negative/poor |
49.3 |
2.0 |
51.8 |
2.3 |
50.5 |
2.8 |
55.6 |
3.2 |
36.5 |
3.9 |
Near poor/low |
55.7 |
1.7 |
59.1 |
1.9 |
61.4 |
2.2 |
56.1 |
4.5 |
39.3 |
4.2 |
Middle |
58.3 |
1.5 |
59.8 |
1.5 |
61.6 |
1.7 |
56.2 |
4.2 |
45.7 |
4.0 |
High |
66.1 |
1.2 |
66.4 |
1.2 |
68.1 |
1.3 |
59.7 |
4.6 |
59.4 |
5.3 |
Educationb |
Less than high school |
53.7 |
1.7 |
56.8 |
1.9 |
57.7 |
2.3 |
57.2 |
3.5 |
42.9 |
2.9 |
High school graduate |
58.5 |
1.3 |
59.7 |
1.4 |
60.8 |
1.6 |
57.0 |
3.6 |
46.4 |
3.7 |
At least some college |
62.9 |
1.0 |
64.1 |
1.0 |
66.5 |
1.2 |
56.1 |
3.8 |
45.9 |
4.3 |
Health insurance, ages 18-64 |
Any private |
61.6 |
1.0 |
62.3 |
1.1 |
63.9 |
1.2 |
54.0 |
3.4 |
53.8 |
3.0 |
Public only |
51.0 |
2.1 |
53.0 |
2.4 |
51.1 |
3.4 |
61.2 |
3.4 |
41.8 |
3.9 |
Uninsured |
35.0 |
2.4 |
39.2 |
2.9 |
41.7 |
3.6 |
39.4 |
4.9 |
20.6 |
3.5 |
Health insurance, age 65 and over |
Medicare only |
69.3 |
2.8 |
70.9 |
2.8 |
72.2 |
3.0 |
* |
* |
* |
* |
Medicare and private |
72.2 |
2.0 |
72.7 |
2.0 |
73.1 |
2.2 |
* |
* |
* |
* |
Medicare and other public |
66.6 |
4.0 |
69.3 |
4.5 |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
Residence locationc |
Metropolitan-large |
58.4 |
1.2 |
60.7 |
1.3 |
63.7 |
1.6 |
55.6 |
2.9 |
43.6 |
2.8 |
Metropolitan-small |
59.6 |
1.4 |
60.7 |
1.5 |
61.5 |
1.6 |
59.9 |
4.1 |
48.0 |
4.1 |
Micropolitan |
62.3 |
2.2 |
63.8 |
2.2 |
64.2 |
2.5 |
* |
* |
* |
* |
Noncore-adjacent |
61.9 |
3.1 |
62.6 |
3.2 |
64.9 |
3.5 |
* |
* |
* |
* |
Noncore-not adjacent |
65.8 |
5.8 |
65.9 |
5.8 |
65.5 |
5.9 |
* |
* |
* |
* |
Language spoken most often at home |
English |
61.0 |
0.8 |
61.8 |
0.8 |
63.3 |
0.9 |
56.7 |
2.3 |
49.4 |
2.9 |
Other |
41.9 |
2.6 |
46.7 |
5.4 |
* |
* |
* |
* |
38.9 |
2.8 |
Activity limitationsc |
Basic activities |
57.5 |
1.5 |
58.6 |
1.6 |
61.1 |
1.9 |
56.3 |
3.6 |
46.2 |
4.4 |
Complex activities |
55.0 |
1.9 |
56.3 |
2.0 |
57.5 |
2.4 |
61.7 |
4.2 |
39.5 |
5.1 |
Neither basic nor complex activities |
60.1 |
0.9 |
62.1 |
1.0 |
63.8 |
1.1 |
56.4 |
2.7 |
44.1 |
2.4 |
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.