Table 222A_b People unable to receive or delayed in receiving needed medical care, dental care, or prescription medications due to financial or insurance reasons, 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 |
|
63.8 |
1.2 |
61.9 |
1.3 |
61.3 |
1.5 |
63.4 |
3.1 |
78.4 |
2.3 |
Age |
0-17 |
54.6 |
3.6 |
50.6 |
4.2 |
51.4 |
4.8 |
* |
* |
72.2 |
4.9 |
18-44 |
70.2 |
1.5 |
68.7 |
1.7 |
69.4 |
1.9 |
67.2 |
4.3 |
79.8 |
2.8 |
45-64 |
63.5 |
1.8 |
61.9 |
1.9 |
60.8 |
2.3 |
65.6 |
5.0 |
80.6 |
3.8 |
65 and over |
48.8 |
3.1 |
46.5 |
3.3 |
42.7 |
3.6 |
* |
* |
* |
* |
Gender |
Male |
64.1 |
1.8 |
62.0 |
2.0 |
62.3 |
2.2 |
60.9 |
5.5 |
77.9 |
3.3 |
Female |
63.6 |
1.4 |
61.8 |
1.5 |
60.6 |
1.7 |
65.0 |
3.4 |
78.8 |
2.5 |
Family incomea |
Negative/poor |
77.5 |
2.2 |
77.0 |
2.5 |
77.7 |
3.1 |
74.0 |
4.5 |
79.9 |
3.6 |
Near poor/low |
75.5 |
2.1 |
74.0 |
2.3 |
75.0 |
2.6 |
69.2 |
5.4 |
82.7 |
3.7 |
Middle |
66.4 |
2.1 |
64.3 |
2.1 |
64.5 |
2.3 |
58.7 |
6.1 |
83.9 |
4.1 |
High |
39.2 |
2.3 |
38.6 |
2.4 |
38.3 |
2.5 |
* |
* |
* |
* |
Educationb |
Less than high school |
76.5 |
1.6 |
74.0 |
2.0 |
74.1 |
2.2 |
74.2 |
4.6 |
84.6 |
2.7 |
High school graduate |
69.7 |
2.1 |
68.6 |
2.2 |
68.2 |
2.5 |
69.5 |
5.2 |
82.1 |
4.5 |
At least some college |
55.6 |
1.8 |
54.7 |
1.9 |
53.5 |
2.2 |
58.8 |
4.4 |
69.0 |
5.6 |
Health insurance, under age 65 |
Any private |
54.4 |
1.7 |
54.0 |
1.8 |
53.4 |
2.0 |
57.9 |
4.1 |
61.4 |
5.1 |
Public only |
72.0 |
2.2 |
71.6 |
2.5 |
76.1 |
2.7 |
59.5 |
5.3 |
73.7 |
3.8 |
Uninsured |
88.6 |
1.8 |
87.4 |
2.3 |
89.9 |
2.2 |
77.7 |
6.5 |
92.6 |
2.3 |
Health insurance, age 65 and over |
Medicare only |
52.4 |
6.0 |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
Medicare and private |
41.2 |
4.0 |
39.7 |
4.2 |
38.9 |
4.2 |
* |
* |
* |
* |
Medicare and other public |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
Residence locationc |
Metropolitan-large |
62.1 |
1.7 |
59.0 |
1.9 |
58.3 |
2.2 |
57.8 |
4.0 |
79.2 |
2.8 |
Metropolitan-small |
65.5 |
2.4 |
64.2 |
2.7 |
63.1 |
2.8 |
73.3 |
6.3 |
77.8 |
5.0 |
Micropolitan |
64.8 |
3.6 |
64.0 |
3.6 |
62.3 |
4.0 |
* |
* |
* |
* |
Noncore-adjacent |
67.9 |
5.5 |
68.4 |
5.9 |
68.3 |
6.7 |
* |
* |
* |
* |
Noncore-not adjacent |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
CSHCN |
Yes |
54.2 |
4.7 |
49.7 |
5.7 |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
No |
54.8 |
4.4 |
51.0 |
5.3 |
52.3 |
6.0 |
* |
* |
70.7 |
5.6 |
Language spoken most often at home |
English |
62.3 |
1.3 |
61.9 |
1.3 |
61.3 |
1.5 |
63.0 |
3.1 |
69.3 |
3.9 |
Other |
79.2 |
3.4 |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
85.8 |
2.7 |
Activity limitationsc |
Basic activities |
70.0 |
1.9 |
69.0 |
2.1 |
65.8 |
2.4 |
77.2 |
3.5 |
81.1 |
4.3 |
Complex activities |
69.6 |
2.3 |
68.5 |
2.4 |
66.4 |
2.8 |
74.9 |
4.8 |
* |
* |
Neither basic nor complex activities |
63.3 |
1.4 |
61.3 |
1.5 |
61.5 |
1.7 |
62.5 |
4.1 |
78.6 |
3.0 |
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, see 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.
Key: CSHCN: children with special health care needs; SE: standard error.
Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends, Medical Expenditure Panel Survey.