Table 183B_b Adults who can usually get appointments for routine care 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 |
|
36.4 |
0.5 |
36.3 |
0.6 |
37.1 |
0.6 |
31.0 |
1.4 |
37.8 |
1.4 |
Age |
18-44 |
36.5 |
0.8 |
36.3 |
0.9 |
36.8 |
1.0 |
33.0 |
2.1 |
38.2 |
1.9 |
45-64 |
37.6 |
1.0 |
37.5 |
1.0 |
38.9 |
1.2 |
29.8 |
2.1 |
38.4 |
2.8 |
65 and over |
34.1 |
1.1 |
34.0 |
1.2 |
34.9 |
1.3 |
26.6 |
3.5 |
34.7 |
3.3 |
Gender |
Male |
35.2 |
0.8 |
35.0 |
0.8 |
35.7 |
0.9 |
30.2 |
2.5 |
36.6 |
2.5 |
Female |
37.3 |
0.6 |
37.2 |
0.7 |
38.2 |
0.8 |
31.4 |
1.6 |
38.6 |
1.6 |
Family incomea |
Negative/poor |
32.0 |
1.3 |
31.6 |
1.5 |
33.3 |
1.8 |
30.1 |
2.8 |
34.5 |
2.8 |
Near poor/low |
35.0 |
1.2 |
33.9 |
1.3 |
35.7 |
1.5 |
26.2 |
2.7 |
41.2 |
3.1 |
Middle |
37.3 |
1.1 |
37.0 |
1.1 |
37.9 |
1.2 |
33.1 |
3.0 |
40.4 |
2.7 |
High |
37.1 |
0.8 |
37.3 |
0.8 |
37.6 |
0.9 |
33.2 |
2.8 |
33.2 |
3.0 |
Educationb |
Less than high school |
31.8 |
1.2 |
29.8 |
1.3 |
31.8 |
1.6 |
19.9 |
2.2 |
39.1 |
2.1 |
High school graduate |
36.4 |
1.0 |
36.2 |
1.0 |
37.5 |
1.1 |
29.9 |
2.9 |
38.3 |
2.9 |
At least some college |
37.7 |
0.8 |
37.8 |
0.8 |
38.0 |
0.9 |
37.0 |
2.2 |
35.9 |
2.7 |
Health insurance, ages 18-64 |
Any private |
37.7 |
0.7 |
37.8 |
0.7 |
38.4 |
0.8 |
33.8 |
1.8 |
36.9 |
1.9 |
Public only |
33.6 |
1.6 |
33.1 |
1.8 |
34.4 |
2.3 |
30.3 |
2.7 |
35.7 |
3.0 |
Uninsured |
33.3 |
2.0 |
30.0 |
2.3 |
32.7 |
2.8 |
20.5 |
4.5 |
45.3 |
3.2 |
Health insurance, age 65 and over |
Medicare only |
34.0 |
2.2 |
33.5 |
2.3 |
33.9 |
2.5 |
* |
* |
* |
* |
Medicare and private |
34.9 |
1.5 |
35.1 |
1.5 |
35.6 |
1.5 |
* |
* |
* |
* |
Medicare and other public |
30.1 |
2.9 |
28.1 |
3.6 |
31.1 |
5.1 |
* |
* |
39.3 |
4.9 |
Residence locationc |
Metropolitan-large |
36.2 |
0.7 |
36.0 |
0.8 |
37.1 |
0.9 |
31.0 |
1.7 |
37.7 |
1.8 |
Metropolitan-small |
36.6 |
1.0 |
36.8 |
1.0 |
37.3 |
1.1 |
33.8 |
2.8 |
35.0 |
2.6 |
Micropolitan |
35.5 |
1.9 |
34.9 |
2.0 |
35.8 |
2.0 |
18.5 |
4.6 |
50.2 |
5.7 |
Noncore-adjacent |
37.0 |
2.8 |
37.0 |
2.7 |
37.7 |
2.7 |
* |
* |
* |
* |
Noncore-not adjacent |
42.7 |
2.6 |
42.5 |
2.8 |
42.8 |
2.9 |
* |
* |
* |
* |
Language spoken most often at home |
English |
36.3 |
0.6 |
36.5 |
0.6 |
37.2 |
0.6 |
31.1 |
1.4 |
32.2 |
2.2 |
Other |
38.0 |
1.7 |
30.5 |
2.7 |
34.1 |
5.8 |
* |
* |
43.6 |
2.0 |
Activity limitationsc |
Basic activities |
36.7 |
1.1 |
36.8 |
1.2 |
38.0 |
1.3 |
32.0 |
3.1 |
35.5 |
4.1 |
Complex activities |
36.4 |
1.6 |
36.3 |
1.6 |
38.0 |
1.9 |
25.4 |
3.2 |
38.5 |
5.2 |
Neither basic nor complex activities |
36.4 |
0.6 |
36.3 |
0.6 |
37.1 |
0.7 |
31.2 |
1.5 |
37.9 |
1.6 |
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.