National Healthcare Quality Report 2004

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Population group	Percent^a	Standard error

Total	33.3	0.5

Age (not age adjusted)
50-64	31.1	0.7
65 and over	35.9	0.9

Race
American Indian or Alaska Native only	38.2	7.3
Asian or Pacific Islander only	36.4	4.0
Asian only	37.0	4.0
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander only	DSU	DSU
Black or African American only	31.0	1.4
White only	33.6	0.6
More than one race	34.6	5.9

Ethnicity
Hispanic	21.1	1.4
Total, non-Hispanic	34.2	0.6
Black or African American	30.8	1.4
White	34.5	0.6

Gender
Male	32.4	0.8
Female	34.3	0.7

Health insurance (not age adjusted)
Persons under age 65	33.2	0.7
Private	33.1	0.7
Public	33.7	2.2
Uninsured	15.5	1.4
Persons age 65 and over	35.9	0.9
Medicare + any private	38.1	1.1
Medicare + any public	33.6	2.4
Medicare only	31.1	1.4

Family income
< 100% of poverty level	24.6	1.6
100-199% of poverty level	29.5	1.4
200-399% of poverty level	33.7	1.1
≥400% of poverty level	40.5	1.1
Unknown	30.7	0.9

Education (persons age 25 and over)
Less than high school	25.5	1.0
High school graduate	32.0	1.0
At least some college	38.5	0.8

Residence location
MSA	34.1	0.6
Non-MSA	31.5	0.9

^a Percents are age adjusted to the 2000 standard population.

DSU - Data do not meet the criteria for statistical reliability, data quality, or confidentiality.

Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics, National Health Interview Survey.