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2008 National Healthcare Quality & Disparities Reports

Table 11_1_3.5d
Adults who needed care right away for an illness, injury, or condition in the last 12 months who sometimes or never got care as soon as wanted, by education,a United States, 2005
Population group Total Less than high school High school graduate At least some college
Percent SE Percent SE Percent SE Percent SE
Total 14.9 0.6 20.3 1.2 13.6 1.0 13.4 0.8
Age 18–44 18.8 0.9 28.9 2.2 16.2 1.5 16.6 1.4
45–64 14.1 1.0 20.2 2.6 14.2 1.6 11.8 1.2
65 and over 6.7 0.9 7.1 1.4 5.8 1.6 7.2 1.4
Gender Male 16.1 0.9 22.5 2.0 11.8 1.5 16.0 1.5
Female 14.0 0.7 18.4 1.6 14.8 1.2 11.6 0.9
Race White, single race 13.2 0.7 19.6 1.4 11.5 1.0 11.8 0.9
Black, single race 20.7 1.6 22.4 2.7 21.1 2.7 19.3 3.1
Asian, single race 24.7 5.6 * * * * * *
NHOPI, single race * * * * * * * *
AI/AN, single race * * * * * * * *
Multiple races 22.5 4.8 * * * * * *
Ethnicity Non-Hispanic, all races 14.6 0.7 20.9 1.5 13.6 1.1 13.0 0.9
Non-Hispanic, White 12.7 0.7 20.0 1.7 11.3 1.1 11.2 0.9
Non-Hispanic, Black 20.7 1.6 22.3 2.7 21.3 2.8 19.2 3.1
Hispanic 17.4 1.6 18.3 2.3 13.3 2.6 19.5 3.5
Family incomeb Negative/poor 24.3 1.7 22.5 2.2 23.2 3.0 28.3 3.9
Near poor/low 19.1 1.5 21.0 2.0 15.5 2.1 21.8 3.1
Middle 14.1 1.0 18.5 2.6 11.2 1.5 14.8 1.6
High 10.1 0.9 18.1 4.1 10.8 1.7 8.8 1.0
Employment status, ages 18–64 Employed 15.7 0.8 26.9 2.2 14.6 1.3 13.5 1.0
Not employed 20.0 1.4 23.6 2.2 17.3 2.1 19.8 2.5
Health insurance, ages 18–64 Any private 12.9 0.8 20.6 2.7 11.9 1.3 12.1 0.9
Public only 22.2 1.7 23.8 2.4 19.3 2.9 23.6 4.0
Uninsured 32.3 2.3 35.5 3.6 28.9 3.6 32.2 4.8
Health insurance, age 65 and over Medicare only 7.8 2.0 * * * * * *
Medicare and private 5.7 1.1 * * * * 7.0 1.8
Medicare and other public 8.1 2.3 * * * * * *
Residence locationc Metropolitan 15.2 0.7 20.2 1.4 14.1 1.2 13.8 1.0
  Large central metro 15.8 1.1 19.8 2.3 13.6 1.6 15.4 1.5
  Large fringe metro 15.2 1.5 20.1 2.8 14.7 2.5 13.8 1.9
  Medium metro 14.2 1.2 19.7 2.8 11.5 1.8 13.9 1.9
  Small metro 15.0 1.8 23.1 5.3 19.7 3.7 8.0 1.9
Nonmetropolitan 13.5 1.3 20.6 2.4 11.7 1.9 11.1 1.7
  Micropolitan 14.2 1.6 21.2 3.0 12.3 2.4 12.1 2.1
  Noncore 12.4 1.8 19.7 3.6 * * * *
Language spoken most often at home English 14.6 0.6 21.4 1.4 13.4 1.0 12.8 0.9
Other 18.5 2.6 15.4 2.6 16.3 3.8 24.5 5.1
Perceived health status Excellent/very good/good 13.3 0.7 19.8 1.5 11.7 1.0 12.1 0.9
Fair/poor 20.2 1.2 21.1 2.0 19.7 2.2 19.9 2.1
Activity limitationsc Basic activities 16.5 1.2 15.4 1.6 14.2 1.9 19.7 2.3
Complex activities 20.7 1.5 22.1 2.5 20.4 2.6 19.6 2.8
Neither basic nor complex activities 14.2 0.7 22.2 1.7 13.2 1.2 12.1 1.0

a 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.

b 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.

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: AI/AN: American Indian or Alaska Native; NHOPI: Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander; SE: standard error.

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends, Medical Expenditure Panel Survey.

 

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