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2008 National Healthcare Quality & Disparities Reports

Table 14_2_2.1d
People with a usual primary care provider, 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 72.8 0.6 66.5 1.1 73.5 0.8 74.9 0.7
Age 18–44 62.6 0.8 53.0 1.5 62.2 1.2 66.5 0.9
45–64 80.0 0.7 73.2 1.5 80.1 1.0 81.9 0.9
65 and over 90.0 0.6 89.0 1.2 90.6 1.0 90.1 1.0
Gender Male 67.6 0.7 59.4 1.4 66.5 1.2 71.7 0.9
Female 77.7 0.6 73.6 1.2 79.8 0.8 77.8 0.8
Race White, single race 74.1 0.6 66.6 1.2 75.4 0.9 76.0 0.7
Black, single race 66.8 1.1 65.6 2.3 62.8 1.9 71.0 1.4
Asian, single race 65.4 2.6 67.1 4.5 69.1 4.8 63.9 3.0
NHOPI, single race * * * * * * * *
AI/AN, single race 74.8 3.8 * * * * * *
Multiple races 67.6 3.4 * * 64.9 5.8 74.1 4.5
Ethnicity Non-Hispanic, all races 75.3 0.5 73.1 1.1 76.0 0.8 75.6 0.7
Non-Hispanic, White 77.4 0.6 75.5 1.3 78.8 0.9 76.9 0.7
Non-Hispanic, Black 67.1 1.1 66.7 2.2 62.7 1.9 71.0 1.4
Hispanic 55.9 1.3 51.6 1.8 53.7 2.1 65.6 2.1
Family incomeb Negative/poor 63.0 1.3 60.5 1.7 62.5 1.9 67.7 2.7
Near poor/low 67.7 1.1 64.7 1.7 69.7 1.5 68.4 1.8
Middle 71.3 0.9 67.6 1.8 72.8 1.2 71.5 1.2
High 78.8 0.8 77.8 2.2 80.0 1.3 78.4 0.8
Employment status, ages 18–64 Employed 68.9 0.7 56.4 1.4 68.8 1.0 72.1 0.7
Not employed 72.4 0.9 66.4 1.7 73.5 1.4 76.0 1.4
Health insurance, ages 18–64 Any private 75.6 0.6 71.6 1.4 76.9 1.0 75.5 0.7
Public only 73.7 1.3 70.7 1.8 73.0 2.0 80.7 2.1
Uninsured 40.8 1.3 36.7 1.8 41.3 1.9 45.0 2.1
Health insurance, age 65 and over Medicare only 90.7 1.1 88.8 2.0 92.1 1.8 90.9 2.0
Medicare and private 90.6 0.9 90.4 1.9 90.1 1.4 91.0 1.3
Medicare and other public 88.3 1.7 89.6 1.9 92.9 2.5 * *
Residence locationc Metropolitan 72.4 0.7 65.5 1.2 73.0 0.9 74.6 0.7
  Large central metro 67.9 1.0 60.8 1.8 65.6 1.3 72.2 1.2
  Large fringe metro 75.7 1.0 69.4 2.6 77.8 1.5 76.1 1.1
  Medium metro 74.4 1.3 68.3 2.4 75.7 1.8 75.9 1.8
  Small metro 74.0 1.8 68.5 3.3 75.1 2.5 75.4 2.0
Nonmetropolitan 75.0 1.1 70.8 2.1 75.3 1.3 76.9 1.4
  Micropolitan 72.5 1.3 67.2 2.5 73.4 1.7 74.4 1.9
  Noncore 79.6 2.2 76.4 3.4 79.3 2.7 82.2 2.8
Language spoken most often at home English 75.2 0.5 71.7 1.1 75.7 0.8 76.0 0.7
Other 53.5 1.6 52.3 2.0 49.3 2.4 59.0 2.9
Perceived health status Excellent/very good/good 71.6 0.6 62.7 1.2 72.0 0.9 74.2 0.7
Fair/poor 81.2 0.9 79.8 1.5 81.8 1.5 82.0 1.5
Activity limitations,c age 18 and over Basic activities 85.4 0.8 85.7 1.3 83.2 1.5 87.4 1.3
Complex activities 83.7 1.1 85.1 1.7 79.9 2.2 86.7 1.7
Neither basic nor complex activities 70.8 0.6 60.8 1.3 71.7 0.9 73.6 0.7

a 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.

b Negative/poor refers to household incomes below the Federal poverty line; near poor/low, at or 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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