Table 14_3_2.1
People who identified a hospital, emergency room, or clinic as a source of ongoing care,a United States, 1999 and 2006
| Population group |
2006 |
1999 |
| Percent |
SE |
Percent |
SE |
| Total |
17.7 |
0.4 |
17.6 |
0.3 |
| Age, not age adjusted |
0–17 |
22.2 |
0.7 |
20.7 |
0.5 |
| 18–44 |
16.6 |
0.5 |
17.6 |
0.4 |
| 45–64 |
16.0 |
0.6 |
16.1 |
0.5 |
| 65 and over |
14.8 |
0.8 |
14.1 |
0.6 |
| Race |
AI/AN only |
48.3 |
6.2 |
48.0 |
4.3 |
| Asian only |
17.1 |
1.2 |
16.2 |
1.6 |
| NHOPI only |
* |
* |
* |
* |
| Black only |
20.7 |
0.8 |
24.2 |
0.8 |
| White only |
16.8 |
0.5 |
16.1 |
0.4 |
| Multiple races |
21.6 |
2.4 |
22.4 |
2.2 |
| Ethnicity |
Hispanic, all races |
25.9 |
0.9 |
23.1 |
0.7 |
| Non-Hispanic, all races |
16.1 |
0.4 |
16.9 |
0.4 |
| Non-Hispanic, Black |
20.3 |
0.8 |
24.3 |
0.8 |
| Non-Hispanic, White |
14.8 |
0.5 |
15.3 |
0.4 |
| Gender |
Male |
17.5 |
0.5 |
17.2 |
0.4 |
| Female |
17.9 |
0.5 |
18.1 |
0.4 |
| Health insurance,b ages 0–64 |
Private |
12.6 |
0.5 |
13.8 |
0.4 |
| Public only |
35.0 |
1.1 |
38.8 |
1.0 |
| Uninsured |
24.0 |
0.9 |
24.9 |
0.7 |
| Health insurance, age 65 and over |
Medicare and private |
12.6 |
0.9 |
11.7 |
0.8 |
| Medicare and public |
28.2 |
2.3 |
30.8 |
2.2 |
| Medicare only |
12.5 |
1.0 |
14.0 |
1.1 |
| Family incomec |
Negative/poor |
28.6 |
0.9 |
29.9 |
0.8 |
| Near poor/low |
22.0 |
0.7 |
23.3 |
0.7 |
| Middle |
16.2 |
0.6 |
16.2 |
0.5 |
| High |
11.3 |
0.6 |
11.4 |
0.4 |
| Education, age 25 and over |
Less than high school |
23.1 |
0.9 |
21.1 |
0.8 |
| High school graduate |
16.0 |
0.7 |
16.7 |
0.6 |
| At least some college |
13.4 |
0.5 |
13.9 |
0.4 |
| Residence locationd |
Metropolitan |
16.4 |
0.4 |
DNA |
DNA |
| Large central metro |
20.2 |
0.6 |
DNA |
DNA |
| Large fringe metro |
11.2 |
0.6 |
DNA |
DNA |
| Medium metro |
14.6 |
1.0 |
DNA |
DNA |
| Small metro |
21.6 |
2.2 |
DNA |
DNA |
| Micropolitan (nonmetro) |
20.2 |
2.1 |
DNA |
DNA |
| Noncore (nonmetro) |
27.9 |
3.2 |
DNA |
DNA |
| Activity limitations, age 18 and overd |
Basic activities |
22.4 |
2.3 |
DNA |
DNA |
| Complex activities |
23.4 |
1.2 |
DNA |
DNA |
| Neither basic nor complex activities |
15.0 |
0.4 |
DNA |
DNA |
a Estimates are age adjusted to the 2000 standard population, except where indicated.
b A small number of persons who were covered by both public and private health insurance plans were included in the "private health insurance" category only.
c 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. Missing values for family income were imputed using multiple imputation methodology. A small number of persons were excluded because their family income could not be imputed.
d For more information, see the National Health Interview Survey entry in Appendix A, Data Sources.
DNA - Data have not been analyzed.
* - 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: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics, National Health Interview Survey.
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