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2008 National Healthcare Quality & Disparities Reports

Table 14_3_4.3d
People unable to get or delayed in getting needed medical care, dental care, or prescription medicines due to financial or insurance reasons, 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 66.4 1.2 76.6 2.0 69.5 1.7 58.9 1.9
Age 18–44 72.7 1.7 82.1 2.8 77.1 2.6 65.2 2.5
45–64 66.2 1.8 80.2 3.0 68.2 2.6 58.4 2.9
65 and over 42.9 3.0 51.3 4.3 49.8 5.1 28.7 4.3
Gender Male 66.0 1.8 76.6 2.8 70.2 2.6 56.2 2.9
Female 66.7 1.3 76.6 2.7 69.0 2.0 60.6 2.1
Race White, single race 64.9 1.4 75.9 2.3 68.4 1.9 56.9 2.2
Black, single race 76.0 2.3 85.2 3.0 75.8 3.9 70.4 3.9
Asian, single race * * * * * * * *
NHOPI, single race * * * * * * * *
AI/AN, single race * * * * * * * *
Multiple races * * * * * * * *
Ethnicity Non-Hispanic, all races 63.7 1.3 73.0 2.1 67.8 1.8 57.0 2.0
Non-Hispanic, White 61.7 1.5 71.2 2.6 66.5 2.1 54.6 2.4
Non-Hispanic, Black 75.7 2.4 84.5 3.1 75.9 4.0 70.1 4.0
Hispanic 86.7 2.1 87.8 3.1 86.6 3.7 85.0 3.4
Family incomeb Negative/poor 79.6 1.9 83.7 2.8 76.6 3.5 77.3 4.4
Near poor/low 80.2 2.3 81.5 3.4 81.6 2.7 77.3 3.9
Middle 67.2 2.1 73.9 4.1 68.5 3.2 63.3 3.0
High 45.0 2.7 * * 50.8 4.1 42.5 3.2
Employment status, ages 18–64 Employed 69.0 1.5 80.9 2.9 73.3 2.1 62.0 2.2
Not employed 72.4 1.8 82.1 2.2 72.6 3.2 63.7 3.7
Health insurance, ages 18–64 Any private 58.2 2.0 66.9 5.0 61.3 2.8 54.7 2.6
Public only 76.3 2.1 77.7 3.3 79.8 3.5 71.0 4.5
Uninsured 90.9 1.4 94.5 1.6 90.3 2.5 87.7 3.0
Health insurance, age 65 and over Medicare only 50.9 5.0 * * * * * *
Medicare and private 30.7 4.1 * * * * * *
Medicare and other public * * * * * * * *
Residence locationc Metropolitan 66.1 1.4 77.1 2.4 69.4 1.9 58.7 2.0
  Large central metro 67.2 2.4 77.5 4.5 74.5 3.4 57.3 3.1
  Large fringe metro 62.6 2.4 75.6 5.6 63.7 4.3 58.0 3.4
  Medium metro 66.2 2.8 79.4 3.2 69.6 3.1 56.6 4.9
  Small metro 70.6 4.1 * * * * * *
Nonmetropolitan 67.8 3.0 74.8 3.5 70.0 3.9 60.3 4.6
  Micropolitan 67.0 3.7 73.2 4.5 70.9 5.4 59.1 5.8
  Noncore 68.9 4.0 * * * * * *
Language spoken most often at home English 64.8 1.2 73.6 2.1 68.5 1.8 58.1 2.0
Other 82.7 3.0 90.0 3.7 * * 70.6 6.2
Perceived health status Excellent/very good/good 64.7 1.4 75.7 2.8 67.4 2.0 58.5 1.9
Fair/poor 71.2 1.9 78.2 2.6 74.9 2.9 60.7 3.7
Activity limitations,c age 18 and over Basic activities 67.1 2.0 68.0 3.2 73.0 3.0 61.2 3.5
Complex activities 70.8 2.0 75.0 3.4 75.7 3.3 62.3 4.1
Neither basic nor complex activities 65.9 1.4 80.4 2.5 67.6 2.2 58.7 2.1

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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