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2009 National Healthcare Quality & Disparities Reports

Table 13_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, 2006
    Total Less than high school High school graduate At least some college
Population group Percent SE Percent SE Percent SE Percent SE
Total   15.2 0.6 18.8 1.4 14.8 1.0 14.0 0.8
Age 18–44 18.8 0.9 24.7 2.2 20.5 1.8 15.7 1.2
45–64 14.4 0.9 17.1 1.8 13.2 1.3 14.3 1.5
65 and over 7.6 0.8 10.3 1.8 6.1 1.5 7.1 1.3
Gender Male 15.5 0.9 20.6 2.3 15.0 1.6 13.6 1.4
Female 14.9 0.7 17.2 1.4 14.6 1.2 14.3 1.1
Race White, single race 14.5 0.7 19.6 1.6 13.0 1.0 13.5 1.0
Black, single race 16.4 1.1 16.2 2.0 18.3 2.1 14.8 1.9
Asian, single race 21.6 3.4 DSU DSU DSU DSU 18.5 4.0
NHOPI, single race DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU
AI/AN, single race DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU
Multiple races 19.8 4.6 DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU
Ethnicity Non-Hispanic, all races 14.5 0.6 17.4 1.6 14.4 1.0 13.7 0.9
Non-Hispanic, White 13.7 0.7 18.3 2.0 12.3 1.1 13.2 1.0
Non-Hispanic, Black 16.5 1.1 15.8 2.0 18.9 2.2 14.6 1.9
Hispanic, all races 20.3 1.6 23.2 2.3 18.5 2.7 18.0 3.0
Family incomeb Negative/poor 22.7 1.7 21.8 2.1 21.7 2.7 25.2 4.0
Near poor/low 20.1 1.4 20.4 2.1 18.8 2.3 21.3 2.6
Middle 15.4 1.1 16.9 2.6 14.0 1.7 15.7 1.8
High 10.5 0.8 14.6 4.2 9.8 1.5 10.3 1.0
Employment status, ages 18–64 Employed 16.3 0.8 23.7 2.4 15.7 1.4 14.7 1.0
Not employed 19.0 1.3 19.0 2.2 21.6 2.5 17.0 2.1
Health insurance, ages 18–64 Any private 12.9 0.7 16.9 2.4 12.0 1.3 12.5 1.0
Public only 23.1 1.9 19.0 2.6 24.6 2.9 27.0 3.9
Uninsured 32.6 2.4 33.5 3.6 30.6 4.0 34.1 4.4
Health insurance, age 65 and over Medicare only 8.0 1.7 13.2 3.5 DSU DSU DSU DSU
Medicare and private 6.8 1.1 DSU DSU DSU DSU 6.7 1.6
Medicare and other public 10.3 2.3 9.1 2.6 DSU DSU DSU DSU
Residence locationc Metropolitan 15.2 0.6 17.8 1.5 15.3 1.2 14.2 0.9
  Large central metro 16.7 1.1 20.0 2.5 17.6 2.1 15.1 1.5
  Large fringe metro 14.9 1.2 18.6 3.4 15.1 2.2 13.8 1.5
  Medium metro 14.4 1.3 14.6 2.6 14.2 2.2 14.5 2.0
  Small metro 13.0 1.9 17.8 3.9 12.1 2.3 11.5 2.7
Nonmetropolitan 15.0 1.3 22.0 3.2 12.8 2.1 12.5 1.7
  Micropolitan 14.1 1.5 19.8 4.7 11.7 2.3 12.8 2.2
  Noncore 16.9 1.9 26.2 4.3 15.1 3.3 12.1 3.4
Language spoken most often at home English 14.4 0.6 18.3 1.5 14.3 1.0 13.2 0.9
Other 23.8 2.1 21.0 2.7 23.2 4.0 28.3 4.2
Perceived health status Excellent/very good/good 13.9 0.7 18.3 1.6 13.4 1.1 12.9 0.9
Fair/poor 19.4 1.1 19.6 1.9 18.9 2.0 19.6 2.1
Activity limitationsc Basic activities 15.7 1.1 13.9 1.8 16.9 2.0 16.0 2.1
Complex activities 19.5 1.6 17.8 2.4 20.9 3.0 19.5 3.0
Neither basic nor complex activities 14.6 0.6 20.2 1.9 13.2 1.1 13.6 0.9

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, 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.

DSU - 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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