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2009 National Healthcare Quality & Disparities Reports

Table 16_3_1.1d
People without a usual source of care who indicate a financial or insurance reason for not having a source of care, 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   17.1 0.8 25.5 1.5 18.0 1.3 12.0 0.9
Age 18–44 18.0 0.9 26.5 1.8 20.2 1.6 12.1 1.1
45–64 16.7 1.4 27.3 2.9 14.9 2.1 12.8 1.8
65 and over DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU
Gender Male 14.8 0.9 23.7 1.9 15.0 1.5 9.5 1.1
Female 20.5 1.1 28.6 2.0 22.9 1.8 15.2 1.4
Race White, single race 17.9 0.9 27.0 1.7 18.5 1.5 12.3 1.1
Black, single race 16.1 1.6 20.8 3.6 15.7 2.1 14.1 2.3
Asian, single race 9.5 2.1 DSU DSU DSU DSU 7.4 2.0
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 DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU
Ethnicity Non-Hispanic, all races 14.9 0.9 25.2 2.4 15.7 1.4 11.2 1.0
Non-Hispanic, White 15.3 1.1 28.4 3.1 15.8 1.7 11.4 1.2
Non-Hispanic, Black 16.0 1.7 21.3 3.8 15.6 2.1 13.6 2.2
Hispanic, all races 24.1 1.7 25.8 2.1 26.6 2.8 17.6 2.5
Family incomeb Negative/poor 29.1 2.1 32.7 2.7 29.3 3.7 23.8 3.9
Near poor/low 24.8 1.8 25.2 2.2 23.9 2.7 25.4 3.3
Middle 15.2 1.3 23.5 2.5 15.1 2.0 10.4 1.5
High 8.2 1.1 DSU DSU 10.4 2.1 6.9 1.1
Employment status, ages 18–64 Employed 16.7 0.9 26.7 1.8 17.3 1.4 11.8 1.0
Not employed 22.4 1.5 26.4 2.4 26.2 2.8 15.1 2.1
Health insurance, ages 18–64 Any private 7.5 0.7 11.6 2.0 8.9 1.4 6.0 0.9
Public only 23.5 2.3 22.2 3.0 25.1 3.9 DSU DSU
Uninsured 32.2 1.6 35.5 2.3 29.7 2.2 31.3 2.9
Health insurance, age 65 and over Medicare only DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU
Medicare and private DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU
Medicare and other public DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU
Residence locationc Metropolitan 17.8 0.9 25.9 1.6 19.4 1.4 12.6 1.0
  Large central metro 20.5 1.2 29.9 2.3 20.2 2.0 15.4 1.5
  Large fringe metro 15.6 1.5 23.8 3.6 21.3 2.9 9.2 1.6
  Medium metro 13.8 1.7 19.2 3.1 15.2 2.3 9.9 1.9
  Small metro 19.9 3.5 24.7 5.8 21.3 4.1 16.0 4.5
Nonmetropolitan 12.6 1.8 23.0 4.7 10.8 2.1 DSU DSU
  Micropolitan 12.4 2.1 19.2 4.5 11.2 2.8 DSU DSU
  Noncore DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU
Language spoken most often at home English 15.3 0.9 25.5 2.1 16.9 1.4 10.8 1.0
Other 23.7 1.8 25.5 2.3 24.1 2.7 20.0 3.2
Perceived health status Excellent/very good/good 15.7 0.8 23.7 1.6 16.5 1.3 11.2 1.0
Fair/poor 34.8 2.7 37.7 4.0 36.0 4.8 28.6 5.3
Activity limitations,c age 18 and over Basic activities 29.3 3.4 39.2 6.0 DSU DSU DSU DSU
Complex activities 42.4 4.9 DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU
Neither basic nor complex activities 16.1 0.8 24.3 1.5 17.0 1.2 11.4 0.9

a People 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, 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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