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2009 National Healthcare Quality & Disparities Reports

Table 16_3_4.2c
People who identified a hospital, emergency room, or clinic as a source of ongoing care,a by family income,b United States, 2007
    Total Negative/poor Near poor/low Middle High
Population group Percent SE Percent SE Percent SE Percent SE Percent SE
Total   18.2 0.4 31.1 1.2 22.7 0.8 16.8 0.6 11.4 0.5
Age, not age adjusted 0–17 21.8 0.7 36.4 1.7 27.5 1.4 18.5 1.1 10.5 0.8
18–44 17.4 0.5 29.2 1.6 21.3 1.1 15.9 0.9 11.4 0.7
45–64 16.8 0.6 33.2 2.3 22.6 1.6 17.6 1.0 12.2 0.7
65 and over 15.6 0.8 22.5 2.5 17.6 1.7 15.3 1.2 12.0 1.2
Race AI/AN only 56.0 6.8 70.7 6.9 60.1 7.7 43.5 8.0 DSU DSU
Asian only 19.0 1.4 28.5 4.1 25.0 3.6 17.1 2.5 15.0 1.8
NHOPI only DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU
Black only 21.2 0.9 31.8 1.9 24.0 1.6 16.8 1.5 10.8 1.4
White only 16.9 0.4 29.0 1.3 21.0 0.9 16.6 0.7 11.0 0.5
Multiple races 28.4 2.5 43.0 5.3 36.5 4.7 24.2 4.1 16.0 4.1
Ethnicity Hispanic, all races 26.8 1.0 39.2 2.1 29.7 1.6 21.8 1.4 11.9 1.5
Non-Hispanic, all races 16.4 0.5 28.2 1.4 20.3 1.0 15.9 0.7 11.4 0.5
Non-Hispanic, Black 21.0 0.9 31.6 2.0 23.6 1.7 16.7 1.4 10.9 1.4
Non-Hispanic, White 14.5 0.5 23.0 1.6 17.2 1.1 15.5 0.7 10.9 0.5
Gender Male 17.5 0.5 29.3 1.6 22.5 1.1 16.3 0.8 11.4 0.6
Female 18.9 0.5 32.5 1.3 23.1 1.0 17.5 0.8 11.4 0.6
Health insurance,c ages 0–64 Private 13.1 0.4 20.6 2.2 16.2 1.2 14.6 0.7 10.3 0.5
Public 35.6 1.1 38.9 1.7 34.8 2.0 32.1 2.5 28.8 3.7
Uninsured 23.9 1.1 31.4 2.6 24.1 1.5 19.3 1.5 19.8 2.6
Health insurance, age 65 and over Medicare and private 13.6 1.0 21.2 4.7 15.2 2.4 14.3 1.4 11.0 1.4
Medicare and public 28.2 2.2 27.5 3.8 31.5 4.6 31.4 4.5 21.1 4.2
Medicare only 13.2 1.3 17.3 3.4 14.8 2.3 11.9 2.1 11.0 2.5
Education, age 25 and over Less than high school 25.6 1.0 33.9 1.9 26.7 1.8 21.3 1.7 16.0 2.2
High school graduate 16.6 0.7 26.5 2.1 18.9 1.3 15.2 1.1 12.4 1.1
At least some college 14.1 0.5 26.0 2.1 19.5 1.3 15.2 0.8 11.6 0.6
Residence locationd Metropolitan 16.7 0.4 31.0 1.2 21.6 0.9 15.3 0.7 10.1 0.5
  Large central metro 20.3 0.6 35.8 1.6 27.4 1.4 17.9 1.1 11.5 0.9
  Large fringe metro 11.8 0.6 26.4 3.0 17.7 1.9 11.1 1.1 7.8 0.7
  Medium metro 14.7 0.9 28.3 2.3 16.4 1.4 13.0 1.5 8.5 1.0
  Small metro 22.8 2.0 29.4 3.2 25.5 3.1 23.0 2.8 18.1 2.5
Micropolitan (nonmetro) 23.3 2.4 28.5 3.4 24.8 3.3 22.7 3.3 19.6 3.0
Noncore (nonmetro) 27.8 3.6 34.4 6.3 28.9 4.0 24.7 3.7 24.4 4.6
Activity limitations,d age 18 and over Basic activities 21.5 2.1 30.4 4.5 24.2 5.0 14.7 2.5 19.4 5.1
Complex activities 21.8 1.2 30.4 2.1 21.8 2.4 16.8 2.4 15.0 2.4
No activity limitations 16.0 0.5 27.4 1.7 20.5 1.0 16.2 0.7 11.5 0.6

a Estimates are age adjusted to the 2000 standard population, except where indicated.

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. Missing values for family income were imputed using multiple imputation methodology. A small number of people were excluded because their family income could not be imputed.

c A small number of people who were covered by both public and private health insurance plans were included in the "private" category only.

d For more information, see the National Health Interview Survey 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: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics, National Health Interview Survey.

 

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