Table T8_4_1_2-1
2012 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports
Population group | Number of patients | Distribution (%) | |
---|---|---|---|
Total | 20,224,757 | 100.0 | |
Age | Under 20 | 7,079,654 | 35.0 |
20–64 | 11,749,170 | 58.1 | |
65 and over | 1,395,933 | 6.9 | |
Gender | Male | 8,352,090 | 41.3 |
Female | 11,872,667 | 58.7 | |
Family incomeb | Negative/poor | 11,213,993 | 55.4 |
Near poor | 2,201,355 | 10.9 | |
Low | 1,029,036 | 5.1 | |
Middle/high | 1,164,804 | 5.8 | |
Health insurance | Uninsured | 7,364,161 | 36.4 |
Medicaid | 7,950,115 | 39.3 | |
Medicare | 1,568,550 | 7.8 | |
Other public insurance | 490,947 | 2.4 |
a Patients with missing demographic information are included in total and excluded in population categories.
b Negative/poor refers to household incomes below the Federal poverty line; near poor, the poverty line to 150 percent of the poverty line; low, 151 percent to 200 percent of the poverty line; and middle/high, over 200 percent of the poverty line.
Source: Health Resources and Services Administration, Bureau of Primary Health Care, Uniform Data System.