Table T9_1_3_6-2b

2012 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports

This appendix provides detailed data tables for all measures analyzed for the 2012 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. Tables are included for measures discussed in the main text of the reports as well as for other measures that were examined but not included in the main text.

Table 9_1_3_6.2b
People unable to get or delayed in getting needed medical care, dental care, or prescription medicines due to financial or insurance reasons, by ethnicity, United States, 2009
				Non-Hispanic
		Total		All races		White		Black		Hispanic, all races
Population group		Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total		69.2	1.3	68.0	1.4	67.6	1.6	72.1	2.4	76.6	2.5
Age	0–17	51.1	3.5	50.5	4.0	52.3	5.0	DSU	DSU	53.7	7.3
	18–44	74.5	1.5	73.3	1.7	73.1	2.0	75.5	3.2	81.3	2.8
	45–64	73.8	1.6	72.6	1.7	72.2	2.0	74.4	3.2	84.6	2.7
	65 and over	53.4	3.6	52.3	3.8	50.3	4.2	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Gender	Male	69.0	1.7	67.1	1.8	66.0	2.2	71.4	3.4	79.4	2.7
Gender	Female	69.3	1.6	68.7	1.6	68.8	1.8	72.6	2.9	73.8	3.8
Family income^a	Negative/poor	79.2	1.8	79.2	2.1	80.6	2.5	81.1	3.4	79.6	3.7
	Near poor/low	76.1	2.0	75.0	2.3	75.3	2.8	73.9	3.9	82.1	3.1
	Middle	73.3	2.1	72.6	2.2	72.1	2.6	74.2	4.4	78.3	5.9
	High	48.8	2.8	48.4	2.8	48.0	3.1	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Education,^b age 18 and over	Less than high school	77.3	2.2	75.8	2.6	75.7	3.2	72.5	4.4	81.9	2.6
	High school graduate	76.5	1.8	75.7	1.9	75.9	2.1	76.3	3.6	83.5	4.1
	At least some college	65.1	1.9	63.9	2.0	62.6	2.3	73.3	3.2	77.4	4.3
Employment status, ages 18–64	Employed	72.0	1.6	70.4	1.7	70.2	1.8	74.0	2.9	81.9	2.5
Employment status, ages 18–64	Not employed	79.0	1.7	78.4	1.8	78.3	2.1	76.7	3.6	83.9	3.3
Health insurance, ages 0–64	Any private	59.4	2.0	59.2	2.0	58.6	2.2	67.0	4.0	61.9	5.9
	Public only	73.3	2.3	74.7	2.5	77.5	2.8	67.6	4.2	66.0	5.0
	Uninsured	92.2	1.2	91.6	1.5	92.8	1.8	84.4	3.1	94.0	1.5
Health insurance, age 65 and over	Medicare only	63.0	5.4	62.5	5.7	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Medicare and private	41.6	4.8	41.7	5.0	40.9	5.3	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Medicare and other public	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Residence location^c	Metropolitan	69.2	1.5	67.7	1.6	67.3	1.8	70.9	2.5	77.9	2.6
	Large central metro	70.3	2.3	67.6	2.6	67.5	3.3	69.6	3.7	79.2	4.0
	Large fringe metro	68.4	2.1	67.2	2.3	66.5	2.5	76.9	5.4	78.6	5.1
	Medium metro	70.6	3.3	70.1	3.5	69.2	3.8	73.7	5.5	74.2	5.5
	Small metro	65.3	4.0	64.7	4.1	65.8	4.6	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Nonmetropolitan	69.1	2.5	69.6	2.6	68.7	2.7	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Micropolitan	68.9	2.8	69.0	2.9	67.8	3.0	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Noncore	69.7	4.2	71.4	4.7	71.6	5.1	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Language spoken most often at home	English	68.2	1.4	68.0	1.4	67.7	1.6	71.6	2.4	70.5	4.6
Language spoken most often at home	Other	78.3	2.6	69.3	5.7	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	81.6	2.8
Perceived health status	Excellent/very good/good	67.8	1.5	66.9	1.5	66.8	1.8	70.1	3.2	73.7	3.1
Perceived health status	Fair/poor	73.6	1.9	71.7	2.1	70.3	2.4	77.9	3.6	87.0	2.2
Activity limitations,^c age 18 and over	Basic activities	70.8	2.7	70.3	2.8	70.3	3.1	73.0	4.3	DSU	DSU
	Complex activities	71.3	2.9	71.2	3.1	71.0	3.4	71.0	4.8	DSU	DSU
	Neither basic nor complex activities	71.9	1.3	70.2	1.4	69.3	1.7	74.6	2.7	82.1	2.3
U.S. born	Yes	67.8	1.4	67.8	1.4	67.3	1.6	70.7	2.3	68.2	4.0
U.S. born	No	78.2	2.4	71.4	4.4	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	84.0	2.3

^a 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.

^b 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.

^c For more information, see the MEPS entry in Appendix B: Detailed Methods.

DSU - Data do not meet the criteria for statistical reliability, data quality, or confidentiality.

Key: SE: standard error.

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access, and Cost Trends, Medical Expenditure Panel Survey.

Page last reviewed June 2013

Internet Citation: Table T9_1_3_6-2b: 2012 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. June 2013. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://archive.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr12/9_facilitators_barriers/T9_1_3_6-2b.html