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Table 129a: People with a hospital, emergency room, or clinic as source of ongoing care^a, by race, United States, 2001

			Single Race Only
	Total		AI/AN		Asian		NHOPI		Black		White		> 1 Race
Population group	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE

Total	17.5	0.3	46.4	5.0	15.1	1.4	*	*	24.1	0.8	15.9	0.4	18.8	2.0

Age (not age adjusted)
0-17	20.6	0.5	49.8	7.8	18.1	2.8	*	*	30.3	1.4	17.6	0.6	24.0	2.7
18-44	17.3	0.4	50.5	6.2	16.4	1.9	*	*	21.6	0.9	16.1	0.5	19.4	3.6
45-64	17.0	0.5	44.7	8.5	12.4	2.5	*	*	22.4	1.4	16.1	0.6	13.6	3.2
65 and over	12.8	0.5	*	*	*	*	*	*	22.3	1.8	11.6	0.6	*	*

Gender
Female	17.5	0.4	43.2	7.0	15.5	2.0	*	*	24.6	1.0	15.6	0.4	21.5	2.6
Male	17.6	0.4	49.8	4.6	14.9	1.7	*	*	23.7	1.2	16.3	0.4	14.8	2.3

Health insurance
Under age 65	17.2	0.4	38.7	5.2	15.7	1.6	*	*	22.6	0.9	15.8	0.4	17.1	2.0
Private	13.7	0.4	32.3	5.4	12.9	1.6	*	*	15.1	0.9	13.3	0.4	10.9	1.9
Public	36.7	1.0	52.7	7.9	33.1	5.5	*	*	40.8	2.1	33.9	1.3	36.5	5.5
Uninsured	24.5	0.8	70.0	7.1	16.5	4.4	*	*	32.4	2.0	21.5	0.8	28.4	5.3
Age 65 and over	12.7	0.5	*	*	*	*	*	*	22.4	1.8	11.6	0.6	*	*
Medicare and any private	10.9	0.7	*	*	*	*	*	*	15.0	2.7	10.6	0.7	*	*
Medicare and any public	25.9	1.9	*	*	*	*	*	*	31.1	4.3	23.5	2.1	*	*
Medicare only	11.4	0.9	*	*	*	*	*	*	23.9	3.0	9.7	0.9	*	*

Family income
< 100% of poverty level	30.4	1.0	57.2	8.1	28.2	4.9	*	*	37.4	2.0	26.3	1.2	25.5	4.1
100-199% of poverty level	24.2	0.7	57.8	6.6	20.7	4.8	*	*	28.6	1.9	22.3	0.8	16.1	3.2
200-399% of poverty level	17.2	0.5	40.1	5.8	15.9	3.0	*	*	19.9	1.4	16.5	0.5	22.2	4.0
≥ 400% of poverty level	11.7	0.5	*	*	9.8	1.6	*	*	11.9	1.4	11.6	0.6	*	*

Education (age 25 and over)
Less than high school graduate	22.5	0.7	*	*	23.6	5.2	*	*	28.9	1.9	20.2	0.8	23.2	5.3
High school graduate	16.4	0.5	35.8	7.2	*	*	*	*	21.1	1.3	15.5	0.6	19.4	4.3
At least some college	13.8	0.4	43.9	6.9	12.3	1.4	*	*	18.7	1.5	13.2	0.5	9.8	2.4

Residence location
Urban (MSA)	17.2	0.4	35.3	4.6	15.3	1.5	*	*	25.3	0.8	15.1	0.5	18.9	2.1
Rural (Non-MSA)	18.3	0.8	58.4	10.0	*	*	*	*	17.6	2.2	17.8	0.8	22.1	6.2

^aPercents are age adjusted to the 2000 standard population.

^*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; MSA: Metropolitan Statistical Area

Note: The population categories used in this table are as reported from the source of the data (see below).

Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics, National Health Interview Survey.

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Table 129a: People with a hospital, emergency room, or clinic as source of ongoing carea, by race, United States, 2001

Table 129a: People with a hospital, emergency room, or clinic as source of ongoing care^a, by race, United States, 2001