Table T9_1_4_1-2b

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_4_1.2b
People who were unable to get or delayed in getting needed medical care, dental care, or prescription medicines in the last 12 months, 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		11.1	0.4	11.5	0.4	12.2	0.5	10.2	0.6	9.1	0.7
Age	0–17	5.0	0.4	5.3	0.5	6.1	0.6	3.0	0.5	4.2	0.6
	18–44	12.8	0.5	13.2	0.5	14.1	0.7	11.9	0.9	10.8	0.9
	45–64	15.0	0.6	15.1	0.7	15.2	0.8	15.7	1.1	14.1	1.1
	65 and over	10.4	0.8	10.3	0.8	10.3	0.9	11.0	1.5	11.7	1.8
Gender	Male	9.6	0.4	9.8	0.4	10.2	0.5	8.9	0.8	8.9	0.7
Gender	Female	12.6	0.5	13.2	0.5	14.0	0.6	11.2	0.7	9.3	0.7
Family income^a	Negative/poor	15.4	0.9	17.6	1.1	20.9	1.5	11.8	1.1	9.9	1.2
	Near poor/low	14.6	0.7	16.2	0.8	18.1	1.0	12.7	1.2	9.9	1.0
	Middle	11.4	0.5	11.9	0.6	12.9	0.7	8.7	0.9	8.7	0.9
	High	7.5	0.4	7.5	0.5	7.6	0.5	7.3	1.1	7.2	1.0
Education,^b age 18 and over	Less than high school	15.6	0.9	17.4	1.0	18.8	1.3	14.5	1.7	11.9	1.0
	High school graduate	14.1	0.6	14.6	0.7	15.2	0.8	11.4	1.0	10.6	1.1
	At least some college	11.8	0.5	11.7	0.5	11.9	0.6	13.9	0.9	12.7	1.2
Employment status, ages 18–64	Employed	12.1	0.4	12.2	0.5	12.6	0.6	11.6	0.8	11.5	0.9
Employment status, ages 18–64	Not employed	19.3	0.9	20.7	1.0	22.4	1.3	17.7	1.4	12.5	1.3
Health insurance, ages 0–64	Any private	8.7	0.4	8.9	0.4	9.4	0.5	7.4	0.6	6.8	0.7
	Public only	13.4	0.8	16.3	1.0	21.0	1.4	9.6	1.0	7.0	0.8
	Uninsured	20.3	1.1	23.3	1.2	25.7	1.5	20.3	1.9	14.0	1.6
Health insurance, age 65 and over	Medicare only	11.3	1.1	11.1	1.2	11.0	1.3	13.1	2.4	13.2	3.1
	Medicare and private	9.0	1.0	8.9	1.0	9.1	1.1	7.3	1.7	DSU	DSU
	Medicare and other public	14.1	2.2	16.4	2.8	16.5	3.7	14.9	3.7	DSU	DSU
Residence location^c	Metropolitan	11.0	0.4	11.4	0.4	12.1	0.5	10.6	0.6	9.1	0.7
	Large central metro	11.1	0.6	11.7	0.6	12.8	0.9	10.7	0.7	9.5	0.9
	Large fringe metro	10.5	0.6	10.6	0.6	11.4	0.7	8.3	1.0	9.5	1.2
	Medium metro	10.9	0.9	11.5	1.0	11.8	1.1	11.4	1.5	8.0	1.8
	Small metro	12.5	0.8	13.1	0.8	13.1	0.9	15.4	3.4	7.9	1.4
	Nonmetropolitan	11.8	1.1	12.0	1.2	12.4	1.3	6.7	1.3	9.5	2.3
	Micropolitan	12.5	1.4	12.8	1.5	13.4	1.6	6.9	1.5	DSU	DSU
	Noncore	10.3	1.4	10.0	1.5	10.4	1.6	DSU	DSU	12.2	2.5
Language spoken most often at home	English	11.5	0.4	11.7	0.4	12.2	0.5	10.3	0.6	9.3	0.9
Language spoken most often at home	Other	8.6	0.6	7.7	1.0	8.2	2.3	DSU	DSU	8.9	0.8
Perceived health status	Excellent/very good/good	9.5	0.3	9.9	0.4	10.4	0.4	8.5	0.5	7.9	0.6
Perceived health status	Fair/poor	24.9	1.1	26.0	1.2	27.6	1.5	22.0	1.8	18.9	1.7
Activity limitations,^c age 18 and over	Basic activities	25.3	1.2	25.5	1.2	26.1	1.4	24.2	1.8	23.5	2.7
	Complex activities	30.0	1.6	30.4	1.7	31.5	2.0	28.9	2.6	25.9	3.4
	Neither basic nor complex activities	11.1	0.4	11.2	0.4	11.5	0.5	10.8	0.8	10.7	0.8
U.S. born	Yes	11.1	0.4	11.6	0.4	12.1	0.5	10.2	0.6	7.1	0.7
U.S. born	No	11.3	0.7	10.5	1.0	13.8	2.2	9.9	1.7	12.0	0.9

^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_4_1-2b: 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_4_1-2b.html