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Table 1 Race/Ethnicity, insurance, income, and access to care: NHIS 2009

From: Race/Ethnicity, insurance, income and access to care: the influence of health status

 

No usual place of care

Unable to get medical care

Delayed medical care

unable to get dental care

unable to get mental health care

unable to get prescription drug

 

%

n

%

n

%

n

%

n

%

n

%

n

Health status

**

5463

***

5503

***

5502

***

5456

***

5456

***

5459

Total

5.14

270

9.98

626

14.78

850

15.35

891

4.05

216

12.03

693

Excellent/VG/Good

5.74

221

7.32

341

11.79

510

12.2

507

3.13

119

8.73

364

Fair/Poor

3.37

49

17.84

285

23.63

340

24.65

384

6.78

97

21.81

329

Functional limitation

***

5463

***

5503

***

5502

***

5456

***

5456

***

5459

Total

5.15

271

9.98

626

14.78

850

15.34

891

4.05

216

12.03

693

Yes

3.28

62

16.95

339

21.54

405

23.28

452

8.07

139

19.58

372

No

5.99

209

6.84

287

11.74

445

11.78

439

2.24

77

8.64

321

Race/Ethnicity (%)

**

5465

***

5505

***

5504

***

5458

 

5458

***

5461

Total

5.15

271

9.98

626

14.78

850

15.34

891

4.05

216

12.03

693

White

4.68

151

8.63

343

14.21

525

13.76

489

3.86

134

10.59

378

African American

5.30

44

16.32

154

18.49

163

21.19

208

5.73

41

18.14

169

Hispanic

8.88

62

14.91

111

17.69

135

22.19

159

4.22

32

18.19

122

Asian/Other

4.56

14

4.61

18

7.92

27

11.26

35

2.23

9

6.27

24

Insurance (%)

***

5241

***

5281

***

5280

***

5234

***

5234

***

5237

Total

5.16

260

9.84

592

14.66

808

14.85

824

4.05

205

11.84

658

Uninsured

27.84

115

38.87

193

50.87

227

48.18

191

16.87

60

40.23

169

Medicaid

4.37

18

14.23

75

17.88

89

26.96

135

7.42

36

19.28

101

Medicare

1.05

13

12.3

116

13.44

136

16.13

188

3.22

34

13.4

140

Private

3.56

114

5.57

208

10.30

356

9.17

310

2.33

75

7.26

248

Income (%)

 

2639

***

2651

***

2649

***

2638

**

2639

***

2639

Total

7.23

183

10.73

329

16.75

476

15.30

431

4.88

122

12.40

339

<$20,000

8.27

64

17.32

153

26.18

208

22.59

204

6.86

59

20.82

161

$20,000-$34,999

8.25

46

11.64

81

16.2

112

19.45

108

6.44

31

16.09

100

>=$35,000

6.21

73

6.53

95

11.5

156

9.38

119

3.09

32

6.02

78

  1. Sample is limited to adult who visited a doctor or other health care professional during the past 2 weeks at the time of the survey.
  2. *p<0.05, **p<0.01, ***p<0.001 based on χ2 test.