Table 2.2: People who have a usual primary care provider, by family incomea, United States, 2003 | ||||||||||
| Negative or Poor | Near-poor | Low income | Middle income | High income | ||||||
| Population characteristics | Percent | Standard Error | Percent | Standard Error | Percent | Standard Error | Percent | Standard Error | Percent | Standard Error |
| Total | 69.3 | 1.0 | 71.9 | 1.6 | 73.0 | 1.2 | 78.0 | 0.8 | 82.3 | 0.6 |
| Age in years | ||||||||||
| Under 65 | 67.4 | 1.1 | 68.2 | 1.8 | 69.3 | 1.4 | 76.3 | 0.9 | 81.3 | 0.7 |
| Under 6 | 87.6 | 1.4 | 86.7 | 4.2 | 91.4 | 1.7 | 93.6 | 1.2 | 95.6 | 1.0 |
| 6-17 | 78.8 | 1.5 | 78.6 | 2.7 | 85.1 | 1.7 | 88.0 | 1.1 | 92.2 | 1.0 |
| 18-44 | 53.1 | 1.7 | 55.7 | 2.5 | 54.7 | 1.9 | 65.0 | 1.2 | 72.1 | 1.1 |
| 45-64 | 70.3 | 2.0 | 70.4 | 3.4 | 71.5 | 2.1 | 81.1 | 1.1 | 85.1 | 0.9 |
| 65 and over | 85.9 | 1.9 | 87.3 | 2.5 | 89.1 | 1.4 | 90.7 | 1.2 | 91.0 | 1.1 |
| Sex | ||||||||||
| Male | 64.0 | 1.3 | 65.2 | 2.0 | 67.9 | 1.6 | 73.3 | 1.0 | 80.0 | 0.9 |
| Female | 73.4 | 1.1 | 77.3 | 1.9 | 77.3 | 1.3 | 82.6 | 0.8 | 84.6 | 0.6 |
| Race/ethnicity | ||||||||||
| Hispanic or Latino (of any race) | 61.7 | 2.0 | 59.1 | 2.8 | 55.9 | 2.4 | 65.1 | 1.6 | 72.4 | 2.9 |
| White, Non-Hispanic, single race | 72.9 | 1.5 | 77.2 | 2.3 | 79.5 | 1.3 | 81.9 | 0.9 | 84.0 | 0.7 |
| Black, Non-Hispanic, single race | 70.5 | 2.0 | 72.7 | 3.8 | 73.4 | 2.1 | 74.8 | 1.9 | 75.1 | 2.1 |
| Asian, Non-Hispanic, single race | 68.5 | 7.6 | -- | -- | 72.0 | 5.8 | 64.3 | 4.3 | 75.3 | 2.8 |
| Other single races/multiple races, Non-Hispanic | 69.2 | 6.3 | -- | -- | 68.5 | 6.0 | 80.8 | 4.4 | 85.0 | 3.5 |
| Educationb | ||||||||||
| Less than High School | 61.6 | 1.6 | 65.0 | 2.6 | 66.1 | 2.0 | 71.7 | 1.6 | 75.7 | 1.9 |
| High School | 63.9 | 1.8 | 70.3 | 2.7 | 68.9 | 1.8 | 73.9 | 1.2 | 79.5 | 1.2 |
| Some college | 62.7 | 2.4 | 69.0 | 4.0 | 66.8 | 2.1 | 74.8 | 1.2 | 80.4 | 0.8 |
| Health insurance statusc | ||||||||||
| <65, Any private | 72.8 | 2.1 | 76.5 | 2.5 | 77.1 | 1.5 | 80.6 | 0.9 | 83.3 | 0.7 |
| <65, Public only | 77.4 | 1.1 | 80.7 | 2.5 | 82.2 | 1.5 | 81.5 | 2.2 | 76.1 | 4.6 |
| <65, Uninsured | 40.1 | 2.3 | 36.6 | 3.3 | 40.5 | 2.9 | 45.3 | 2.4 | 51.8 | 3.1 |
| 65+, Medicare only | 86.7 | 3.0 | 80.9 | 5.0 | 87.4 | 2.4 | 89.8 | 2.2 | 87.0 | 3.2 |
| 65+, Medicare and private | 84.1 | 3.9 | -- | -- | 91.0 | 1.8 | 92.3 | 1.4 | 92.7 | 1.1 |
| 65+, Medicare and other public | 89.6 | 2.2 | -- | -- | 87.6 | 3.8 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 65+, Missing | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Metropolitan statistical area (MSA) | ||||||||||
| MSA | 67.8 | 1.1 | 70.8 | 2.0 | 71.2 | 1.5 | 77.0 | 0.9 | 82.0 | 0.7 |
| Non-MSA | 74.9 | 1.9 | 75.4 | 2.8 | 79.2 | 1.6 | 81.9 | 1.5 | 84.2 | 1.7 |
| Census Region | ||||||||||
| Northeast | 81.0 | 2.1 | 82.4 | 3.1 | 82.8 | 2.6 | 82.3 | 1.8 | 86.3 | 1.3 |
| Midwest | 69.5 | 1.9 | 78.0 | 3.7 | 78.7 | 2.2 | 80.8 | 1.6 | 83.2 | 1.3 |
| South | 66.6 | 1.6 | 70.4 | 2.5 | 70.5 | 1.9 | 74.6 | 1.3 | 79.5 | 1.2 |
| West | 65.3 | 2.3 | 64.2 | 3.3 | 64.5 | 2.8 | 77.3 | 1.7 | 81.4 | 1.4 |
| Perceived Health Status | ||||||||||
| Excellent | 70.2 | 2.0 | 71.4 | 3.7 | 74.7 | 1.6 | 77.6 | 1.2 | 80.0 | 1.1 |
| Very Good | 66.8 | 1.7 | 70.3 | 2.9 | 70.1 | 2.1 | 76.9 | 1.2 | 83.4 | 0.9 |
| Good | 67.0 | 1.8 | 68.0 | 2.6 | 70.8 | 1.9 | 77.5 | 1.2 | 83.0 | 1.0 |
| Fair | 72.6 | 2.3 | 78.0 | 3.3 | 78.6 | 2.2 | 83.2 | 1.8 | 86.8 | 1.8 |
| Poor | 81.5 | 2.7 | 89.1 | 3.2 | 84.7 | 3.0 | 89.6 | 2.1 | 86.8 | 3.1 |
| a Poor refers to incomes below the Federal poverty line; near poor, over the poverty line through 125 percent of the poverty line; low income, over 125 percent through 200 percent of the poverty line; middle income, over 200 percent to 400 percent of the poverty line; and high income, over 400 percent of the poverty line. | ||||||||||
| b Includes persons age 18 and over only. "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 Uninsured refers to persons uninsured during the entire year. Public and private health insurance categories refer to individuals with public or private insurance at any time during the period; individuals with both public and private insurance and those with Tricare (Armed-Forces-related coverage) are classified as having insurance. | ||||||||||
| -- Less than 100 sample cases. | ||||||||||
| * Relative standard error equal to or greater than 30%. | ||||||||||
| Source: Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality: Medical Expenditure Panel Survey, 2003. | ||||||||||