Table 2.2: People who have a usual primary care provider, by family incomea, United States, 2004 | ||||||||||
| Negative or Poor | Near-poor | Low income | Middle income | High income | ||||||
| Population characteristicsb | Percent | Standard Error | Percent | Standard Error | Percent | Standard Error | Percent | Standard Error | Percent | Standard Error |
| Total | 72.2 | 1.0 | 71.9 | 1.6 | 74.2 | 1.0 | 76.8 | 0.8 | 81.4 | 0.7 |
| Age in years | ||||||||||
| Under 65 | 70.3 | 1.1 | 68.6 | 1.8 | 70.9 | 1.1 | 74.9 | 0.8 | 80.1 | 0.7 |
| Under 6 | 91.2 | 1.3 | 93.5 | 2.0 | 91.2 | 1.4 | 94.3 | 1.6 | 95.9 | 1.1 |
| 6-17 | 84.1 | 1.4 | 81.5 | 2.7 | 84.8 | 1.7 | 87.5 | 1.2 | 89.4 | 1.4 |
| 18-44 | 53.3 | 1.6 | 53.0 | 2.5 | 59.1 | 1.5 | 63.9 | 1.1 | 70.6 | 1.0 |
| 45-64 | 73.1 | 2.0 | 72.4 | 3.4 | 70.1 | 2.1 | 78.7 | 1.1 | 84.1 | 1.0 |
| 65 and over | 89.3 | 1.7 | 88.2 | 2.2 | 88.7 | 1.6 | 90.7 | 1.1 | 92.7 | 1.1 |
| Sex | ||||||||||
| Male | 68.8 | 1.3 | 65.6 | 2.1 | 69.7 | 1.2 | 71.6 | 1.1 | 78.4 | 0.8 |
| Female | 74.8 | 1.2 | 76.5 | 2.0 | 78.2 | 1.0 | 81.9 | 0.8 | 84.7 | 0.7 |
| Race/ethnicity | ||||||||||
| Hispanic or Latino (of any race) | 62.5 | 2.0 | 62.1 | 2.6 | 62.8 | 2.2 | 63.6 | 1.9 | 76.4 | 2.0 |
| White, Non-Hispanic, single race | 75.5 | 1.5 | 79.6 | 2.1 | 79.6 | 1.1 | 80.2 | 1.0 | 82.6 | 0.7 |
| Black, Non-Hispanic, single race | 74.0 | 2.0 | 67.8 | 3.4 | 72.2 | 2.3 | 73.3 | 1.6 | 75.9 | 2.6 |
| Asian, Non-Hispanic, single race | 70.7 | 7.0 | -- | -- | 72.6 | 4.9 | 75.4 | 3.5 | 76.9 | 2.3 |
| Other single races/multiple races, Non-Hispanic | 85.2 | 2.9 | -- | -- | 75.1 | 5.6 | 76.0 | 4.4 | 84.2 | 4.2 |
| Educationc | ||||||||||
| Less than High School | 64.0 | 1.6 | 63.9 | 2.7 | 65.9 | 1.7 | 68.1 | 1.7 | 77.8 | 2.1 |
| High School | 64.9 | 1.8 | 65.9 | 3.0 | 70.0 | 1.8 | 72.9 | 1.0 | 79.7 | 1.1 |
| Some college | 62.9 | 2.7 | 68.5 | 3.7 | 71.7 | 1.8 | 74.3 | 1.2 | 79.2 | 0.8 |
| Health insurance statusd | ||||||||||
| <65, Any private | 74.0 | 2.5 | 73.3 | 3.0 | 78.7 | 1.2 | 79.4 | 0.8 | 81.6 | 0.7 |
| <65, Public only | 81.8 | 1.2 | 81.6 | 2.5 | 83.4 | 1.6 | 82.8 | 1.9 | 79.8 | 5.6 |
| <65, Uninsured | 42.2 | 2.2 | 42.3 | 3.2 | 40.1 | 2.3 | 44.5 | 2.2 | 55.8 | 3.6 |
| 65+, Medicare only | 89.1 | 2.6 | -- | -- | 89.5 | 3.0 | 89.2 | 1.9 | 88.3 | 3.1 |
| 65+, Medicare and private | 90.8 | 2.7 | -- | -- | 89.1 | 2.2 | 92.3 | 1.4 | 93.7 | 1.1 |
| 65+, Medicare and other public | 90.1 | 2.7 | -- | -- | 87.6 | 4.1 | 88.7 | 5.7 | -- | -- |
| 65+, Missing | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Metropolitan statistical area (MSA) | ||||||||||
| MSA | 70.8 | 1.2 | 71.0 | 1.8 | 73.2 | 1.1 | 75.8 | 0.9 | 81.1 | 0.7 |
| Non-MSA | 77.7 | 1.5 | 74.4 | 3.5 | 77.8 | 2.0 | 81.1 | 1.6 | 83.8 | 1.6 |
| Census Region | ||||||||||
| Northeast | 81.5 | 2.6 | 77.8 | 4.4 | 82.7 | 2.0 | 83.0 | 1.7 | 86.3 | 1.1 |
| Midwest | 74.9 | 1.8 | 82.8 | 3.2 | 75.4 | 2.2 | 80.1 | 1.3 | 82.5 | 1.5 |
| South | 69.5 | 1.5 | 69.4 | 2.3 | 72.8 | 1.4 | 74.1 | 1.2 | 78.3 | 1.1 |
| West | 67.5 | 2.1 | 64.4 | 3.2 | 69.6 | 2.1 | 72.8 | 1.8 | 80.3 | 1.6 |
| Perceived Health Status | ||||||||||
| Excellent | 70.3 | 1.9 | 73.9 | 3.1 | 71.9 | 1.8 | 76.0 | 1.3 | 79.4 | 1.2 |
| Very Good | 69.9 | 1.8 | 65.4 | 2.8 | 73.0 | 1.6 | 75.4 | 1.1 | 81.4 | 1.0 |
| Good | 72.7 | 1.5 | 72.3 | 2.6 | 74.4 | 1.5 | 77.3 | 1.2 | 82.7 | 1.0 |
| Fair | 74.0 | 2.1 | 79.9 | 3.5 | 80.8 | 1.9 | 81.2 | 1.6 | 89.2 | 1.6 |
| Poor | 83.1 | 2.7 | -- | -- | 77.9 | 3.9 | 88.8 | 2.5 | 89.6 | 3.0 |
| 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 The population characteristics are those of the reference person within the family. | ||||||||||
| c 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. | ||||||||||
| d 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, 2004. | ||||||||||