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National Healthcare Disparities Report - LDI Health Economist

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Access to <strong>Health</strong> Care<br />

Figure 9.2. People under age 65 who were uninsured all year, by ethnicity and income, 2002-2008<br />

50<br />

Non-Hispanic White<br />

Hispanic<br />

50<br />

Poor<br />

Low Income<br />

Middle Income<br />

High Income<br />

40<br />

40<br />

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Percent<br />

30<br />

20<br />

Percent<br />

30<br />

20<br />

10<br />

10<br />

0<br />

2002<br />

2003<br />

2004<br />

2005<br />

2006<br />

2007<br />

2008<br />

0<br />

2002<br />

2003<br />

2004<br />

2005<br />

2006<br />

2007<br />

2008<br />

Source: Agency for <strong><strong>Health</strong>care</strong> Research and Quality, Medical Expenditure Panel Survey, 2002-2008.<br />

Denominator: Civilian noninstitutionalized population under age 65.<br />

Note: For this measure, lower rates are better.<br />

n Overall, from 2002 to 2008, the percentage of people under age 65 who were uninsured all year<br />

increased (from 13% to 15%; data not shown).<br />

n In 2008, there was no statistically significant difference between Blacks and Whites or between<br />

Asians and Whites. AI/ANs were more likely than Whites to be uninsured all year (28% compared<br />

with 15%; data not shown).<br />

n In 2008, Hispanics were much more likely than non-Hispanic Whites to be uninsured all year (29%<br />

compared with 12%; Figure 9.2).<br />

n The percentage of poor people and low-income people who were uninsured all year was about four<br />

times as high as that for high-income people (27% and 25%, respectively, compared with 7%). The<br />

percentage of middle-income people uninsured all year was more than twice as high as that for highincome<br />

people (15% compared with 7%).<br />

n People with less than a high school education and people with a high school education were more<br />

likely to be uninsured all year than people with at least some college education (36% and 22%,<br />

respectively, compared with 11%; data not shown).<br />

n From 2002 to 2008, the percentage of people who were uninsured all year was nearly three times as<br />

high for people who spoke another language at home as that for people who spoke English at home<br />

(in 2008, 34% compared with 12%; data not shown).<br />

Also, in the NHQR:<br />

n From 2002 to 2008, children ages 0-17 were least likely to be uninsured all year, while adults ages<br />

18-44 were most likely to be uninsured all year.<br />

n Females were less likely to be uninsured all year than males.<br />

222 <strong>National</strong> <strong><strong>Health</strong>care</strong> <strong>Disparities</strong> <strong>Report</strong>, 2011

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