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Table 6.1a: National Overall Measures
| Among adults age 18 and over who reported going to a doctor's office or clinic in the last 12 months, percent giving a best rating for health care received, United States, 2000 a |
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Gave best rating e |
| Population group |
Population total |
Number who had visit |
Percent |
Standard error |
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| Total |
202,737,848 |
146,195,298 |
48.12 |
0.76 |
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| Race |
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| White |
170,125,696 |
125,540,427 |
48.51 |
0.81 |
| Black |
24,493,873 |
15,598,766 |
48.56 |
1.62 |
| Asian/Pacific Islander |
6,458,887 |
4,003,026 |
37.43 |
3.59 |
| Aleut/Eskimo/American Indian |
DSU |
DSU |
DSU |
DSU |
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| Hispanic ethnicity |
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| Hispanic |
21,738,498 |
12,549,524 |
49.51 |
2.07 |
| Non-Hispanic |
180,999,350 |
133,645,774 |
48.00 |
0.78 |
| Ethnicity |
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| Non-Hispanic, White |
150,178,945 |
114,139,081 |
48.35 |
0.83 |
| Non-Hispanic, Black |
23,466,228 |
14,965,334 |
48.55 |
1.66 |
| Non-Hispanic, Other |
7,354,176 |
4,541,359 |
37.30 |
3.43 |
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| Gender |
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| Male |
97,197,606 |
61,136,407 |
47.24 |
1.00 |
| Female |
105,540,242 |
85,058,891 |
48.76 |
0.82 |
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| Age |
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| 18-44 |
108,438,619 |
69,956,517 |
40.53 |
0.92 |
| 45-64 |
61,508,507 |
48,220,971 |
50.82 |
1.11 |
| 65 and over |
32,790,722 |
28,017,810 |
62.50 |
1.27 |
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| Education b |
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| Less than high school (<12 years ) |
41,246,773 |
26,843,770 |
51.84 |
1.28 |
| High school graduate (=12 years) |
66,631,871 |
46,641,587 |
48.73 |
1.04 |
| At least some college (>12 years) |
93,325,476 |
71,745,064 |
46.27 |
1.04 |
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| Employment statusc |
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| Employed |
137,047,255 |
93,847,741 |
43.47 |
0.86 |
| Not employed |
32,363,721 |
24,016,643 |
49.70 |
1.47 |
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| Insuranced |
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| Age 18-64 |
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| Any private |
131,459,362 |
96,667,753 |
44.91 |
0.79 |
| Public only |
13,338,753 |
10,200,234 |
46.15 |
2.21 |
| Uninsured |
25,149,011 |
11,309,501 |
41.76 |
2.14 |
| Age 65 and over |
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| Medicare only |
10,623,234 |
8,841,580 |
61.08 |
2.48 |
| Medicare and private |
18,549,229 |
16,079,189 |
63.91 |
1.89 |
| Medicare and other public |
3,435,872 |
2,937,177 |
59.77 |
3.59 |
| No insurance/private only |
DSU |
DSU |
DSU |
DSU |
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| Family income |
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| Negative or poor(<100% of poverty level) |
20,927,745 |
14,580,706 |
47.43 |
1.66 |
| Near poor/low income(100-<200% of poverty level) |
34,858,614 |
23,017,469 |
51.09 |
1.51 |
| Middle income(200-<400% of poverty level) |
64,352,963 |
44,794,439 |
46.24 |
1.17 |
| High income(>=400% of poverty level) |
82,598,526 |
63,802,685 |
48.53 |
1.08 |
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| MSA status |
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| MSA |
164,150,839 |
118,044,954 |
47.08 |
0.88 |
| Non-MSA |
38,587,009 |
28,150,344 |
52.50 |
1.19 |
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| Perceived health status |
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| Excellent/very good/good |
177,125,850 |
124,672,271 |
48.56 |
0.82 |
| Fair/poor |
25,611,998 |
21,523,027 |
45.56 |
1.33 |
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cEmployment status for persons 18-64 only.
eFor all values, RSE < 30.
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