TABLE 1—

Distribution of Vulnerability Status: US Nonelderly Adult Population, 1996–1997

Vulnerability Characteristics	Unweighted Nos. Adults (%)	Weighted Nos. Adults (%)
High income–good health	12 793 (100.0)	44 824 560 (100.0)
Hispanic	714 (5.6)	2 915 772 (6.5)
Black, non-Hispanic	1 143 (8.9)	4 290 230 (9.6)
White, non-Hispanic	10 936 (85.5)	37 618 558 (83.9)
High income–poor health	1 276 (100.0)	4 823 412 (100.0)
Hispanic	116 (9.1)	502 838 (10.4)
Black, non-Hispanic	168 (13.2)	614 897 (12.8)
White, non-Hispanic	992 (77.7)	3 705 677 (76.8)
Low income–good health	3 265 (100.0)	13 642 505 (100.0)
Hispanic	410 (12.6)	2 001 282 (14.7)
Black, non-Hispanic	643 (19.7)	2 780 094 (20.4)
White, non-Hispanic	2 212 (67.7)	8 861 129 (64.9)
Low income–poor health	1 075 (100.0)	5 352 110 (100.0)
Hispanic	196 (18.2)	1 110 659 (20.7)
Black, non-Hispanic	282 (26.2)	1 409 777 (26.3)
White, non-Hispanic	597 (55.5)	2 831 674 (52.9)
Total	18 409 (100.0)	68 642 588 (100.0)
Hispanic	1 436 (7.8)	6 530 551 (9.5)
Black, non-Hispanic	2 236 (12.2)	9 094 999 (13.3)
White, non-Hispanic	14 737 (80.0)	53 017 038 (77.2)

Note. Sample includes 18- to 64-year-old persons whose last visit within the past 12 months was to their usual source of care and whose current insurance plan was the same for the past 12 months. Respondents with military or other public insurance were excluded, as were non-Hispanic persons in the Asian/Native/Pacific/Other race category. Self-pay respondents were included.