TABLE 2—
Sociodemographic Characteristics and Mean Physician Distrust Score, by Race/Ethnicity: Community Tracking Study, United States, 1998–1999
| White | Black | Hispanic | |
| Gender, % | |||
| Men | 44.7 | 35.5 | 40.1 |
| Women | 55.3 | 64.5 | 59.8 |
| Age, y, % | |||
| < 40 | 48.6 | 58.6 | 65.6 |
| 40–60 | 33.7 | 31.1 | 25.5 |
| > 60 | 17.7 | 10.3 | 8.7 |
| Insurance status, % | |||
| None | 6.2 | 13.5 | 19.4 |
| Medicaid/Medicare | 23.4 | 26.9 | 19.9 |
| Private | 70.4 | 59.6 | 60.6 |
| Education level, % | |||
| < High school degree | 6.0 | 15.5 | 28.4 |
| High school degree | 29.9 | 38.6 | 31.9 |
| College degree or higher | 64.1 | 45.7 | 41.5 |
| Income percentage quartilesa | |||
| ≤ 25 | 13.5 | 30.6 | 38.1 |
| 26–50 | 19.4 | 25.7 | 27.9 |
| 51–74 | 27.1 | 24.0 | 18.4 |
| ≥ 75 | 40.0 | 19.6 | 15.6 |
| Physician distrust score, mean (SD) | 15.1 (3.7) | 16.2 (4.3) | 16.7 (4.5) |
Note. Data weighted for survey sampling.
aReported annual household income was divided by the US Census Bureau 1998 poverty level for the corresponding family size and the categorized according to percentage quartiles.