TABLE 6.
No One in Your Household Has Been Diagnosed with a Chronic Illness | Total You or Someone in Your Household Has Been Diagnosed with a Chronic Illness | You or Someone in Your Household Has Been Diagnosed with … | |||||
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Total Number of Adults (%) | Heart Disease (%) | Cancer (%) | Diabetes (%) | Asthma (%) | |||
Problems paying medical bills in past one year | 23 | 15 | 29 | 30 | 33 | 33 | 40 |
Problem bills—contacted by collection agency in past five years | 15 | 10 | 20 | 19 | 22 | 25 | 30 |
Problem bills—used up all or most of savings in past five years | 12 | 7 | 16 | 17 | 23 | 19 | 22 |
Problem bills—borrowed money/took out another mortgage in past five years | 8 | 5 | 10 | 11 | 14 | 10 | 14 |
Problem bills—unable to pay for basic necessities in past five years | 8 | 3 | 12 | 14 | 21 | 15 | 17 |
Problem bills—bankruptcy in past five years | 3 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 6 |
Currently have overdue medical bills | 21 | 14 | 27 | 25 | 28 | 31 | 38 |
Not enough money to pay for health care in past one year | 28 | 21 | 33 | 33 | 42 | 35 | 43 |
Skipped treatment, cut pills, or didn't fill prescription because of cost | 29 | 21 | 35 | 35 | 43 | 37 | 44 |
Source:USA Today/Kaiser/HSPH 2005.