Table 3.
Health Status, Access to Care, and Health Care Use
| Characteristic | Persons Aged 19–25 y
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Persons Aged 26–34 y
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| 2009 | 2012 | Difference (95% CI) | 2009 | 2012 | Difference (95% CI) | |
| Health care coverage, %a | 68.3 | 71.7 | 3.4 (1.5 to 5.1) | 77.8 | 70.3 | −7.5 (−8.7 to −6.3) |
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| Fair or poor | 9.3 | 8.9 | −0.4 (−1.5 to 0.7) | 10.0 | 11.7 | 1.7 (0.9 to 2.6) |
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| Have a usual source of care, %a | 62.0 | 58.8 | −3.2 (−5.2 to −1.4) | 69.4 | 61.6 | −7.8 (−9.1 to −6.5) |
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| With health care coverage | 74.4 | 69.9 | −4.5 (−6.5 to −2.6) | 78.9 | 74.2 | −4.7 (−6.0 to −3.4) |
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| Without health care coverage | 35.3 | 30.8 | −4.5 (−7.9 to −1.1) | 36.1 | 31.6 | −4.5 (−7.2 to −1.9) |
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| Visit to physician for routine checkup in past year, %a | 56.8 | 56.3 | −0.5 (−2.4 to 1.3) | 57.6 | 55.9 | −1.7 (−3.1 to −0.5) |
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| With health care coverage | 65.1 | 63.5 | −1.6 (−3.7 to 0.4) | 63.5 | 63.7 | 0.2 (−1.1 to 1.6) |
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| Without health care coverage | 38.3 | 37.8 | −0.5 (−4.0 to 3.0) | 36.6 | 36.5 | −0.1 (−2.9 to 2.8) |
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| Unable to see a physician in the past year because of cost, %a | 21.5 | 20.5 | −1.0 (−2.5 to 0.6) | 20.2 | 22.3 | 2.1 (1.0 to 3.2) |
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| With health care coverage | 12.4 | 11.9 | −0.5 (−1.9 to 0.9) | 11.7 | 12.2 | 0.5 (−0.5 to 1.4) |
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| Without health care coverage | 41.6 | 42.9 | 1.3 (−2.3 to 4.8) | 49.8 | 46.4 | −3.4 (−6.2 to −0.6) |
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| Unable to afford prescription medications in past year, %b | 11.0 | 7.9 | −3.1 (−5.1 to −1.2) | 12.7 | 10.0 | −2.7 (−4.3 to −1.1) |
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| With health care coverage | 5.6 | 4.8 | −0.8 (−2.4 to 0.8) | 7.8 | 6.1 | −1.7 (−3.2 to −0.3) |
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| Without health care coverage | 22.0 | 17.5 | −4.5 (−8.9 to −0.1) | 26.5 | 20.0 | −6.5 (−10.4 to −2.5) |
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| Unable to afford dental care in the past year, %b | 18.7 | 14.1 | −4.6 (−7.1 to −2.1) | 19.6 | 17.6 | −2.0 (−3.9 to −0.1) |
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| With health care coverage | 10.4 | 9.1 | −1.3 (−3.5 to 1.0) | 12.5 | 11.6 | −0.9 (−2.7 to 0.9) |
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| Without health care coverage | 35.7 | 29.2 | −6.5 (−11.6 to −1.4) | 39.7 | 33.2 | −6.5 (−10.8 to −2.1) |
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| Flu shot in the past year, %b | 16.5 | 21.1 | 4.6 (2.1 to 7.2) | 21.9 | 24.6 | 2.7 (0.5 to 4.9) |
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| With health care coverage | 20.1 | 24.7 | 4.6 (1.4 to 7.8) | 25.8 | 29.4 | 3.6 (1.0 to 6.3) |
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| Without health care coverage | 9.3 | 10.2 | 0.9 (−1.7 to 3.3) | 11.1 | 12.0 | 0.9 (−2.3 to 4.1) |
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| Ever had the hepatitis B vaccine, %b | 58.4 | 55.3 | −3.1 (−6.4 to 0.3) | 44.2 | 48.3 | 4.1 (1.4 to 6.7) |
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| With health care coverage | 62.5 | 59.6 | −2.9 (−6.8 to 1.0) | 47.9 | 51.5 | 3.6 (0.6 to 6.6) |
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| Without health care coverage | 50.3 | 42.4 | −7.9 (−13.1 to −2.7) | 33.7 | 40.0 | 6.3 (1.9 to 10.7) |
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| Tetanus shot in the past 10 y, %b | 66.3 | 67.8 | 1.5 (−1.7 to 4.8) | 61.4 | 63.4 | 2.0 (−0.5 to 4.4) |
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| With health care coverage | 70.4 | 71.0 | 0.6 (−3.2 to 4.4) | 63.0 | 66.8 | 3.8 (1.1 to 6.5) |
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| Without health care coverage | 58.5 | 58.3 | −0.2 (−5.1 to 4.6) | 57.0 | 54.7 | −2.3 (−6.8 to 2.2) |
a
Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System data.
b
National Health Interview Survey data.