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TABLE 2—

Unadjusted Estimates of Access to Health Care by Race/Ethnicity and Rural–Urban Area: Medical Expenditure Panel Survey, United States, 2005–2010

Outcome	National, %	Rural, %	Urban, %	Rural–Urban Gap
Usual source of health care (ages 18–64 y; n = 104 334)
All	73.0	78.6	71.6	7.0^a
Non-Hispanic White	77.9	80.6	77.2	3.4^a
Non-Hispanic African American	69.5^b	75.1^b	69.6^b	5.5^a
Hispanic	56.5^b	60.0^b	56.3^b	3.7
Health care needs met (ages 18–64 y; n = 105 306)
All	86.8	85.8	87.0	−1.2
Non-Hispanic White	86.2	85.1	86.4	−1.3
Non-Hispanic African American	86.7^b	90.8^b	86.5	4.3^a
Hispanic	88.6^b	87.6	88.6^b	−1.0
Cholesterol screening (ages 35–64 y; n = 62 743)
All	85.8	80.3	87.2	−6.9^a
Non-Hispanic White	86.5	81.3	88.2	−6.9^a
Non-Hispanic African American	88.0^b	74.0^b	89.6^b	−15.6^a
Hispanic	80.7^b	74.1^b	82.0^b	−7.9^a
Cervical screening (women ages 21–64 y; n = 49 839)
All	86.0	81.3	87.3	−6.0^a
Non-Hispanic White	85.8	80.8	87.7	−6.9^a
Non-Hispanic African American	90.2^b	85.6	90.7^b	−5.1
Hispanic	86.6	81.1	87.0	−5.9
Dental visit (ages 18–64 y; n = 104 528)
All	62.3	52.2	64.4	−12.2^a
Non-Hispanic White	65.9	53.7	69.7	−16.0^a
Non-Hispanic African American	57.7^b	50.1	59.1^b	−9.0^a
Hispanic	50.0^b	38.6^b	51.1^b	−12.5^a

Note. All = White, African American, Hispanic, and non-Hispanic other race. National = all census tracts (urban, large rural, and rural). Weighted data.

^{^a}

Indicates significantly different (P < .05) from urban by race/ethnicity.

^{^b}

Indicates significantly different (P < .05) than non-Hispanic White within national, rural, and urban areas.