Table 1.

Distribution of Demographic Characteristics by Race/Ethnicity (N = 62 558).

		All		Hispanic (n = 18 193 (15.8%))		Non-Hispanic White (n = 25 736(64.6%))		Non-Hispanic Black (12 635(12.3%))		Non-Hispanic other (5994 (7.4%))
		n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%	χ2	P-value*
Gender	Female	33 827	51.2	9709	48.9	13 513	50.7	7475	55.0	3130	50.9	64.1552	<0.001
	Male	28 731	48.8	8484	51.1	12 223	49.3	5160	45.0	2864	49.1
Age	18-29 years	16 272	25.2	5495	31.0	5721	23.0	3445	28.3	1611	27.3	332.7539	<0.001
	30-44 years	21 275	32.0	7021	38.2	8103	29.9	3989	31.9	2162	35.9	278.9182	<0.001
	45-64 years	25 011	42.8	5677	30.9	11 912	47.1	5201	39.7	2221	36.7	969.6557	<0.001
Education	Less than 12 years	12 644	13.3	7229	33.9	2567	8.3	2159	14.4	689	11.0	4521.433	<0.001
	Completed 12 years	17 376	26.5	4807	26.3	7122	26.6	4225	31.6	1222	19.2	229.5681	<0.001
	Greater than 12 years	32 538	60.2	6157	39.8	16 047	65.1	6251	53.9	4083	69.8	2423.13	<0.001
Marital status	Married	31 127	53.3	9162	49.0	14 724	58.2	3849	33.1	3392	55.6	1709.961	<0.001
	Unmarried	10 317	15.7	2536	14.5	4486	15.5	2649	19.2	646	11.4	146.4343	<0.001
	Never married	21 114	31.0	6495	36.5	6526	26.3	6137	47.7	1956	33.0	1580.363	<0.001
Employment status	Employed	46 222	78.4	13 028	75.3	20 080	80.9	8599	72.1	4515	75.8	393.0433	<0.001
	Not employed	16 191	21.4	5104	24.4	5626	19.0	3997	27.6	1464	24.1	375.6756	<0.001
	Unknown	145	0.1	61	0.3	30	0.1	39	0.3	15	0.1	32.524	0.001
Insurance coverage	Private	37 286	70.8	7215	46.1	19 180	79.0	6667	58.7	4224	72.9	4723.952	<0.001
	Public	10 212	11.4	3393	15.6	2854	8.4	3226	21.2	739	10.7	1257.228	<0.001
	Uninsured	15 060	17.8	7585	38.2	3702	12.7	2742	20.1	1031	16.4	3560.759	<0.001
Income	Poor	12 230	13.3	4682	21.3	3226	9.5	3558	22.7	764	12.9	1638.969	<0.001
	Near poor	3691	3.9	1529	6.7	1010	2.9	898	5.7	254	4.1	386.9625	<0.001
	Low	10 322	12.8	4113	20.4	3201	10.5	2246	15.9	762	11.7	774.5195	<0.001
	Middle	18 887	30.7	5346	31.8	8048	30.6	3693	31.6	1800	27.8	27.6716	0.002
	High	17 428	39.3	2523	19.8	10251	46.6	2240	24.0	2414	43.6	3216.088	<0.001
Region	Northeast	9635	17.7	2534	13.7	4115	18.9	2043	16.0	943	18.3	166.637	0.017
	Midwest	11 895	21.8	1718	8.4	7367	26.8	2021	17.4	789	15.0	1797.423	<0.001
	West	23 745	36.8	6236	36.1	8733	34.4	7537	57.7	1239	25.7	1782.378	<0.001
	South	17 283	23.7	7705	41.7	5521	20.0	1034	8.9	3023	41.0	3734.761	<0.001

Source: 2008-2015 medical expenditure panel survey (N = 62 558). df = 3.

^*Chi-squared test of significance across race/ethnicity categories.