1-6

Baseline: 12 percent of families experienced difficulties or delays in obtaining health care or did not receive needed care in 1996.

Families, 1996	Experienced Difficulty or Delay in Receiving Health Care or Received No Health Care
Families, 1996	Percent
TOTAL	12
Race and ethnicity (head of household)
American Indian or Alaska Native	15
Asian or Pacific Islander	14
Asian	DNC
Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander	DNC
Black or African American	10
White	12

Hispanic or Latino	15
Not Hispanic or Latino	11
Black or African American	10
White	11
Gender (head of household)
Female	DNA
Male	DNA
Family income level
Below poverty	17
Near poverty	17
Middle/high income	9
Geographic location
Within MSA	12
Outside MSA	12
Health insurance status of family
All members private insurance	7
All members public insurance	12
All members uninsured	27
Disability status
Persons with activity limitations	DNA
Persons without activity limitations	DNA

DNA = Data have not been analyzed. DNC = Data are not collected. DSU = Data are statistically unreliable. MSA = Metropolitan statistical area.


1-6.		Reduce the proportion of families that experience difficulties or delays in obtaining health care or do not receive needed care for one or more family members.