Hispanic Adults Remain Least Likely to Have a Usual Place for Health Care

Having a regular place to go when you're sick, or need health advice, is one of the basics of health care. Between 2008 and 2018, more Hispanic adults aged 18–64 in the United States gained one — yet they were still the least likely of any group shown to have it.

Adults aged 18–64 with a usual place for health care; error bars show 95% confidence intervals. Credit: CDC, Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report*.*

• Hispanic adults gained the most but remained the least likely to have a usual place for care.
• Non-Hispanic White adults were the most likely in both years.
• Non-Hispanic Black adults fell in between.

How it was measured

The figures come from household interviews with a sample of the civilian, noninstitutionalized U.S. population in the National Health Interview Survey's Sample Adult component. Respondents were asked, "Is there a place that you usually go to when you are sick or need advice about your health?" Anyone whose usual place was the emergency room was counted as not having a usual place of care.

The race categories are for non-Hispanic respondents who chose a single racial group; Hispanic adults may be of any race or combination of races. Only selected groups are shown, and the total covers all adults aged 18–64.

Sources

Based on "QuickStats: Percentage of Adults Aged 18–64 Years with a Usual Place for Health Care, by Race/Ethnicity — National Health Interview Survey, United States, 2008 and 2018," reported by Michael E. Martinez and Tainya C. Clarke, Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, volume 69, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; a work of the United States government in the public domain. Data: National Health Interview Survey, 2008 and 2018.