Unmet medical needs by military service and ethnicity U.S. 2013-2014

This statistic shows the percentage of those who have served/not served in the U.S. military who had unmet medical needs in 2013-2014, by ethnicity. It was found that 12.1 percent of Hispanics who had served in the U.S. military said there was a time in the past 12 months when they needed to see a doctor but could not because of the cost, compared to almost 25 percent of Hispanics who had not served in the military.

Percentage of Americans with unmet medical needs in 2013-2014, by military service and ethnicity

Characteristic	Served	Did not serve
White	8.9%	13.3%
Black	10.4%	20.7%
Hispanic	12.1%	24.6%
Asian	6.8%	10.9%
Hawaiian/Pacific Islander	9.1%	16.6%
American Indian/Alaska Native	18.4%	20.6%

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Release date

November 2016

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Region

United States

Survey time period

2013 and 2014

Number of respondents

around 400,000

Age group

18 years and older

Supplementary notes

Percentage of adults who report there was a time in the past 12 months when they needed to see a doctor but could not because of cost.
Data do not distinguish between those currently serving and those who have been discharged, the nature of discharges, involvement in active combat, or the era in which one served.

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