Medical care delayed or avoided by race and type of care U.S. 2020

As of June 30, 2020, around 23 percent of Black, non-Hispanic adults in the United States had either avoided or delayed emergency medical care due to COVID-19-related concerns, compared to just around 6.7 percent of White, non-Hispanic adults. This statistic illustrates the percentage of U.S. adults who delayed or avoided medical care due to COVID-19-related concerns as of June 30, 2020, by race and type of care.

Percentage of U.S. adults who delayed or avoided medical care due to COVID-19-related concerns as of June 30, 2020, by race and type of care

Characteristic	White, non-Hispanic	Black, non-Hispanic	Asian, non-Hispanic	Other race or multiple races, non-Hispanic	Hispanic, any race or races
Urgent or emergency	6.7%	23.3%	8.6%	15.5%	24.6%
Routine	30.9%	29.7%	31.3%	23.9%	36.4%
Any	36.2%	48.1%	37.7%	37.3%	55.5%

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Release date

September 2020

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Region

United States

Survey time period

June 30, 2020

Age group

18 years and older

Supplementary notes

The types of medical care avoidance are not mutually exclusive; respondents had the option to indicate that they had delayed or avoided more than one type of medical care (i.e., routine medical care and urgent/emergency medical care).

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