Share of senior citizens who avoided care due to costs in the U.S. in 2021, by income
In 2021, 7.7 percent of U.S. senior citizens with an income below 25 thousand U.S. dollars reported they had avoided care due to cost reasons. Senior citizens with lower incomes were more likely to avoid health care services due to costs in comparison to those with a higher income. This statistic shows the share of the U.S. senior citizen population by income group who avoided care due to cost reasons in 2021.