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Health Literacy: A Prescription to End Confusion

TABLE B-7 Percentage of Adult Population Groups with Literacy Skills at NALS Levels 1 or 2

	Percent
Group	Level 1	Level 2
All NALS Respondents	22	28
Age
16–54 years	15	28
55–64 years	28	33
65 years and older	49	32
Highest Education Level Completed
0–8 years	77	19
9–12 years (no high school graduation)	44	37
High school diploma/GED (no college study)	18	37
Racial/Ethnic Group
White	15	26
American Indian/Alaska Native	26	38
Asian Pacific Islander	35	25
Black	41	36
Hispanic (all groups)	52	26
Immigrants to U.S. (various countries of origin)
0–8 years of education prior to arrival in U.S.	60	31
9 + years of education prior to arrival in U.S.	44	27
SOURCE: Unadjusted averages of prose and document literacy scores on the NALS as reported on Tables 1.1A, 1.1B, 1.2A, and 1.2B in Kirsch I, Jungeblut A, Jenkins L, Kolstad A. Adult Literacy in America: A First Look at the Results of the National Adult Literacy Survey. Washington, DC: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education; September, 1993, and on Table B3.13 in U.S. Department of Education. National Center for Education Statistics. English Literacy and Language Minorities in the United States, NCES 2001–464, by Greenberg E, Macías RF, Rhodes D, Chan T. Washington, DC: 2001.

services to Hispanic communities across the nation (National Hispanic Medical Association, 1997). Aiding in the improvement of health literacy for Hispanics would go hand in hand with these goals, and it would seem logical for the National Hispanic Medical Association to participate in health literacy efforts.

Advocates for African-Americans

African-Americans are also represented by a number of advocacy organizations. Two of the most respected organizations are the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) and the National Urban League. The National Medical Association, the organization that