Children without problems getting referral to a specialist in the past year, by ethnicity, United States, 2003 |
Non-Hispanic | Hispanic, all races | ||||||||||
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Total | All races | White | Black | ||||||||
Population group | Percent | SE | Percent | SE | Percent | SE | Percent | SE | Percent | SE | |
Total | 77.9 | 1.2 | 78.4 | 1.2 | 79.9 | 1.3 | 71.9 | 3.7 | 75.0 | 2.9 | |
Age | 0-5 | 81.8 | 1.9 | 83.6 | 2.2 | 83.2 | 2.4 | * | * | 72.5 | 4.4 |
6-17 | 76.1 | 1.5 | 76.1 | 1.6 | 78.5 | 1.8 | 64.1 | 4.9 | 76.3 | 3.8 | |
Gender | Male | 78.4 | 1.7 | 79.1 | 1.9 | 80.8 | 1.9 | 69.3 | 6.2 | 74.5 | 3.7 |
Female | 77.3 | 1.8 | 77.5 | 2.0 | 79.0 | 2.1 | * | * | 75.5 | 4.1 | |
Family incomea | Negative/poor | 71.2 | 3.3 | 71.8 | 4.1 | 74.6 | 5.1 | * | * | 69.6 | 4.7 |
Near poor/low | 74.4 | 3.2 | 75.4 | 3.6 | 75.0 | 4.7 | * | * | 70.9 | 4.5 | |
Middle | 77.7 | 2.2 | 78.2 | 2.4 | 79.8 | 2.4 | * | * | * | * | |
High | 82.1 | 2.0 | 81.7 | 2.1 | 82.8 | 2.3 | * | * | * | * | |
Health insurance | Any private | 79.9 | 1.5 | 79.8 | 1.5 | 80.6 | 1.6 | * | * | 80.1 | 3.6 |
Public only | 72.7 | 2.3 | 72.9 | 2.9 | 75.4 | 3.8 | 67.0 | 4.4 | 72.2 | 3.4 | |
Uninsured | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
Residence locationb | Metropolitan-large | 77.6 | 1.7 | 78.6 | 1.9 | 81.6 | 2.2 | 69.2 | 4.5 | 72.5 | 4.0 |
Metropolitan-small | 79.3 | 2.1 | 79.1 | 2.3 | 80.2 | 2.2 | * | * | 80.1 | 3.8 | |
Micropolitan | 74.3 | 4.7 | 74.5 | 4.8 | 73.7 | 5.5 | * | * | * | * | |
Noncore | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
CSHCN | Yes | 75.2 | 2.0 | 74.8 | 2.2 | 75.9 | 2.5 | 72.1 | 4.4 | 77.8 | 3.9 |
No | 80.1 | 1.5 | 81.4 | 1.7 | 83.3 | 1.8 | * | * | 71.9 | 4.0 | |
Preferred language | English | 78.6 | 1.2 | 78.7 | 1.2 | 80.2 | 1.3 | 72.5 | 3.6 | 78.2 | 3.7 |
Other | 69.9 | 4.2 | * | * | * | * | * | * | 71.2 | 4.1 | |
Born in U.S. | Yes | 78.3 | 1.2 | 78.8 | 1.2 | 80.3 | 1.4 | 73.0 | 3.7 | 75.0 | 3.1 |
No | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * |
a Negative/poor refers to household incomes below the Federal poverty line; near poor/low, over the poverty line to just below 200 percent of the poverty line; middle, 200 percent to just below 400 percent of the poverty line; and high, 400 percent of the poverty line and over.
b See MEPS entry in the Data Sources Appendix (Appendix A) for more information.
* Data do not meet the criteria for statistical reliability, data quality or confidentiality.
Key: CSHCN: children with special health care needs; SE: standard error.
Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends, Medical Expenditure Panel Survey.