Children age 3-6 who ever received a vision check, by ethnicity, United States, 2002 |
| Population group | Total | Non-Hispanic | Hispanic (all races) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All races | White | Black | |||||||||
| Percent | SE | Percent | SE | Percent | SE | Percent | SE | Percent | SE | ||
| Total | 59.8 | 1.4 | 61.2 | 1.6 | 60.5 | 2.0 | 65.2 | 2.6 | 53.9 | 2.4 | |
| Age | 3 - 5 | 54.5 | 1.6 | 55.8 | 1.9 | 54.0 | 2.3 | 61.9 | 3.1 | 48.9 | 2.7 |
| 6 | 76.5 | 2.4 | 78.1 | 2.7 | 79.1 | 3.2 | * | * | 69.6 | 3.5 | |
| Gender | Male | 59.9 | 1.9 | 61.3 | 2.2 | 59.7 | 2.8 | 65.8 | 4.4 | 54.0 | 3.0 |
| Female | 59.7 | 1.9 | 61.2 | 2.1 | 61.2 | 2.6 | 64.5 | 3.9 | 53.7 | 3.3 | |
| Family incomea | Negative or poor | 55.0 | 3.1 | 56.6 | 4.1 | 60.5 | 5.4 | 57.8 | 5.3 | 51.2 | 3.9 |
| Near poor/low | 57.5 | 2.7 | 58.0 | 3.5 | 52.5 | 4.3 | 69.5 | 4.7 | 56.3 | 3.6 | |
| Middle | 59.3 | 2.4 | 60.5 | 2.7 | 59.9 | 3.1 | * | * | 53.1 | 4.2 | |
| High | 66.6 | 2.8 | 67.3 | 3.0 | 65.7 | 3.5 | * | * | * | * | |
| Health insurance | Any private | 62.8 | 1.8 | 64.2 | 1.9 | 62.9 | 2.2 | 74.5 | 3.8 | 52.3 | 3.5 |
| Public only | 58.0 | 2.0 | 58.6 | 2.7 | 58.7 | 3.7 | 58.1 | 4.6 | 56.8 | 3.0 | |
| Uninsured | 35.6 | 4.6 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
| Residence locationb | Metropolitan-large | 60.7 | 1.9 | 62.1 | 2.3 | 60.4 | 3.0 | 67.6 | 3.4 | 56.1 | 2.8 |
| Metropolitan-small | 58.5 | 2.6 | 59.9 | 2.8 | 58.8 | 3.5 | * | * | 49.8 | 5.6 | |
| Micropolitan | 56.0 | 3.7 | 57.5 | 3.7 | 62.0 | 4.3 | * | * | * | * | |
| Noncore | 65.2 | 4.2 | 66.7 | 4.5 | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
| CSHCN | Yes | 63.6 | 3.5 | 63.8 | 3.8 | 63.8 | 4.5 | * | * | * | * |
| No | 59.0 | 1.5 | 60.6 | 1.8 | 59.7 | 2.2 | 66.1 | 3.1 | 52.4 | 2.6 | |
| Preferred language | English | 60.9 | 1.5 | 61.8 | 1.6 | 60.9 | 2.0 | 64.9 | 2.6 | 54.8 | 3.3 |
| Other | 52.2 | 3.4 | * | * | * | * | * | * | 53.0 | 3.5 | |
| Born in U.S. | Yes | 59.7 | 1.4 | 61.0 | 1.6 | 60.3 | 2.0 | 65.2 | 2.6 | 54.0 | 2.5 |
| No | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
a Negative or 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.