Children who can always get appointments for routine care as soon as wanted, by race, United States, 2002 |
| Population group | Total | Single race | Multiple races | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| White | Black | Asian | NHOPI | AI/AN | |||||||||||
| Percent | SE | Percent | SE | Percent | SE | Percent | SE | Percent | SE | Percent | SE | Percent | SE | ||
| Total | 66.9 | 0.9 | 66.9 | 0.9 | 70.1 | 2.4 | 55.2 | 4.6 | * | * | * | * | 63.9 | 5.0 | |
| Age | 0-5 | 70.2 | 1.2 | 71.1 | 1.3 | 69.4 | 3.2 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * |
| 6-17 | 64.9 | 1.1 | 64.6 | 1.2 | 70.6 | 2.7 | 55.2 | 5.3 | * | * | * | * | 62.5 | 6.7 | |
| Gender | Male | 67.1 | 1.0 | 67.4 | 1.1 | 71.1 | 2.8 | 54.1 | 5.1 | * | * | * | * | * | * |
| Female | 66.6 | 1.1 | 66.3 | 1.3 | 69.2 | 3.0 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
| Family incomea | Negative or poor | 62.9 | 2.2 | 60.3 | 2.8 | 68.7 | 4.2 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * |
| Near poor/low | 66.7 | 1.6 | 67.4 | 1.9 | 69.4 | 3.4 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
| Middle | 66.7 | 1.4 | 66.6 | 1.5 | 71.7 | 4.1 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
| High | 69.1 | 1.6 | 69.4 | 1.8 | 71.5 | 4.7 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
| Health insurance | Any private | 67.9 | 1.0 | 68.0 | 1.1 | 71.6 | 3.2 | 55.9 | 5.4 | * | * | * | * | 63.4 | 6.0 |
| Public only | 64.2 | 1.6 | 63.3 | 1.8 | 68.7 | 3.2 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
| Uninsured | 65.1 | 3.5 | 65.5 | 3.7 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
| Residence locationb | Metropolitan-large | 65.2 | 1.2 | 65.2 | 1.3 | 67.5 | 2.6 | 52.8 | 5.2 | * | * | * | * | 69.1 | 5.5 |
| Metropolitan-small | 67.5 | 1.8 | 67.3 | 1.9 | 74.7 | 4.7 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
| Micropolitan | 71.3 | 2.3 | 71.5 | 2.3 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
| Noncore | 73.2 | 3.0 | 72.7 | 3.0 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
| CSHCN | Yes | 62.0 | 1.7 | 61.6 | 1.9 | 71.1 | 3.2 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * |
| No | 68.5 | 0.9 | 68.7 | 1.0 | 69.8 | 2.8 | 59.9 | 4.8 | * | * | * | * | 67.1 | 5.5 | |
| Preferred language | English | 67.1 | 0.9 | 67.1 | 1.0 | 69.9 | 2.4 | 55.5 | 5.5 | * | * | * | * | 63.7 | 5.0 |
| Other | 64.0 | 2.5 | 64.7 | 2.6 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
| Born in U.S. | Yes | 67.0 | 0.9 | 67.0 | 0.9 | 70.3 | 2.4 | 53.4 | 5.1 | * | * | * | * | 64.5 | 4.8 |
| No | 63.0 | 3.8 | 64.0 | 4.5 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
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: AI/AN: American Indian or Alaska Native; NHOPI: Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander; 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.