Percent of children age 2-17 with a dental visit in the past year, United States, 2000 and 2002 |
| 2002 | 2000 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Population group | Total population (in thousands) | Percent with visit | Standard error | Total population (in thousands) | Percent with visit | Standard error | |
| Total | 65,345 | 49.1 | 0.9 | 64,645 | 47.7 | 1.1 | |
| Racea | White | 50,241 | 52.2 | 1.0 | - - | - - | - - |
| Black | 10,185 | 37.1 | 1.8 | - - | - - | - - | |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 790 | 45.2 | 7.7 | - - | - - | - - | |
| Asian | 2,454 | 38.9 | 4.6 | - - | - - | - - | |
| Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 277 | DSU | DSU | - - | - - | - - | |
| Multiple races | 1,399 | 43.7 | 4.8 | - - | - - | - - | |
| Ethnicityb | Hispanic, all races | 11,807 | 33.8 | 1.3 | 10,479 | 32.4 | 2.1 |
| Non-Hispanic, all races | 53,538 | 52.4 | 1.0 | 54,166 | 50.6 | 1.2 | |
| Non-Hispanic, White | 38,959 | 57.6 | 1.1 | 41,160 | 55.2 | 1.6 | |
| Non-Hispanic, Black | 9,962 | 37.1 | 1.8 | 10,255 | 33.5 | 2.5 | |
| Non-Hispanic, other | 4,617 | 42.2 | 3.1 | 2,751 | 46.1 | 4.7 | |
| Gender | Male | 33,470 | 48.6 | 1.0 | 33,388 | 46.4 | 1.4 |
| Female | 31,875 | 49.6 | 1.1 | 31,257 | 49.0 | 1.3 | |
| Health insurance | Any private | 43,441 | 56.9 | 1.0 | 45,608 | 54.3 | 1.2 |
| Public only | 16,964 | 35.9 | 1.5 | 13,154 | 35.0 | 2.0 | |
| Uninsured | 4,940 | 25.5 | 2.1 | 5,883 | 24.3 | 2.4 | |
| Family incomec | Negative or poor | 10,932 | 33.0 | 1.8 | 10,277 | 31.0 | 2.2 |
| Near poor/low income | 13,929 | 35.9 | 1.5 | 13,193 | 34.6 | 2.4 | |
| Middle income | 22,477 | 50.5 | 1.4 | 22,057 | 49.6 | 1.7 | |
| High income | 18,008 | 67.3 | 1.4 | 19,118 | 63.5 | 1.8 | |
| Residence locationd | Metropolitan-large | 36,546 | 47.2 | 1.3 | 37,872 | 46.7 | 1.5 |
| Metropolitan-small | 19,000 | 52.8 | 1.6 | 16,085 | 51.5 | 2.2 | |
| Micropolitan | 6,497 | 51.3 | 2.5 | 6,499 | 45.7 | 3.3 | |
| Noncore-adjacent | 2,276 | 44.6 | 3.8 | 2,924 | 43.6 | 6.2 | |
| Noncore-not adjacent | 1,026 | 44.3 | 5.2 | 1,265 | 48.2 | 7.1 | |
| Perceived health status | Excellent, very good or good | 63,699 | 49.4 | 0.9 | 62,930 | 47.9 | 1.1 |
| Fair or poor | 1,646 | 37.7 | 3.7 | 1,715 | 39.0 | 4.1 | |
| CSHCNe | Yes | 13,563 | 59.2 | 1.5 | 10,485 | 51.7 | 2.8 |
| No | 51,143 | 47.3 | 0.9 | 48,139 | 49.2 | 1.2 | |
a Prior to 2002, racial categories were not directly comparable to those used for 2002 data. Thus, race data for 2000 are not shown.
b Beginning in 2002, individuals could report multiple races. For 2002 and later years, Non-Hispanic White and Black categories exclude multiple race individuals and are not directly comparable to data from previous years.
c "Negative or poor" refers to household incomes below the Federal poverty line; "near poor/low income", over the poverty line to just below 200 percent of the poverty line; "middle income", 200 percent to just below 400 percent of the poverty line; and "high income", 400 percent of the poverty line and over.
d See the MEPS entry in the Data Sources section of the Measures Specifications Appendix for more information.
e CSHCN: children with special health care needs.
DSU - Data do not meet the criteria for statistical reliability, data quality or confidentiality.
- - Data not shown. See footnote a.
Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends, Medical Expenditure Panel Survey.