Percent of children age 2-17 for whom a doctor or other health provider gave advice about eating healthy, United States, 2001 |
Ever given advice | Given advice within past year | Given advice within past 2 years | ||||||
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Population group | Total population (in thousands)d | Percente | Standard error | Percentf | Standard error | Percentf | Standard error | |
Total | 64,969 | 47.7 | 0.9 | 36.0 | 0.9 | 43.7 | 0.9 | |
Race | White | 50,744 | 48.5 | 1.0 | 36.2 | 1.0 | 44.1 | 1.0 |
Black | 10,468 | 46.8 | 2.3 | 37.5 | 2.5 | 44.4 | 2.3 | |
Asian or Pacific Islander | 2,882 | 42.0 | 4.4 | 30.8 | 3.7 | 37.8 | 4.0 | |
American Indian or Alaska Native | 876 | 29.6 | 6.0 | 26.9 | 5.8 | 29.6 | 6.0 | |
Ethnicity | Hispanic, all races | 11,360 | 45.2 | 1.8 | 34.7 | 1.6 | 43.0 | 1.8 |
Non-Hispanic, all races | 53,609 | 48.2 | 1.1 | 36.3 | 1.0 | 43.8 | 1.1 | |
Non-Hispanic, White | 39,991 | 49.4 | 1.2 | 36.7 | 1.1 | 44.4 | 1.2 | |
Non-Hispanic, Black | 10,125 | 46.9 | 2.4 | 37.5 | 2.6 | 44.4 | 2.4 | |
Non-Hispanic, other | 3,493 | 38.7 | 4.1 | 28.9 | 3.3 | 35.2 | 3.6 | |
Gender | Male | 33,175 | 46.9 | 1.1 | 35.2 | 1.1 | 42.7 | 1.0 |
Female | 31,794 | 48.6 | 1.2 | 36.9 | 1.1 | 44.6 | 1.2 | |
Age | 2-5 | 15,854 | 54.7 | 1.6 | 45.6 | 1.7 | 53.4 | 1.6 |
6-17 | 49,115 | 45.4 | 1.0 | 32.9 | 0.9 | 40.5 | 1.0 | |
Health insurance | Any private | 44,761 | 50.1 | 1.1 | 37.7 | 1.1 | 45.5 | 1.1 |
Public only | 14,691 | 43.9 | 1.7 | 35.1 | 1.7 | 41.2 | 1.7 | |
Uninsured | 5,517 | 38.2 | 2.4 | 25.5 | 2.2 | 34.9 | 2.3 | |
Family incomea | Negative or poor | 10,477 | 42.5 | 2.1 | 33.7 | 2.0 | 39.4 | 2.1 |
Near poor/low income | 14,088 | 41.5 | 1.7 | 29.9 | 1.5 | 38.1 | 1.7 | |
Middle income | 21,371 | 46.1 | 1.6 | 33.8 | 1.5 | 41.6 | 1.5 | |
High income | 19,033 | 57.0 | 1.7 | 44.5 | 1.6 | 52.5 | 1.8 | |
Residence locationb | Metropolitan-large | 36,731 | 50.6 | 1.1 | 38.8 | 1.2 | 46.8 | 1.1 |
Metropolitan-small | 17,797 | 44.9 | 1.8 | 33.1 | 1.7 | 40.4 | 1.8 | |
Micropolitan | 6,710 | 44.4 | 2.4 | 33.9 | 2.2 | 40.7 | 2.3 | |
Noncore | 3,732 | 38.6 | 4.5 | 26.4 | 3.1 | 33.3 | 3.8 | |
Perceived health status | Excellent, very good or good | 63,618 | 47.5 | 0.9 | 35.7 | 0.9 | 43.4 | 0.9 |
Fair or poor | 1,351 | 58.6 | 4.3 | 53.4 | 4.1 | 55.9 | 4.2 | |
CSHCNc | Yes | 13,343 | 54.7 | 1.6 | 45.0 | 1.6 | 51.3 | 1.6 |
No | 51,268 | 46.0 | 1.0 | 33.7 | 1.0 | 41.7 | 1.0 | |
a "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.
b See the MEPS entry in the Data Sources section of the Measures Specifications Appendix for more information.
c CSHCN: children with special health care needs.
d Numbers may not add to total due to missing or rounding.
e Denominator is total population, excluding children whose parents don't know if they had ever been given advice.
f Denominator is total population, excluding children whose parents don't know if they had ever been given the advice, or when they were given advice.
Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends, Medical Expenditure Panel Survey.