Percent of children age 2-17 for whom a doctor or other health provider gave advice about using a helmet when riding a bicycle or motorcycle, United States, 2002 |
Ever given advice | Within past year | 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 | 65,261 | 35.2 | 0.8 | 25.1 | 0.8 | 31.2 | 0.8 | |
Race | White | 50,296 | 35.7 | 0.9 | 25.3 | 0.9 | 31.5 | 0.9 |
Black | 10,137 | 34.0 | 2.0 | 25.2 | 1.7 | 30.5 | 1.9 | |
American Indian or Alaska Native | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | |
Asian | 2,341 | 33.9 | 3.8 | 23.2 | 2.9 | 29.3 | 3.4 | |
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | |
Multiple races | 1,417 | 37.2 | 4.7 | 27.0 | 4.2 | 32.3 | 4.4 | |
Ethnicity | Hispanic, all races | 11,713 | 31.6 | 1.7 | 23.1 | 1.5 | 29.1 | 1.6 |
Non-Hispanic, all races | 53,547 | 36.0 | 0.9 | 25.6 | 0.8 | 31.6 | 0.9 | |
Non-Hispanic, White | 39,108 | 37.1 | 1.1 | 26.0 | 1.0 | 32.3 | 1.1 | |
Non-Hispanic, Black | 9,917 | 33.7 | 2.0 | 25.0 | 1.7 | 30.2 | 1.9 | |
Non-Hispanic, other | 4,522 | 32.4 | 2.9 | 23.2 | 2.4 | 28.3 | 2.6 | |
Gender | Male | 33,465 | 35.7 | 1.0 | 25.5 | 0.9 | 31.4 | 1.0 |
Female | 31,796 | 34.7 | 1.1 | 24.7 | 0.9 | 30.9 | 1.0 | |
Age | 2-5 | 15,715 | 33.3 | 1.5 | 28.9 | 1.4 | 32.8 | 1.5 |
6-17 | 49,546 | 35.9 | 0.9 | 23.9 | 0.8 | 30.6 | 0.9 | |
Health insurance | Any private | 43,493 | 38.2 | 1.1 | 27.0 | 1.0 | 33.5 | 1.0 |
Public only | 16,816 | 31.2 | 1.3 | 23.2 | 1.1 | 28.8 | 1.2 | |
Uninsured | 4,952 | 23.3 | 2.5 | 15.6 | 2.1 | 18.9 | 2.2 | |
Family incomea | Negative or poor | 10,871 | 29.9 | 1.6 | 21.6 | 1.3 | 27.1 | 1.5 |
Near poor/low income | 13,746 | 32.0 | 1.5 | 22.5 | 1.3 | 28.8 | 1.4 | |
Middle income | 22,506 | 34.4 | 1.4 | 24.1 | 1.2 | 29.7 | 1.3 | |
High income | 18,138 | 42.0 | 1.8 | 30.6 | 1.5 | 37.2 | 1.7 | |
Residence locationb | Metropolitan-large | 36,433 | 38.9 | 1.1 | 27.8 | 0.9 | 34.5 | 1.0 |
Metropolitan-small | 19,015 | 33.6 | 1.7 | 24.3 | 1.7 | 29.4 | 1.8 | |
Micropolitan | 6,506 | 26.4 | 2.5 | 17.6 | 2.0 | 23.1 | 2.3 | |
Noncore | 3,308 | 22.4 | 2.6 | 15.6 | 2.5 | 20.2 | 2.7 | |
Perceived health status | Excellent, very good or good | 63,830 | 35.2 | 0.8 | 25.1 | 0.8 | 31.2 | 0.8 |
Fair or poor | 1,431 | 35.4 | 4.2 | 28.8 | 3.6 | 30.9 | 3.6 | |
CSHCNc | Yes | 13,563 | 38.8 | 1.4 | 28.9 | 1.4 | 33.8 | 1.5 |
No | 51,143 | 34.4 | 0.9 | 24.2 | 0.8 | 30.5 | 0.9 | |
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 Measures Specifications Appendix for definition.
c CSHCN: children with special health care needs. Unknown is not shown.
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.
DSU - Data do not meet the criteria for statistical reliability, data quality or confidentiality.
Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends, Medical Expenditure Panel Survey.