Children who can sometimes or never get care for illness or injury as soon as wanted, by race, United States, 2002 |
Population group | Total | Single race | Multiple races | ||||||||||||
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White | Black | Asian | NHOPI | AI/AN | |||||||||||
Percent | SE | Percent | SE | Percent | SE | Percent | SE | Percent | SE | Percent | SE | Percent | SE | ||
Total | 7.5 | 0.5 | 7.5 | 0.6 | 7.1 | 1.4 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
Age | 0-5 | 6.8 | 0.9 | 7.3 | 1.1 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * |
6-17 | 8.0 | 0.7 | 7.5 | 0.8 | 8.6 | 2.0 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
Gender | Male | 7.7 | 0.7 | 7.6 | 0.8 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * |
Female | 7.4 | 0.8 | 7.3 | 0.9 | 8.5 | 2.1 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
Family incomea | Negative or poor | 12.2 | 1.4 | 12.4 | 1.7 | 11.7 | 3.1 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * |
Near poor/low | 8.9 | 1.4 | 9.4 | 1.7 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
Middle | 7.8 | 1.1 | 7.6 | 1.2 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
High | 4.0 | 0.9 | 4.3 | 1.1 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
Health insurance | Any private | 6.3 | 0.6 | 6.2 | 0.7 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * |
Public only | 10.1 | 1.1 | 11.0 | 1.5 | 7.0 | 1.8 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
Uninsured | 12.2 | 2.9 | 12.1 | 3.5 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
Residence locationb | Metropolitan-large | 7.6 | 0.7 | 7.7 | 0.8 | 6.7 | 1.9 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * |
Metropolitan-small | 6.3 | 0.8 | 5.9 | 1.0 | 8.5 | 2.5 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
Micropolitan | 7.8 | 1.6 | 8.3 | 1.8 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
Noncore | 12.4 | 3.0 | 11.7 | 2.8 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
CSHCN | Yes | 8.2 | 1.2 | 8.2 | 1.4 | 8.2 | 2.3 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * |
No | 7.3 | 0.6 | 7.2 | 0.7 | 6.5 | 1.6 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
Preferred language | English | 7.2 | 0.6 | 7.1 | 0.6 | 7.1 | 1.5 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * |
Other | 12.5 | 2.6 | 11.1 | 2.4 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
Born in U.S. | Yes | 7.4 | 0.5 | 7.4 | 0.6 | 7.1 | 1.4 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * |
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: 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.