Table 226b Children without problems getting referral to a specialist in past year, by ethnicity, United States, 2004 |
Population group |
Total |
Non-Hispanic |
Hispanic, all races |
All races |
White |
Black |
Percent |
SE |
Percent |
SE |
Percent |
SE |
Percent |
SE |
Percent |
SE |
Total |
|
76.7 |
1.6 |
77.3 |
1.7 |
78.1 |
2.0 |
75.3 |
4.1 |
72.8 |
3.8 |
Age |
0-5 |
79.0 |
2.8 |
81.0 |
2.9 |
81.7 |
3.3 |
* |
* |
68.1 |
5.8 |
6-17 |
75.8 |
1.9 |
75.8 |
2.0 |
76.7 |
2.3 |
72.1 |
4.7 |
75.2 |
4.4 |
Gender |
Male |
75.4 |
2.1 |
75.3 |
2.2 |
76.4 |
2.5 |
71.7 |
5.4 |
76.2 |
4.5 |
Female |
78.2 |
2.0 |
79.6 |
2.2 |
80.0 |
2.5 |
* |
* |
69.1 |
4.8 |
Family incomea |
Negative/poor |
73.5 |
3.7 |
72.8 |
4.4 |
78.1 |
6.3 |
* |
* |
75.9 |
4.7 |
Near poor/low |
71.7 |
3.6 |
71.8 |
4.3 |
72.6 |
5.1 |
* |
* |
71.5 |
5.7 |
Middle |
73.9 |
3.1 |
74.6 |
3.2 |
73.9 |
3.6 |
* |
* |
* |
* |
High |
83.2 |
2.4 |
83.6 |
2.6 |
83.6 |
2.8 |
* |
* |
* |
* |
Health insurance |
Any private |
79.3 |
1.8 |
79.4 |
1.9 |
79.7 |
2.1 |
* |
* |
78.1 |
4.9 |
Public only |
71.0 |
3.0 |
70.6 |
3.7 |
70.0 |
5.0 |
74.1 |
6.2 |
71.9 |
4.2 |
Uninsured |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
Residence locationb |
Metropolitan-large |
72.9 |
2.4 |
73.4 |
2.6 |
74.6 |
3.0 |
71.8 |
5.7 |
70.6 |
4.9 |
Metropolitan-small |
84.1 |
2.4 |
84.7 |
2.6 |
84.7 |
2.9 |
* |
* |
* |
* |
Micropolitan |
77.5 |
4.2 |
76.7 |
4.5 |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
Noncore |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
CSHCN |
Yes |
73.3 |
2.5 |
74.1 |
2.7 |
75.3 |
3.1 |
72.4 |
5.8 |
68.3 |
5.4 |
No |
79.3 |
1.9 |
79.7 |
2.0 |
80.0 |
2.3 |
78.2 |
4.5 |
76.5 |
4.3 |
Language spoken most often at home |
English |
76.9 |
1.7 |
77.3 |
1.8 |
77.8 |
2.0 |
75.3 |
4.1 |
72.6 |
5.4 |
Other |
73.7 |
3.9 |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
73.0 |
4.2 |
a Negative/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 For more information, see the MEPS entry in Appendix A, Data Sources.
* Data do not meet the criteria for statistical reliability, data quality, or confidentiality.
Key: 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.