2007 National Healthcare Disparities Report: Data Tables Appendix--Table 229B.b

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Table 229B_b
Children whose parents rate their child's health care in the past year 7-8 on a scale from 0 to 10, by ethnicity, United States, 2004

Population group		Total		Non-Hispanic						Hispanic, all races
		Total		All races		White		Black		Hispanic, all races
		Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total		26.1	0.8	25.9	0.9	26.3	1.1	22.2	1.5	27.0	1.6
Age	0-5	24.6	1.3	24.0	1.5	23.9	1.7	20.4	2.6	26.7	2.1
Age	6-17	26.9	0.9	26.9	1.0	27.5	1.2	23.2	1.8	27.2	1.9
Gender	Male	26.8	1.0	26.5	1.2	27.0	1.4	23.2	2.0	27.9	2.2
Gender	Female	25.3	1.0	25.2	1.1	25.4	1.4	21.3	1.8	26.0	1.8
Family income^a	Negative/poor	24.6	1.6	23.9	2.0	26.7	3.4	18.9	2.1	26.5	2.2
	Near poor/low	28.7	1.6	29.0	1.9	29.9	2.6	24.6	2.7	27.9	2.6
	Middle	26.9	1.6	27.3	1.8	28.5	2.0	18.2	2.8	24.5	2.8
	High	24.4	1.5	23.8	1.6	22.7	1.6	*	*	30.0	5.3
Health insurance	Any private	25.9	1.0	25.6	1.1	25.2	1.2	26.2	2.9	28.2	3.0
	Public only	26.7	1.2	27.1	1.6	30.7	2.6	20.2	1.8	25.9	1.6
	Uninsured	24.8	3.5	23.8	4.3	29.3	5.4	*	*	27.9	5.2
Residence location^b	Metropolitan-large	26.6	1.1	26.2	1.3	26.0	1.7	25.2	1.9	27.7	1.9
	Metropolitan-small	25.0	1.4	24.9	1.4	25.9	1.5	15.7	3.0	25.8	3.7
	Micropolitan	27.7	3.0	28.5	3.3	29.3	3.7	*	*	20.5	3.8
	Noncore	23.8	2.5	23.3	2.7	24.9	3.1	*	*	*	*
CSHCN	Yes	29.9	1.5	29.6	1.7	29.5	2.1	27.1	3.0	32.3	3.7
CSHCN	No	24.7	0.9	24.5	1.1	25.0	1.2	20.6	1.6	25.6	1.5
Language spoken most often at home	English	25.9	0.8	25.7	0.9	26.3	1.1	22.4	1.6	27.3	2.7
Language spoken most often at home	Other	27.5	1.7	29.8	3.7	*	*	*	*	26.7	1.8

^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.