2007 National Healthcare Disparities Report: Data Tables Appendix--Table 88a

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Table 88a
Children ages 2-17 with advice about eating healthy, by race, United States, 2004

Population group		Total		Single race										Multiple races
		Total		White		Black		Asian		NHOPI		AI/AN		Multiple races
		Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total		53.3	1.1	53.8	1.2	52.3	2.5	54.4	4.3	*	*	*	*	50.0	5.0
Age	2-5	60.5	1.6	61.0	1.8	57.5	3.5	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Age	6-17	51.0	1.2	51.4	1.4	50.8	2.7	52.8	4.9	*	*	*	*	45.2	5.4
Gender	Male	52.1	1.2	53.0	1.4	49.8	3.0	49.4	5.1	*	*	*	*	47.0	5.8
Gender	Female	54.6	1.3	54.5	1.5	54.9	2.7	60.4	5.8	*	*	*	*	52.3	6.2
Family income^a	Negative/poor	50.3	1.9	49.5	2.4	55.0	3.0	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Near poor/low	49.0	1.6	47.7	2.0	53.1	3.4	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Middle	51.6	1.9	52.5	2.1	47.0	4.4	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	High	60.4	1.9	61.1	2.1	55.7	6.9	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Health insurance	Any private	55.4	1.3	56.5	1.5	48.1	3.6	59.9	5.1	*	*	*	*	49.8	7.3
	Public only	52.2	1.5	50.4	1.7	58.6	3.0	*	*	*	*	*	*	45.7	7.1
	Uninsured	38.7	2.8	39.3	3.3	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Residence location^b	Metropolitan-large	58.5	1.3	59.3	1.5	57.5	2.8	56.7	4.8	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Metropolitan-small	51.0	2.0	51.5	2.3	48.1	4.3	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Micropolitan	41.0	3.4	41.3	4.0	40.4	6.7	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Noncore	37.8	3.3	40.9	3.2	19.9	5.1	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
CSHCN	Yes	61.3	1.6	61.5	1.9	63.5	3.6	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
CSHCN	No	51.2	1.2	51.7	1.4	49.0	2.7	53.7	4.5	*	*	*	*	49.1	6.0
Language spoken most often at home	English	53.6	1.2	54.2	1.4	51.9	2.5	61.0	6.0	*	*	*	*	50.1	5.1
Language spoken most often at home	Other	51.1	1.9	51.1	2.1	*	*	48.3	5.8	*	*	*	*	*	*

^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: 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.