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Table 89b
Children ages 3-6 with a vision check, 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   57.6 1.6 57.9 1.9 56.7 2.3 61.6 3.2 56.6 2.3
Age 3-5 52.6 1.7 52.2 2.1 49.6 2.5 59.3 3.9 54.0 2.6
6 72.7 2.5 74.9 2.9 77.2 3.2 * * 64.5 4.3
Gender Male 60.6 2.1 60.4 2.5 59.3 3.1 64.1 4.5 61.5 2.9
Female 54.6 1.9 55.5 2.3 54.1 2.8 59.1 4.2 51.1 3.3
Family incomea Negative/poor 56.4 2.7 58.5 3.5 52.8 5.7 65.4 4.4 52.4 4.2
Near poor/low 58.0 2.5 58.4 3.0 56.3 3.9 66.9 4.8 57.1 3.9
Middle 51.4 3.0 49.8 3.4 49.6 3.9 * * 59.0 4.5
High 66.0 3.3 66.5 3.4 66.0 3.8 * * * *
Health insurance Any private 58.3 2.1 58.5 2.3 58.1 2.6 61.4 5.3 57.1 4.4
Public only 57.8 2.0 57.8 2.7 53.8 4.1 64.9 3.7 57.7 3.1
Uninsured 47.7 6.0 * * * * * * * *
Residence locationb Metropolitan-large 59.1 1.9 59.2 2.4 57.5 3.1 62.4 3.9 58.7 2.9
Metropolitan-small 57.7 3.2 58.6 3.8 59.2 4.3 * * 53.7 4.1
Micropolitan 46.3 4.8 46.2 5.0 41.9 5.3 * * * *
Noncore 64.2 4.5 65.9 4.7 * * * * * *
CSHCN Yes 65.6 3.0 65.4 3.4 64.9 4.0 * * * *
No 56.2 1.7 56.6 2.0 55.3 2.5 59.8 3.5 54.9 2.5
Language spoken most often at home English 58.1 1.8 58.1 2.0 56.9 2.4 62.1 3.2 58.0 3.8
Other 54.9 2.8 * * * * * * 55.3 2.9

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.

 
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