Table 94b
Children ages 2-17 with advice about using helmets, 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 |
|
37.8 |
1.2 |
38.4 |
1.3 |
38.8 |
1.6 |
37.4 |
2.2 |
35.3 |
1.9 |
| Age |
2-5 |
37.0 |
1.7 |
38.2 |
1.9 |
37.3 |
2.2 |
43.4 |
4.0 |
32.4 |
2.6 |
| 6-17 |
38.1 |
1.3 |
38.5 |
1.4 |
39.2 |
1.8 |
35.7 |
2.1 |
36.3 |
2.2 |
| Gender |
Male |
38.8 |
1.3 |
39.1 |
1.5 |
40.3 |
1.8 |
37.3 |
2.7 |
37.5 |
2.2 |
| Female |
36.8 |
1.4 |
37.7 |
1.6 |
37.1 |
1.9 |
37.6 |
2.7 |
32.9 |
2.3 |
| Family incomea |
Negative/poor |
34.5 |
2.0 |
35.2 |
2.3 |
36.5 |
3.5 |
37.4 |
3.2 |
32.9 |
2.7 |
| Near poor/low |
34.2 |
1.7 |
35.1 |
2.1 |
31.6 |
2.7 |
40.5 |
3.8 |
32.0 |
2.5 |
| Middle |
35.2 |
1.9 |
34.9 |
2.1 |
35.4 |
2.4 |
31.0 |
4.8 |
37.0 |
3.8 |
| High |
45.7 |
2.1 |
45.7 |
2.2 |
45.8 |
2.5 |
45.3 |
5.8 |
45.3 |
6.1 |
| Health insurance |
Any private |
41.3 |
1.4 |
41.3 |
1.6 |
41.7 |
1.8 |
38.5 |
3.5 |
41.7 |
3.3 |
| Public only |
32.5 |
1.6 |
31.8 |
2.0 |
27.8 |
2.6 |
38.4 |
3.1 |
33.9 |
2.2 |
| Uninsured |
26.7 |
3.0 |
29.6 |
4.0 |
30.3 |
4.9 |
* |
* |
22.0 |
3.2 |
| Residence locationb |
Metropolitan-large |
43.7 |
1.5 |
45.8 |
1.7 |
47.6 |
2.3 |
41.9 |
2.5 |
37.0 |
2.4 |
| Metropolitan-small |
34.2 |
2.2 |
34.1 |
2.4 |
34.3 |
2.8 |
33.9 |
4.4 |
35.0 |
3.7 |
| Micropolitan |
26.3 |
3.3 |
26.3 |
3.3 |
26.8 |
3.7 |
23.3 |
6.6 |
26.4 |
7.3 |
| Noncore |
21.0 |
3.9 |
21.6 |
4.2 |
22.5 |
4.1 |
* |
* |
* |
* |
| CSHCN |
Yes |
41.6 |
1.7 |
41.8 |
1.8 |
41.6 |
2.3 |
44.3 |
3.6 |
40.7 |
3.5 |
| No |
36.9 |
1.3 |
37.6 |
1.4 |
38.1 |
1.7 |
35.5 |
2.4 |
34.2 |
1.9 |
| Language spoken most often at home |
English |
38.3 |
1.3 |
38.4 |
1.3 |
38.8 |
1.6 |
37.0 |
2.2 |
37.5 |
2.9 |
| Other |
34.9 |
1.9 |
39.7 |
4.4 |
37.0 |
8.5 |
* |
* |
33.3 |
2.0 |
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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