Table 184B_b
Children who can usually get appointments for routine care as soon as wanted, 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 |
|
20.6 |
0.8 |
20.5 |
0.9 |
20.6 |
1.0 |
20.9 |
2.1 |
21.5 |
1.7 |
| Age |
0-5 |
20.1 |
1.1 |
19.8 |
1.3 |
19.2 |
1.5 |
24.1 |
2.8 |
21.3 |
2.1 |
| 6-17 |
21.0 |
1.0 |
20.9 |
1.1 |
21.3 |
1.3 |
19.2 |
2.4 |
21.6 |
2.1 |
| Gender |
Male |
20.0 |
0.9 |
20.0 |
1.0 |
19.8 |
1.2 |
20.8 |
2.6 |
20.1 |
2.0 |
| Female |
21.3 |
1.1 |
21.0 |
1.2 |
21.4 |
1.4 |
20.9 |
2.6 |
23.1 |
2.1 |
| Family incomea |
Negative/poor |
22.2 |
1.6 |
21.9 |
2.0 |
22.6 |
3.0 |
21.5 |
2.9 |
23.1 |
2.7 |
| Near poor/low |
20.2 |
1.7 |
19.4 |
2.0 |
19.6 |
2.7 |
17.9 |
3.0 |
22.4 |
2.6 |
| Middle |
19.5 |
1.5 |
19.9 |
1.7 |
19.6 |
1.8 |
24.1 |
5.6 |
17.3 |
3.2 |
| High |
21.2 |
1.6 |
21.0 |
1.6 |
21.3 |
1.7 |
* |
* |
24.2 |
5.5 |
| Health insurance |
Any private |
20.1 |
1.0 |
20.1 |
1.0 |
20.4 |
1.2 |
19.0 |
3.0 |
20.1 |
2.9 |
| Public only |
21.3 |
1.3 |
21.2 |
1.6 |
21.5 |
2.4 |
21.0 |
2.5 |
21.4 |
2.0 |
| Uninsured |
24.7 |
3.6 |
22.9 |
4.5 |
20.3 |
3.9 |
* |
* |
31.1 |
5.0 |
| Residence locationb |
Metropolitan-large |
20.8 |
1.0 |
20.1 |
1.1 |
20.6 |
1.5 |
19.7 |
2.5 |
23.7 |
2.2 |
| Metropolitan-small |
20.8 |
1.7 |
21.1 |
1.8 |
19.8 |
2.0 |
27.6 |
5.3 |
18.6 |
3.1 |
| Micropolitan |
22.7 |
2.5 |
24.2 |
2.5 |
26.8 |
2.8 |
* |
* |
* |
* |
| Noncore |
15.9 |
2.2 |
15.8 |
2.2 |
15.5 |
2.5 |
* |
* |
* |
* |
| CSHCN |
Yes |
23.9 |
1.6 |
24.9 |
1.8 |
25.8 |
2.1 |
23.5 |
3.6 |
17.6 |
3.0 |
| No |
19.7 |
0.8 |
19.2 |
0.9 |
19.1 |
1.0 |
20.0 |
2.2 |
22.3 |
1.9 |
| Language spoken most often at home |
English |
20.5 |
0.9 |
20.6 |
0.9 |
20.5 |
1.0 |
20.7 |
2.2 |
19.4 |
2.4 |
| Other |
21.7 |
1.8 |
17.3 |
3.7 |
* |
* |
* |
* |
23.7 |
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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