2007 National Healthcare Disparities Report: Data Tables Appendix--Table 186C.b

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Table 186C_b
Children who can sometimes or never get care for illness or injury as soon as wanted, 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		7.3	0.7	6.7	0.8	7.2	0.9	5.0	1.2	10.5	1.7
Age	0-5	8.8	1.2	8.0	1.3	8.6	1.7	*	*	12.2	2.4
Age	6-17	6.3	0.9	6.0	0.9	6.3	1.1	*	*	9.0	1.8
Gender	Male	7.6	1.0	7.0	1.1	7.1	1.3	*	*	11.1	1.9
Gender	Female	6.9	1.0	6.4	1.1	7.2	1.3	*	*	9.8	2.6
Family income^a	Negative/poor	10.9	1.6	10.3	2.0	13.2	3.4	*	*	12.7	2.5
	Near poor/low	7.3	1.3	6.5	1.5	*	*	*	*	10.0	2.6
	Middle	7.3	1.3	6.9	1.4	7.6	1.6	*	*	*	*
	High	5.2	1.3	5.0	1.4	5.4	1.5	*	*	*	*
Health insurance	Any private	6.2	0.8	5.7	0.9	6.0	1.0	*	*	10.8	3.0
	Public only	9.7	1.3	9.7	1.7	11.6	2.5	6.2	1.7	9.7	1.6
	Uninsured	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Residence location^b	Metropolitan-large	7.1	1.0	6.7	1.2	6.6	1.5	6.2	1.7	9.0	1.6
	Metropolitan-small	7.6	1.3	6.5	1.2	7.4	1.4	*	*	*	*
	Micropolitan	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Noncore	9.5	2.4	9.5	2.5	*	*	*	*	*	*
CSHCN	Yes	8.4	1.5	8.6	1.6	9.5	2.1	*	*	*	*
CSHCN	No	6.9	0.8	5.9	0.9	6.2	1.0	*	*	11.7	1.9
Language spoken most often at home	English	6.7	0.7	6.5	0.8	7.2	0.9	4.8	1.2	8.0	1.9
Language spoken most often at home	Other	13.1	2.2	*	*	*	*	*	*	13.9	2.5

^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.