Table 90b
Children age 2-17 with a dental visit in the past year, by ethnicity, United States, 2003 |
| |
|
|
|
Non-Hispanic |
Hispanic, all races |
| |
|
Total |
All races |
White |
Black |
| Population group |
Percent |
SE |
Percent |
SE |
Percent |
SE |
Percent |
SE |
Percent |
SE |
| Total |
50.9 |
0.9 |
54.2 |
0.9 |
59.6 |
1.2 |
36.8 |
1.7 |
36.7 |
1.5 |
| Age |
2-5 |
33.3 |
1.4 |
35.4 |
1.6 |
39.6 |
2.1 |
24.9 |
2.7 |
25.3 |
2.0 |
| 6-17 |
56.6 |
1.0 |
59.9 |
1.1 |
65.7 |
1.3 |
40.5 |
2.1 |
41.0 |
1.8 |
| Gender |
Male |
49.5 |
1.1 |
52.7 |
1.2 |
57.7 |
1.5 |
35.5 |
2.1 |
35.1 |
1.9 |
| Female |
52.5 |
1.1 |
55.7 |
1.3 |
61.6 |
1.5 |
38.1 |
2.4 |
38.4 |
1.8 |
| Family incomea |
Negative/poor |
34.5 |
1.5 |
36.8 |
2.0 |
41.4 |
3.1 |
31.7 |
2.3 |
29.7 |
2.2 |
| Near poor/low |
38.0 |
1.6 |
40.7 |
2.1 |
45.3 |
2.7 |
32.4 |
3.3 |
31.5 |
2.4 |
| Middle |
52.7 |
1.7 |
54.4 |
1.9 |
58.4 |
2.1 |
36.9 |
3.0 |
43.1 |
3.2 |
| High |
68.7 |
1.6 |
69.7 |
1.7 |
72.2 |
1.9 |
55.9 |
5.4 |
56.9 |
5.3 |
| Health insurance |
Any private |
57.9 |
1.1 |
59.4 |
1.2 |
63.3 |
1.4 |
38.3 |
2.8 |
46.4 |
2.6 |
| Public only |
38.8 |
1.4 |
40.8 |
1.9 |
45.0 |
2.6 |
36.5 |
2.7 |
34.4 |
1.8 |
| Uninsured |
31.7 |
3.3 |
41.5 |
5.0 |
49.0 |
6.4 |
* |
* |
16.3 |
2.7 |
| Residence locationb |
Metropolitan-large |
49.6 |
1.2 |
54.0 |
1.4 |
61.8 |
1.8 |
36.2 |
2.0 |
35.1 |
1.8 |
| Metropolitan-small |
53.8 |
1.8 |
55.9 |
1.9 |
59.4 |
2.3 |
40.7 |
3.9 |
41.0 |
2.6 |
| Micropolitan |
50.6 |
2.7 |
51.9 |
3.0 |
55.6 |
3.5 |
29.0 |
7.0 |
39.5 |
6.6 |
| Noncore |
44.5 |
4.2 |
46.4 |
4.1 |
47.9 |
4.5 |
* |
* |
* |
* |
| CSHCN |
Yes |
58.4 |
3.5 |
57.9 |
3.7 |
58.1 |
3.8 |
* |
* |
* |
* |
| No |
59.4 |
1.4 |
61.4 |
1.5 |
66.3 |
1.9 |
45.9 |
3.5 |
47.0 |
3.0 |
| Preferred language |
English |
49.9 |
1.0 |
53.3 |
1.2 |
58.9 |
1.4 |
35.0 |
1.9 |
35.9 |
1.6 |
| Other |
53.7 |
0.9 |
55.0 |
1.0 |
59.8 |
1.2 |
37.0 |
1.7 |
42.4 |
2.4 |
| Born in U.S. |
Yes |
34.5 |
1.9 |
40.6 |
4.7 |
54.0 |
8.9 |
* |
* |
32.1 |
1.9 |
| No |
51.6 |
0.9 |
54.4 |
0.9 |
59.6 |
1.2 |
37.2 |
1.7 |
38.4 |
1.6 |
a Negative or 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 See MEPS entry in the Data Sources Appendix (Appendix A) for more information.
* 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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