Table 176C_b
Children who can sometimes or never get appointments for routine care as soon as wanted, by ethnicity, United States, 2003 |
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Non-Hispanic |
Hispanic, all races |
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Total |
All races |
White |
Black |
| Population group |
Percent |
SE |
Percent |
SE |
Percent |
SE |
Percent |
SE |
Percent |
SE |
| Total |
8.7 |
0.5 |
8.1 |
0.6 |
7.3 |
0.6 |
9.4 |
1.1 |
12.1 |
1.0 |
| Age |
0-5 |
7.8 |
0.7 |
6.9 |
0.8 |
6.5 |
0.9 |
7.3 |
1.7 |
11.5 |
1.3 |
| 6-17 |
9.2 |
0.6 |
8.7 |
0.7 |
7.7 |
0.8 |
10.7 |
1.5 |
12.6 |
1.4 |
| Gender |
Male |
8.5 |
0.6 |
7.8 |
0.7 |
6.9 |
0.8 |
8.9 |
1.6 |
12.6 |
1.4 |
| Female |
8.9 |
0.7 |
8.4 |
0.7 |
7.7 |
0.8 |
10.0 |
1.8 |
11.6 |
1.5 |
| Family incomea |
Negative/poor |
12.8 |
1.4 |
11.9 |
1.7 |
11.3 |
2.3 |
14.0 |
2.7 |
14.9 |
2.1 |
| Near poor/low |
12.7 |
1.5 |
12.2 |
1.8 |
12.7 |
2.3 |
9.3 |
2.5 |
14.2 |
2.1 |
| Middle |
7.5 |
0.9 |
7.2 |
0.9 |
6.3 |
1.0 |
9.1 |
2.4 |
9.3 |
1.9 |
| High |
5.6 |
0.7 |
5.5 |
0.7 |
5.2 |
0.7 |
* |
* |
* |
* |
| Health insurance |
Any private |
6.7 |
0.5 |
6.5 |
0.6 |
6.0 |
0.6 |
6.8 |
1.5 |
8.8 |
1.6 |
| Public only |
13.3 |
1.1 |
12.6 |
1.5 |
12.7 |
2.2 |
12.5 |
1.8 |
14.9 |
1.4 |
| Uninsured |
12.5 |
3.1 |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
12.6 |
3.2 |
| Residence locationb |
Metropolitan-large |
9.3 |
0.6 |
8.6 |
0.7 |
7.5 |
0.8 |
9.7 |
1.2 |
12.3 |
1.3 |
| Metropolitan-small |
8.3 |
1.1 |
7.8 |
1.3 |
7.4 |
1.4 |
* |
* |
12.0 |
1.9 |
| Micropolitan |
7.5 |
1.5 |
7.5 |
1.7 |
7.3 |
1.9 |
* |
* |
* |
* |
| Noncore |
6.5 |
1.7 |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
| CSHCN |
Yes |
10.4 |
1.0 |
9.6 |
1.1 |
9.1 |
1.4 |
9.5 |
1.5 |
14.8 |
2.3 |
| No |
8.2 |
0.6 |
7.5 |
0.6 |
6.7 |
0.7 |
9.4 |
1.4 |
11.4 |
1.1 |
| Preferred language |
English |
8.0 |
0.6 |
7.8 |
0.6 |
7.4 |
0.7 |
9.4 |
1.2 |
9.7 |
1.5 |
| Other |
14.3 |
1.6 |
13.4 |
3.6 |
* |
* |
* |
* |
14.7 |
1.5 |
| Born in U.S. |
Yes |
8.4 |
0.5 |
7.9 |
0.6 |
7.4 |
0.7 |
9.4 |
1.2 |
11.6 |
1.0 |
| No |
16.7 |
3.2 |
15.9 |
4.5 |
* |
* |
* |
* |
18.0 |
3.7 |
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 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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