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Table 178A_a
Children who can always get care for illness or injury as soon as wanted, by race, United States, 2003
        Single race    
    Total White Black Asian NHOPI AI/AN Multiple races
Population group Percent SE Percent SE Percent SE Percent SE Percent SE Percent SE Percent SE
Total 76.4 1.1 76.7 1.3 79.4 2.4 * * * * * * * *
Age 0-5 75.5 1.7 74.4 2.1 83.3 3.5 * * * * * * * *
6-17 77.0 1.4 78.0 1.6 76.7 3.7 * * * * * * * *
Gender Male 76.1 1.5 75.9 1.7 81.0 3.5 * * * * * * * *
Female 76.8 1.6 77.5 1.7 77.8 3.5 * * * * * * * *
Family incomea Negative/poor 72.8 2.3 72.4 2.9 73.7 4.2 * * * * * * * *
Near poor/low 71.7 2.5 68.7 3.1 88.2 2.8 * * * * * * * *
Middle 73.2 2.2 73.6 2.4 * * * * * * * * * *
High 85.4 1.8 86.8 1.9 * * * * * * * * * *
Health insurance Any private 79.6 1.5 79.4 1.6 87.8 2.9 * * * * * * * *
Public only 68.1 2.2 67.4 2.7 71.0 3.7 * * * * * * * *
Uninsured 79.9 3.9 * * * * * * * * * * * *
Residence locationb Metropolitan-large 78.2 1.5 79.0 1.7 78.9 3.0 * * * * * * * *
Metropolitan-small 71.9 2.4 71.4 2.5 * * * * * * * * * *
Micropolitan 79.9 3.6 80.4 4.1 * * * * * * * * * *
Noncore 78.4 3.7 78.5 4.3 * * * * * * * * * *
CSHCN Yes 73.1 2.3 72.4 2.8 78.5 4.3 * * * * * * * *
No 77.9 1.2 78.5 1.4 80.3 3.1 * * * * * * * *
Preferred language English 77.8 1.2 78.0 1.4 79.5 2.4 * * * * * * * *
Other 62.5 3.4 63.3 3.9 * * * * * * * * * *
Born in U.S. Yes 76.6 1.2 76.8 1.3 79.8 2.4 * * * * * * * *
No * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

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: AI/AN: American Indian or Alaska Native; NHOPI: Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander; 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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