Table 178A_c Children who can always get care for illness or injury as soon as wanted, by family income,a United States, 2003 |
|
|
Total |
Negative/poor |
Near poor/low |
Middle |
High |
Population group |
Percent |
SE |
Percent |
SE |
Percent |
SE |
Percent |
SE |
Percent |
SE |
Total |
76.4 |
1.1 |
72.8 |
2.3 |
71.7 |
2.5 |
73.2 |
2.2 |
85.4 |
1.8 |
Age |
0-5 |
75.5 |
1.7 |
73.7 |
3.1 |
73.6 |
3.4 |
69.2 |
4.1 |
85.6 |
2.8 |
6-17 |
77.0 |
1.4 |
72.0 |
3.3 |
70.4 |
3.5 |
75.3 |
2.3 |
85.3 |
2.2 |
Gender |
Male |
76.1 |
1.5 |
76.8 |
3.1 |
71.4 |
3.3 |
70.6 |
3.1 |
85.5 |
2.3 |
Female |
76.8 |
1.6 |
68.9 |
3.2 |
72.2 |
3.6 |
76.1 |
2.7 |
85.3 |
2.5 |
Race |
White, single race |
76.7 |
1.3 |
72.4 |
2.9 |
68.7 |
3.1 |
73.6 |
2.4 |
86.8 |
1.9 |
Black, single race |
79.4 |
2.4 |
73.7 |
4.2 |
88.2 |
2.8 |
* |
* |
* |
* |
Asian, single race |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
NHOPI, single race |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
AI/AN, single race |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
Multiple races |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
Ethnicity |
Non-Hispanic, all races |
77.8 |
1.3 |
74.2 |
2.8 |
73.1 |
3.0 |
74.1 |
2.5 |
86.2 |
1.8 |
Non-Hispanic, White |
78.5 |
1.5 |
74.5 |
3.8 |
70.0 |
3.9 |
74.8 |
2.6 |
87.8 |
1.9 |
Non-Hispanic, Black |
79.6 |
2.4 |
73.6 |
4.3 |
88.3 |
2.9 |
* |
* |
* |
* |
Hispanic |
68.5 |
2.6 |
68.5 |
4.3 |
66.3 |
4.1 |
67.1 |
5.9 |
* |
* |
Health insurance |
Any private |
79.6 |
1.5 |
* |
* |
77.2 |
3.7 |
74.0 |
2.5 |
85.8 |
1.8 |
Public only |
68.1 |
2.2 |
71.3 |
2.5 |
65.8 |
3.6 |
66.8 |
6.6 |
* |
* |
Uninsured |
79.9 |
3.9 |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
Residence locationb |
Metropolitan-large |
78.2 |
1.5 |
70.5 |
3.5 |
73.7 |
3.5 |
76.3 |
3.3 |
85.6 |
2.3 |
Metropolitan-small |
71.9 |
2.4 |
72.1 |
4.5 |
63.2 |
4.7 |
64.4 |
4.2 |
88.1 |
3.4 |
Micropolitan |
79.9 |
3.6 |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
Noncore |
78.4 |
3.7 |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
CSHCN |
Yes |
73.1 |
2.3 |
76.0 |
3.7 |
71.7 |
5.0 |
63.4 |
4.9 |
83.6 |
3.0 |
No |
77.9 |
1.2 |
71.2 |
3.0 |
71.5 |
2.8 |
77.2 |
2.3 |
86.4 |
1.9 |
Preferred language |
English |
77.8 |
1.2 |
73.7 |
2.6 |
74.2 |
2.7 |
73.6 |
2.3 |
86.5 |
1.8 |
Other |
62.5 |
3.4 |
67.9 |
5.2 |
53.2 |
5.7 |
* |
* |
* |
* |
Born in U.S. |
Yes |
76.6 |
1.2 |
73.6 |
2.4 |
72.0 |
2.5 |
73.1 |
2.3 |
85.2 |
1.8 |
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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