Table 178B_b
Children who can usually get care for illness or injury 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 |
14.4 |
0.9 |
13.9 |
1.0 |
13.4 |
1.2 |
12.5 |
2.1 |
17.5 |
2.1 |
| Age |
0-5 |
14.9 |
1.5 |
13.7 |
1.7 |
13.1 |
2.0 |
12.1 |
3.5 |
19.9 |
3.3 |
| 6-17 |
14.2 |
1.2 |
14.0 |
1.3 |
13.5 |
1.5 |
12.8 |
2.7 |
15.5 |
2.5 |
| Gender |
Male |
15.0 |
1.2 |
14.7 |
1.4 |
14.9 |
1.7 |
11.5 |
2.9 |
16.3 |
2.5 |
| Female |
13.9 |
1.3 |
13.0 |
1.4 |
11.7 |
1.6 |
13.4 |
3.0 |
18.8 |
2.8 |
| Family incomea |
Negative/poor |
14.7 |
1.8 |
14.0 |
2.2 |
13.8 |
2.7 |
14.4 |
3.7 |
17.1 |
3.4 |
| Near poor/low |
15.6 |
2.0 |
14.8 |
2.4 |
15.4 |
3.1 |
* |
* |
18.8 |
3.3 |
| Middle |
16.8 |
1.9 |
16.6 |
2.0 |
16.4 |
2.2 |
* |
* |
18.1 |
4.7 |
| High |
10.9 |
1.7 |
10.5 |
1.7 |
9.2 |
1.9 |
* |
* |
* |
* |
| Health insurance |
Any private |
13.0 |
1.3 |
12.9 |
1.4 |
12.9 |
1.5 |
* |
* |
14.0 |
2.8 |
| Public only |
17.7 |
1.7 |
16.8 |
1.9 |
15.1 |
2.4 |
17.7 |
3.5 |
20.2 |
3.0 |
| Uninsured |
15.4 |
3.6 |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
| Residence locationb |
Metropolitan-large |
12.8 |
1.1 |
11.8 |
1.3 |
10.1 |
1.6 |
13.3 |
2.8 |
16.9 |
2.4 |
| Metropolitan-small |
17.6 |
2.0 |
17.5 |
2.3 |
17.5 |
2.7 |
* |
* |
18.4 |
4.8 |
| Micropolitan |
11.7 |
3.1 |
11.8 |
3.4 |
13.2 |
3.9 |
* |
* |
* |
* |
| Noncore |
16.5 |
3.3 |
15.0 |
3.3 |
15.2 |
3.9 |
* |
* |
* |
* |
| CSHCN |
Yes |
17.4 |
1.9 |
17.1 |
2.1 |
17.3 |
2.6 |
15.5 |
4.5 |
18.9 |
3.6 |
| No |
13.0 |
1.0 |
12.2 |
1.1 |
11.5 |
1.3 |
10.0 |
2.2 |
17.2 |
2.3 |
| Preferred language |
English |
13.8 |
1.0 |
13.8 |
1.0 |
13.5 |
1.2 |
12.6 |
2.1 |
13.6 |
2.6 |
| Other |
21.6 |
3.0 |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
22.4 |
3.1 |
| Born in U.S. |
Yes |
14.5 |
0.9 |
14.0 |
1.1 |
13.4 |
1.2 |
12.6 |
2.1 |
17.5 |
2.2 |
| 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: 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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