National Healthcare Disparities Report 2004

Table 229C_a: Children whose providers sometimes or never explained things in a way their parents could understand, by race, United States, 2001

	Total		White		Black		API		AI/AN
Population group	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE

Total	5.6	0.4	5.4	0.4	5.8	0.8	*	*	*	*

Age
0 - 5	6.2	0.6	6.2	0.7	6.5	1.6	*	*	*	*
6 - 17	5.2	0.5	4.9	0.5	5.4	0.9	*	*	*	*

Gender
Male	5.5	0.5	5.5	0.6	4.0	0.9	*	*	*	*
Female	5.6	0.5	5.2	0.5	7.6	1.3	*	*	*	*

Family income ^a
Negative or poor	11.9	1.6	12.1	1.9	9.5	2.0	*	*	*	*
Near poor/low	7.7	0.9	8.7	1.1	*	*	*	*	*	*
Middle	4.7	0.6	4.4	0.7	6.1	1.8	*	*	*	*
High	2.3	0.4	2.3	0.5	*	*	*	*	*	*

Insurance coverage
Any private	4.1	0.4	4.0	0.4	4.8	1.1	*	*	*	*
Public only	9.7	1.0	10.1	1.1	7.2	1.3	*	*	*	*
Uninsured	6.7	1.4	6.6	1.5	*	*	*	*	*	*

Residence location^b
Metropolitan-large	5.8	0.5	5.3	0.6	6.1	1.0	*	*	*	*
Metropolitan-small	4.8	0.7	4.6	0.7	6.1	1.8	*	*	*	*
Micropolitan	6.9	1.2	7.6	1.4	*	*	*	*	*	*
Noncore	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*

CSHCN^c
Yes	6.3	0.7	6.4	0.9	5.5	1.4	*	*	*	*
No	5.2	0.4	4.9	0.4	5.9	0.9	*	*	*	*

^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.

^cPopulation is different from other categories. The variable is defined according to age at interview rounds, not the end of the year. Children with missing values are excluded.

^*Data do not meet the criteria for statistical reliability, data quality or confidentiality.

Key: API: Asian or Pacific Islander; AI/AN: American Indian or Alaska Native; CSHCN: Children with special health care needs; SE: Standard error.

Note: The population categories used in this table are as reported from the source of the data (see below).

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Medical Expenditure Panel Survey.