Table 184A_c Children who can always get appointments for routine care as soon as wanted, by family income,a United States, 2004 |
Population group |
Total |
Negative/poor |
Near poor/low |
Middle |
High |
Percent |
SE |
Percent |
SE |
Percent |
SE |
Percent |
SE |
Percent |
SE |
Total |
|
72.3 |
0.9 |
66.1 |
2.0 |
71.2 |
2.0 |
74.7 |
1.6 |
73.7 |
1.6 |
Age |
0-5 |
73.6 |
1.2 |
70.9 |
2.3 |
71.4 |
2.7 |
73.9 |
2.5 |
76.4 |
2.6 |
6-17 |
71.6 |
1.2 |
62.2 |
2.7 |
71.1 |
2.3 |
75.2 |
1.8 |
72.3 |
2.1 |
Gender |
Male |
72.5 |
1.1 |
65.6 |
2.8 |
72.3 |
2.5 |
75.9 |
2.0 |
72.9 |
1.9 |
Female |
72.1 |
1.2 |
66.6 |
2.4 |
70.0 |
2.5 |
73.6 |
2.1 |
74.6 |
2.2 |
Race |
White, single race |
72.7 |
1.0 |
65.2 |
2.6 |
71.7 |
2.4 |
74.9 |
1.7 |
73.8 |
1.7 |
Black, single race |
71.7 |
2.2 |
68.3 |
3.4 |
73.1 |
3.6 |
73.3 |
5.7 |
* |
* |
Asian, single race |
73.1 |
3.4 |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
NHOPI, single race |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
AI/AN, single race |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
Multiple races |
63.1 |
5.1 |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
Ethnicity |
Non-Hispanic, all races |
73.3 |
1.0 |
67.5 |
2.4 |
73.1 |
2.4 |
74.9 |
1.8 |
74.2 |
1.7 |
Non-Hispanic, White |
74.0 |
1.1 |
67.2 |
3.6 |
74.2 |
3.2 |
75.4 |
1.9 |
74.4 |
1.8 |
Non-Hispanic, Black |
71.4 |
2.3 |
68.4 |
3.5 |
73.3 |
3.7 |
72.0 |
5.9 |
* |
* |
Hispanic, all races |
67.3 |
1.9 |
62.2 |
3.3 |
65.9 |
2.7 |
73.7 |
3.7 |
67.5 |
5.2 |
Health insurance |
Any private |
74.2 |
1.1 |
72.5 |
4.8 |
72.2 |
2.8 |
75.4 |
1.7 |
73.8 |
1.7 |
Public only |
68.5 |
1.5 |
65.6 |
2.3 |
69.8 |
2.7 |
74.1 |
3.7 |
* |
* |
Uninsured |
67.3 |
4.5 |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
Residence locationb |
Metropolitan-large |
71.8 |
1.1 |
64.5 |
2.7 |
68.7 |
2.1 |
74.1 |
2.0 |
74.3 |
2.0 |
Metropolitan-small |
73.4 |
1.9 |
67.0 |
3.8 |
72.2 |
4.4 |
76.2 |
3.4 |
74.4 |
3.2 |
Micropolitan |
70.0 |
3.3 |
68.6 |
4.7 |
72.4 |
6.0 |
70.9 |
4.4 |
* |
* |
Noncore |
75.9 |
2.8 |
70.4 |
5.4 |
80.0 |
6.1 |
* |
* |
* |
* |
CSHCN |
Yes |
66.7 |
1.7 |
59.8 |
3.7 |
69.9 |
3.0 |
71.0 |
3.0 |
64.4 |
3.5 |
No |
73.9 |
0.9 |
68.6 |
2.0 |
71.5 |
2.2 |
75.6 |
1.7 |
76.1 |
1.7 |
Language spoken most often at home |
English |
72.9 |
1.0 |
66.7 |
2.3 |
72.5 |
2.3 |
74.8 |
1.7 |
73.9 |
1.7 |
Other |
68.1 |
2.2 |
63.2 |
3.9 |
65.6 |
3.5 |
74.6 |
3.6 |
* |
* |
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 For more information, see the MEPS entry in Appendix A, Data Sources.
* 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.