Table 186A_c Children who can always get care for illness or injury 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 |
|
79.3 |
1.1 |
73.3 |
2.5 |
75.4 |
2.4 |
79.1 |
2.0 |
85.5 |
1.8 |
Age |
0-5 |
77.9 |
1.7 |
70.5 |
3.8 |
70.9 |
3.5 |
76.3 |
3.8 |
90.0 |
2.9 |
6-17 |
80.2 |
1.4 |
75.2 |
3.1 |
78.4 |
3.1 |
80.7 |
2.6 |
83.1 |
2.4 |
Gender |
Male |
79.9 |
1.5 |
73.6 |
3.2 |
75.0 |
3.2 |
79.8 |
2.8 |
86.5 |
2.5 |
Female |
78.7 |
1.6 |
72.9 |
3.3 |
75.9 |
3.2 |
78.3 |
3.0 |
84.3 |
2.9 |
Race |
White, single race |
79.4 |
1.3 |
71.0 |
2.9 |
75.9 |
2.8 |
79.1 |
2.4 |
85.0 |
2.0 |
Black, single race |
80.1 |
2.5 |
80.2 |
4.5 |
80.0 |
4.2 |
* |
* |
* |
* |
Asian, single race |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
NHOPI, single race |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
AI/AN, single race |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
Multiple races |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
Ethnicity |
Non-Hispanic, all races |
80.4 |
1.2 |
74.9 |
3.2 |
75.9 |
2.8 |
80.0 |
2.2 |
85.7 |
2.0 |
Non-Hispanic, White |
80.5 |
1.4 |
72.2 |
4.5 |
75.8 |
3.3 |
80.1 |
2.6 |
85.0 |
2.1 |
Non-Hispanic, Black |
80.8 |
2.6 |
80.6 |
4.5 |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
Hispanic, all races |
73.4 |
2.8 |
68.5 |
3.5 |
73.7 |
4.3 |
71.7 |
6.0 |
* |
* |
Health insurance |
Any private |
81.2 |
1.3 |
* |
* |
75.0 |
3.9 |
80.1 |
2.3 |
85.4 |
1.9 |
Public only |
75.1 |
2.0 |
74.5 |
2.7 |
75.2 |
3.3 |
76.0 |
5.7 |
* |
* |
Uninsured |
78.3 |
4.6 |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
Residence locationb |
Metropolitan-large |
78.8 |
1.6 |
76.4 |
3.2 |
71.9 |
3.8 |
76.5 |
2.9 |
85.5 |
2.5 |
Metropolitan-small |
78.9 |
2.3 |
64.5 |
4.6 |
77.9 |
5.2 |
78.8 |
4.1 |
88.1 |
3.1 |
Micropolitan |
82.1 |
3.9 |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
Noncore |
81.1 |
3.2 |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
CSHCN |
Yes |
77.4 |
2.0 |
72.2 |
3.8 |
79.4 |
3.7 |
75.1 |
4.2 |
82.4 |
3.5 |
No |
80.5 |
1.3 |
74.2 |
3.1 |
73.6 |
2.8 |
81.8 |
2.3 |
86.5 |
2.1 |
Language spoken most often at home |
English |
80.5 |
1.1 |
74.6 |
2.8 |
77.5 |
2.5 |
79.9 |
2.2 |
85.7 |
1.9 |
Other |
68.3 |
3.6 |
66.0 |
4.9 |
64.4 |
6.0 |
* |
* |
* |
* |
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.