Table 86b Children ages 0-17 with both weight and height measurements, by ethnicity, United States, 2004 |
Population group |
Total |
Non-Hispanic |
Hispanic, all races |
All races |
White |
Black |
Percent |
SE |
Percent |
SE |
Percent |
SE |
Percent |
SE |
Percent |
SE |
Total |
|
93.0 |
0.5 |
94.4 |
0.6 |
94.4 |
0.8 |
94.9 |
0.7 |
87.2 |
1.1 |
Age |
0-5 |
94.9 |
0.6 |
95.8 |
0.7 |
95.6 |
0.8 |
96.1 |
0.9 |
91.5 |
1.1 |
6-17 |
92.1 |
0.6 |
93.7 |
0.7 |
93.8 |
0.9 |
94.5 |
0.9 |
84.8 |
1.3 |
Gender |
Male |
93.2 |
0.5 |
94.8 |
0.6 |
95.0 |
0.7 |
94.8 |
1.0 |
86.8 |
1.4 |
Female |
92.7 |
0.7 |
94.0 |
0.7 |
93.7 |
1.0 |
95.0 |
0.9 |
87.6 |
1.2 |
Family incomea |
Negative/poor |
90.3 |
1.1 |
93.0 |
1.0 |
93.5 |
1.6 |
92.6 |
1.2 |
84.4 |
2.4 |
Near poor/low |
90.2 |
1.0 |
93.0 |
1.1 |
92.4 |
1.6 |
94.4 |
1.4 |
83.6 |
1.8 |
Middle |
93.4 |
0.9 |
93.9 |
0.9 |
93.5 |
1.1 |
95.9 |
1.3 |
90.6 |
1.8 |
High |
96.3 |
0.6 |
96.3 |
0.7 |
96.4 |
0.8 |
99.7 |
0.3 |
95.9 |
1.4 |
Health insurance |
Any private |
94.5 |
0.6 |
95.0 |
0.6 |
94.8 |
0.8 |
96.2 |
1.1 |
90.6 |
1.6 |
Public only |
91.9 |
0.7 |
93.8 |
0.8 |
94.4 |
1.2 |
94.0 |
0.9 |
88.2 |
1.3 |
Uninsured |
83.3 |
2.2 |
88.7 |
2.5 |
88.2 |
3.3 |
* |
* |
74.2 |
3.8 |
Residence locationb |
Metropolitan-large |
92.6 |
0.6 |
94.5 |
0.6 |
94.5 |
0.8 |
95.4 |
0.9 |
86.3 |
1.4 |
Metropolitan-small |
94.5 |
0.9 |
95.2 |
1.0 |
95.2 |
1.2 |
95.0 |
1.1 |
91.4 |
1.7 |
Micropolitan |
91.1 |
3.0 |
91.8 |
3.3 |
91.1 |
4.0 |
92.9 |
2.6 |
84.6 |
4.5 |
Noncore |
92.5 |
2.0 |
94.0 |
1.5 |
95.3 |
1.6 |
91.9 |
2.3 |
78.5 |
11.4 |
CSHCN |
Yes |
96.5 |
0.5 |
96.7 |
0.6 |
96.8 |
0.7 |
97.2 |
1.2 |
95.1 |
1.5 |
No |
92.1 |
0.6 |
93.8 |
0.7 |
93.7 |
0.9 |
94.3 |
0.8 |
85.8 |
1.2 |
Language spoken most often at home |
English |
94.4 |
0.6 |
94.6 |
0.6 |
94.5 |
0.8 |
95.0 |
0.7 |
92.5 |
1.4 |
Other |
84.3 |
1.4 |
89.1 |
2.5 |
87.9 |
5.5 |
* |
* |
82.6 |
1.6 |
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: 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.