Table 186B_b Children who can usually get care for illness or injury as soon as wanted, 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 |
|
13.4 |
0.9 |
12.9 |
1.0 |
12.4 |
1.2 |
14.2 |
2.4 |
16.1 |
2.3 |
Age |
0-5 |
13.3 |
1.4 |
12.5 |
1.6 |
10.2 |
1.9 |
21.0 |
4.8 |
16.7 |
3.5 |
6-17 |
13.5 |
1.2 |
13.2 |
1.3 |
13.6 |
1.5 |
10.1 |
2.5 |
15.5 |
3.0 |
Gender |
Male |
12.5 |
1.3 |
11.8 |
1.4 |
10.7 |
1.6 |
17.6 |
3.6 |
16.7 |
3.1 |
Female |
14.4 |
1.4 |
14.2 |
1.6 |
14.2 |
1.9 |
10.4 |
2.4 |
15.3 |
2.7 |
Family incomea |
Negative/poor |
15.8 |
2.1 |
14.8 |
2.7 |
14.6 |
3.7 |
* |
* |
18.8 |
3.0 |
Near poor/low |
17.3 |
2.3 |
17.6 |
2.7 |
17.8 |
3.1 |
* |
* |
16.2 |
3.9 |
Middle |
13.6 |
1.7 |
13.1 |
1.9 |
12.3 |
2.1 |
* |
* |
17.5 |
5.2 |
High |
9.3 |
1.5 |
9.3 |
1.6 |
9.5 |
1.8 |
* |
* |
* |
* |
Health insurance |
Any private |
12.6 |
1.2 |
12.4 |
1.2 |
12.1 |
1.4 |
13.8 |
3.5 |
14.2 |
3.0 |
Public only |
15.2 |
1.7 |
14.7 |
2.1 |
13.9 |
2.6 |
14.9 |
3.4 |
16.8 |
2.9 |
Uninsured |
13.4 |
3.7 |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
Residence locationb |
Metropolitan-large |
14.0 |
1.4 |
12.9 |
1.5 |
12.7 |
1.7 |
10.7 |
2.6 |
18.8 |
3.2 |
Metropolitan-small |
13.5 |
1.9 |
14.3 |
2.2 |
13.0 |
2.5 |
* |
* |
* |
* |
Micropolitan |
12.2 |
2.8 |
11.6 |
2.9 |
13.0 |
3.2 |
* |
* |
* |
* |
Noncore |
9.4 |
2.4 |
8.7 |
2.3 |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
CSHCN |
Yes |
14.2 |
1.7 |
13.3 |
1.8 |
13.0 |
2.1 |
13.7 |
3.7 |
20.5 |
5.1 |
No |
12.6 |
1.1 |
12.3 |
1.2 |
11.6 |
1.4 |
14.6 |
3.3 |
14.1 |
2.4 |
Language spoken most often at home |
English |
12.8 |
1.0 |
12.8 |
1.0 |
12.3 |
1.2 |
14.6 |
2.5 |
12.9 |
2.4 |
Other |
18.6 |
3.0 |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
20.4 |
3.7 |
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.