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Table 86c
Children ages 0-17 with both weight and height measurements, 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   93.0 0.5 90.3 1.1 90.2 1.0 93.4 0.9 96.3 0.6
Age 0-5 94.9 0.6 91.8 1.2 93.7 1.0 94.6 1.3 98.6 0.5
6-17 92.1 0.6 89.4 1.3 88.5 1.3 92.8 0.9 95.3 0.8
Gender Male 93.2 0.5 90.2 1.2 90.3 1.2 94.1 0.8 96.3 0.8
Female 92.7 0.7 90.5 1.3 90.1 1.3 92.6 1.2 96.2 0.8
Race White, single race 92.5 0.7 89.2 1.5 88.8 1.3 92.9 1.0 96.3 0.7
Black, single race 95.0 0.7 92.6 1.2 94.6 1.3 96.0 1.2 99.7 0.3
Asian, single race 91.1 1.7 * * * * * * 92.3 2.6
NHOPI, single race * * * * * * * * * *
AI/AN, single race * * * * * * * * * *
Multiple races 95.7 1.7 94.1 4.5 * * * * * *
Ethnicity Non-Hispanic, all races 94.4 0.6 93.0 1.0 93.0 1.1 93.9 0.9 96.3 0.7
Non-Hispanic, White 94.4 0.8 93.5 1.6 92.4 1.6 93.5 1.1 96.4 0.8
Non-Hispanic, Black 94.9 0.7 92.6 1.2 94.4 1.4 95.9 1.3 99.7 0.3
Hispanic, all races 87.2 1.1 84.4 2.4 83.6 1.8 90.6 1.8 95.9 1.4
Health insurance Any private 94.5 0.6 89.8 2.9 92.3 1.4 93.7 1.0 96.6 0.5
Public only 91.9 0.7 91.4 1.1 91.2 1.1 95.3 1.2 * *
Uninsured 83.3 2.2 80.5 3.6 75.9 4.1 87.1 2.9 * *
Residence locationb Metropolitan-large 92.6 0.6 89.3 1.6 88.5 1.4 93.2 1.0 96.4 0.7
Metropolitan-small 94.5 0.9 94.3 1.2 93.0 1.3 93.1 1.8 97.6 0.8
Micropolitan 91.1 3.0 89.8 2.8 87.9 4.0 93.4 2.7 92.3 4.9
Noncore 92.5 2.0 83.7 5.5 94.7 1.8 96.1 1.8 * *
CSHCN Yes 96.5 0.5 97.2 0.6 95.2 1.4 94.9 1.3 98.6 0.7
No 92.1 0.6 88.5 1.3 89.1 1.1 92.9 1.0 95.7 0.7
Language spoken most often at home English 94.4 0.6 92.8 1.0 93.8 1.0 93.6 0.9 96.5 0.6
Other 84.3 1.4 81.7 2.7 79.1 2.4 91.7 1.8 92.6 2.6

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.

 
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