National Healthcare Quality Report 2004

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Table 1.72: Percent of children under age 18 for whom a doctor or other health provider gave advice about using car safety restraints, United States, 2001

		Ever had both measures		Had both measures within past year		Had both measures within past 2 years
Population group	Total population (in thousands)^d	Percent^e	Standard error	Percent^f	Standard error	Percent^f	Standard error

Total	72,826	36.1	0.9	26.4	0.9	30.7	0.9

Race
White	56,988	36.7	0.9	26.4	0.9	30.8	0.9
Black	11,622	35.4	2.1	28.2	2.3	32.3	2.1
Asian or Pacific Islander	3,290	34.8	4.9	25.3	3.9	29.3	4.8
American Indian or Alaska Native	926	14.9	4.3	*12.3	4.2	14.1	4.2

Race/ethnicity
Hispanic	12,963	36.6	1.5	27.0	1.3	32.6	1.4
Non-Hispanic	59,863	36.0	1.0	26.3	1.0	30.3	1.0
White	44,726	36.7	1.2	26.1	1.1	30.2	1.1
Black	11,252	35.2	2.1	28.2	2.3	32.2	2.1
Other	3,884	31.0	4.6	22.7	3.6	26.5	4.4

Gender
Male	37,264	35.8	1.1	26.0	1.0	30.2	1.0
Female	35,562	36.5	1.1	26.9	1.2	31.3	1.2

Age
0-5	23,710	56.5	1.4	47.2	1.5	53.2	1.4
6-17	49,115	26.2	0.9	16.3	0.8	19.8	0.9

Insurance
Any private	49,345	37.3	1.1	26.5	1.0	30.8	1.0
Public only	17,342	36.1	1.6	28.9	1.5	33.1	1.5
Uninsured	6,139	26.6	2.3	19.1	2.0	23.2	2.3

Family income^a
Negative or poor	12,075	33.7	1.7	25.9	1.5	30.0	1.6
Near poor/low income	15,876	34.4	1.7	25.1	1.5	29.6	1.6
Middle income	23,483	34.7	1.4	23.5	1.2	27.9	1.2
High income	21,392	40.3	1.6	31.0	1.6	35.1	1.7

Residence location^b
Metropolitan-large	41,207	37.5	1.2	27.7	1.2	32.3	1.3
Metropolitan-small	19,976	36.5	1.8	25.9	1.5	30.3	1.7
Micropolitan	7,527	30.2	2.3	23.6	1.9	26.6	2.1
Noncore	4,115	32.2	2.9	21.8	2.4	25.1	2.5

Perceived health status
Excellent, very good or good	71,309	36.1	0.9	26.3	0.9	30.7	0.9
Fair or poor	1,516	36.5	4.3	30.9	3.9	34.2	4.2

CSHCN^c
Yes	13,880	32.9	1.5	25.1	1.5	27.8	1.5
No	58,520	36.9	1.0	26.7	0.9	31.4	1.0

^a "Negative or poor" refers to household incomes below the Federal poverty line; "near poor/low income", over the poverty line to just below 200 percent of the poverty line; "middle income", 200 percent to just below 400 percent of the poverty line; and "high income", 400 percent of the poverty line and over.

^bSee the MEPS entry in the Data Sources section of the Measures Specifications Appendix for more information.

^c CSHCN: children with special healthcare needs.

^dNumbers may not add to Total due to missing or rounding.

^eDenominator is total population, excluding children whose parents don't know if they had ever been given advice.

^fDenominator is total population, excluding children whose parents don't know if they had ever been given the advice, or when they were given advice.

* Relative standard error is equal to or greater than 30 percent.

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends, Medical Expenditure Panel Survey.

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