National Healthcare Quality Report 2004

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Table 1.73: Percent of children age 2-17 for whom a doctor or other health provider gave advice about using a helmet when riding a bicycle or motorcycle, 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	64,969	32.1	1.0	23.6	0.9	28.1	1.0

Race
White	50,744	32.6	1.1	23.7	1.0	28.3	1.1
Black	10,468	30.9	2.0	23.6	2.0	28.6	2.1
Asian or Pacific Islander	2,882	33.5	7.1	24.7	5.8	27.0	6.4
American Indian or Alaska Native	876	14.5	4.3	*13.1	4.2	*13.6	4.2

Race/ethnicity
Hispanic	11,360	31.1	1.6	22.7	1.6	28.6	1.6
Non-Hispanic	53,609	32.3	1.2	23.8	1.1	27.9	1.2
White	39,991	32.8	1.3	23.9	1.1	28.1	1.3
Black	10,125	30.7	2.0	23.7	2.0	28.5	2.1
Other	3,493	30.4	6.3	22.8	5.1	24.9	5.5

Gender
Male	33,175	33.3	1.1	24.2	1.0	28.9	1.1
Female	31,794	30.9	1.3	22.9	1.2	27.2	1.3

Age
2-5	15,854	30.8	1.4	27.7	1.4	30.3	1.4
6-17	49,115	32.5	1.2	22.2	1.0	27.3	1.1

Insurance
Any private	44,761	34.8	1.3	25.1	1.1	29.7	1.2
Public only	14,691	27.2	1.6	21.8	1.4	25.7	1.5
Uninsured	5,517	23.1	2.3	15.9	2.0	20.8	2.1

Family income^a
Negative or poor	10,477	25.4	1.8	18.9	1.5	22.9	1.7
Near poor/low income	14,088	29.1	1.7	20.6	1.5	25.8	1.7
Middle income	21,371	30.4	1.5	21.9	1.3	26.2	1.4
High income	19,033	39.9	1.9	30.1	1.6	34.7	1.9

Residence location^b
Metropolitan-large	36,731	35.1	1.5	26.6	1.3	31.4	1.4
Metropolitan-small	17,797	31.7	2.1	21.9	1.8	26.3	2.0
Micropolitan	6,710	21.6	2.3	15.7	2.1	18.7	2.4
Noncore	3,732	23.4	3.0	16.2	2.5	20.9	3.0

Perceived health status
Excellent, very good or good	63,618	32.1	1.0	23.5	0.9	28.1	1.0
Fair or poor	1,351	31.3	4.2	25.1	4.0	28.0	4.2

CSHCN^c
Yes	13,343	35.8	1.5	27.5	1.4	31.5	1.5
No	51,268	31.2	1.1	22.6	1.0	27.2	1.1

^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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