Table 1.72b
Percent of children under age 18 who had their height and weight measured by a doctor or other health provider, United States, 2001 |
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Ever had both measures |
Had both measures within past year |
Had both measures within past 2 years |
| Population group |
Total population (in thousands)d |
Percente |
Standard error |
Percentf |
Standard error |
Percentf |
Standard error |
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| Total |
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72,826 |
90.3 |
0.5 |
70.7 |
0.8 |
84.5 |
0.6 |
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| Race |
White |
56,988 |
91.2 |
0.5 |
71.7 |
0.8 |
85.1 |
0.7 |
| Black |
11,622 |
88.9 |
1.4 |
68.9 |
2.2 |
84.0 |
1.8 |
| Asian or Pacific Islander |
3,290 |
82.6 |
4.0 |
62.3 |
5.2 |
78.0 |
4.4 |
| American Indian or Alaska Native |
926 |
80.8 |
4.8 |
65.1 |
5.1 |
77.4 |
5.2 |
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| Ethnicity |
Hispanic, all races |
12,963 |
84.8 |
1.1 |
66.0 |
1.5 |
79.0 |
1.3 |
| Non-Hispanic, all races |
59,863 |
91.5 |
0.5 |
71.8 |
0.9 |
85.7 |
0.7 |
| Non-Hispanic, White |
44,726 |
92.9 |
0.6 |
73.3 |
1.0 |
86.7 |
0.7 |
| Non-Hispanic, Black |
11,252 |
89.0 |
1.5 |
68.8 |
2.2 |
84.0 |
1.8 |
| Non-Hispanic, other |
3,884 |
82.0 |
3.5 |
62.9 |
4.6 |
78.1 |
3.8 |
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| Gender |
Male |
37,264 |
90.8 |
0.6 |
71.2 |
1.0 |
84.9 |
0.8 |
| Female |
35,562 |
89.8 |
0.6 |
70.3 |
0.9 |
84.1 |
0.8 |
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| Age |
0-5 |
23,710 |
93.3 |
0.6 |
84.3 |
0.9 |
91.6 |
0.7 |
| 6-17 |
49,115 |
88.9 |
0.6 |
64.1 |
0.9 |
81.0 |
0.8 |
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| Health insurance |
Any private |
49,345 |
92.6 |
0.5 |
73.3 |
0.9 |
87.2 |
0.7 |
| Public only |
17,342 |
87.9 |
1.0 |
70.5 |
1.4 |
82.8 |
1.1 |
| Uninsured |
6,139 |
78.1 |
2.0 |
50.2 |
2.5 |
67.3 |
2.0 |
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| Family incomea |
Negative or poor |
12,075 |
85.4 |
1.2 |
66.9 |
1.7 |
78.4 |
1.5 |
| Near poor/low income |
15,876 |
86.4 |
1.1 |
64.3 |
1.4 |
79.5 |
1.1 |
| Middle income |
23,483 |
90.6 |
0.8 |
69.5 |
1.3 |
84.6 |
1.1 |
| High income |
21,392 |
95.6 |
0.6 |
79.1 |
1.3 |
91.5 |
0.7 |
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| Residence locationb |
Metropolitan-large |
41,207 |
90.1 |
0.7 |
71.6 |
1.1 |
84.4 |
0.8 |
| Metropolitan-small |
19,976 |
91.1 |
0.9 |
70.6 |
1.6 |
85.8 |
1.3 |
| Micropolitan |
7,527 |
89.7 |
1.6 |
69.1 |
2.0 |
83.1 |
1.9 |
| Noncore |
4,115 |
89.3 |
2.0 |
65.4 |
3.3 |
81.8 |
2.8 |
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| Perceived health status |
Excellent, very good or good |
71,309 |
90.3 |
0.5 |
70.5 |
0.8 |
84.4 |
0.6 |
| Fair or poor |
1,516 |
90.3 |
2.2 |
81.5 |
2.8 |
86.5 |
2.5 |
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| CSHCNc |
Yes |
13,880 |
94.4 |
0.7 |
80.0 |
1.2 |
90.1 |
0.9 |
| No |
58,520 |
89.3 |
0.5 |
68.4 |
0.9 |
83.1 |
0.7 |
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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.
b See the MEPS entry in the Data Sources section of the Measures Specifications Appendix for more information.
c CSHCN: children with special health care needs.
d Numbers may not add to total due to missing or rounding.
e Denominator is total population, excluding children whose parents don't know if their child ever had weight or height measurement.
f Denominator is total population, excluding children whose parents don't know if their child ever had the measurements, or when measured.
Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends, Medical Expenditure Panel Survey.
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