N C H S - N H I S - Table 2.2 (Released 9/2002)

Table 2.2. Percent of children under 18 years old with a usual place to go for medical care, by sex, age, and race/ethnicity: United States, quarter one 2002

Characteristic	Percent	95% confidence interval
Total	94.2	93.3-95.1
Sex Boys Girls	93.5 95.0	92.2-94.7 93.6-96.3
Age Less than 6 years 6-10 years 11-13 years 14-17 years	95.0 94.6 92.6 93.8	93.4-96.7 92.8-96.4 90.2-95.0 91.8-95.7
Race/ethnicity Hispanic White non-Hispanic Black non-Hispanic	87.4 96.5 95.1	84.6-90.2 95.5-97.4 93.0-97.2

NOTES: The usual place to go for medical care does not include a hospital emergency room. The analysis excluded 12 children with unknown usual place to go for medical care.

DATA SOURCE: Based on data collected from January through March in the Sample Child Core component of the 2002 National Health Interview Survey.

Children were more likely than adults aged 18-64 years to have a usual place to go for medical care (table 2.1).

There was no difference between boys and girls regarding having a usual place to go for medical care.

Hispanic children were less likely than white non-Hispanic and black non-Hispanic children to have a usual place to go for medical care. Adjusting for age and sex did not change this result.

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