Table 184C_b Children who can sometimes or never get appointments for routine care as soon as wanted, by ethnicity, United States, 2004 |
Population group |
Total |
Non-Hispanic |
Hispanic, all races |
All races |
White |
Black |
Percent |
SE |
Percent |
SE |
Percent |
SE |
Percent |
SE |
Percent |
SE |
Total |
|
7.0 |
0.4 |
6.2 |
0.5 |
5.4 |
0.5 |
7.7 |
1.1 |
11.2 |
1.1 |
Age |
0-5 |
6.3 |
0.7 |
5.3 |
0.7 |
4.8 |
0.9 |
5.1 |
1.2 |
10.6 |
1.5 |
6-17 |
7.4 |
0.5 |
6.7 |
0.6 |
5.8 |
0.6 |
9.1 |
1.5 |
11.7 |
1.4 |
Gender |
Male |
7.4 |
0.6 |
6.7 |
0.6 |
5.6 |
0.7 |
9.9 |
1.8 |
11.1 |
1.5 |
Female |
6.6 |
0.6 |
5.7 |
0.6 |
5.3 |
0.7 |
5.5 |
1.1 |
11.4 |
1.8 |
Family incomea |
Negative/poor |
11.7 |
1.2 |
10.6 |
1.3 |
10.2 |
2.0 |
10.1 |
1.9 |
14.7 |
2.6 |
Near poor/low |
8.6 |
0.9 |
7.5 |
1.2 |
6.2 |
1.4 |
8.8 |
2.4 |
11.7 |
1.5 |
Middle |
5.7 |
0.7 |
5.2 |
0.7 |
5.1 |
0.8 |
* |
* |
9.1 |
2.4 |
High |
5.1 |
0.7 |
4.8 |
0.8 |
4.3 |
0.7 |
* |
* |
* |
* |
Health insurance |
Any private |
5.7 |
0.5 |
5.2 |
0.5 |
4.5 |
0.5 |
7.9 |
1.8 |
10.1 |
1.8 |
Public only |
10.2 |
0.9 |
9.2 |
1.1 |
9.2 |
1.6 |
8.4 |
1.4 |
12.3 |
1.5 |
Uninsured |
8.0 |
2.2 |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
Residence locationb |
Metropolitan-large |
7.4 |
0.6 |
6.5 |
0.7 |
5.5 |
0.8 |
8.4 |
1.5 |
11.1 |
1.3 |
Metropolitan-small |
5.9 |
0.6 |
5.1 |
0.6 |
4.4 |
0.6 |
6.0 |
1.7 |
10.4 |
2.2 |
Micropolitan |
7.3 |
1.7 |
6.7 |
1.6 |
6.3 |
1.7 |
* |
* |
* |
* |
Noncore |
8.2 |
1.9 |
7.5 |
1.9 |
7.9 |
2.0 |
* |
* |
* |
* |
CSHCN |
Yes |
9.4 |
0.9 |
8.4 |
1.0 |
7.4 |
1.1 |
10.3 |
2.2 |
15.9 |
2.8 |
No |
6.3 |
0.5 |
5.6 |
0.5 |
4.9 |
0.6 |
6.8 |
1.2 |
10.1 |
1.2 |
Language spoken most often at home |
English |
6.6 |
0.4 |
6.1 |
0.5 |
5.5 |
0.5 |
7.8 |
1.1 |
11.3 |
1.6 |
Other |
10.2 |
1.3 |
8.0 |
2.4 |
* |
* |
* |
* |
11.1 |
1.6 |
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: 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.