Table 12_1_12.3c
Rating of 9–10 on a scale from 0 to 10 of health care for children who had a doctor's office or clinic visit in the last 12 months, by family income,a United States, 2005
| Population group |
Total |
Negative/poor |
Near poor/low |
Middle |
High |
| Percent |
SE |
Percent |
SE |
Percent |
SE |
Percent |
SE |
Percent |
SE |
| Total |
67.8 |
0.8 |
63.7 |
1.9 |
64.4 |
1.7 |
69.5 |
1.5 |
70.5 |
1.7 |
| Age |
0–5 |
69.6 |
1.2 |
65.5 |
2.4 |
64.4 |
2.6 |
71.6 |
2.5 |
73.9 |
2.4 |
| 6–17 |
66.8 |
1.0 |
62.3 |
2.2 |
64.3 |
2.1 |
68.4 |
1.8 |
68.8 |
2.1 |
| Gender |
Male |
66.7 |
1.0 |
62.4 |
2.4 |
64.4 |
2.3 |
70.0 |
2.0 |
67.1 |
2.1 |
| Female |
69.0 |
1.1 |
64.9 |
2.1 |
64.3 |
2.2 |
69.0 |
1.9 |
74.2 |
2.2 |
| Race |
White, single race |
69.0 |
1.0 |
64.0 |
2.3 |
64.9 |
1.9 |
69.9 |
1.7 |
72.4 |
1.9 |
| Black, single race |
67.8 |
2.0 |
65.0 |
3.0 |
68.6 |
3.7 |
67.8 |
3.5 |
72.2 |
4.9 |
| Asian, single race |
57.6 |
5.1 |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
| NHOPI, single race |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
| AI/AN, single race |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
| Multiple races |
51.3 |
4.9 |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
| Ethnicity |
Non-Hispanic, all races |
68.0 |
0.9 |
61.9 |
2.4 |
64.7 |
2.1 |
69.1 |
1.7 |
71.1 |
1.7 |
| Non-Hispanic, White |
69.2 |
1.2 |
60.7 |
3.5 |
65.3 |
2.6 |
69.4 |
2.0 |
72.6 |
1.9 |
| Non-Hispanic, Black |
68.0 |
2.0 |
64.8 |
3.1 |
69.6 |
3.7 |
68.1 |
3.6 |
71.7 |
5.0 |
| Hispanic, all races |
66.9 |
1.8 |
67.6 |
2.9 |
63.6 |
2.4 |
72.3 |
3.9 |
63.4 |
6.9 |
| Health insurance |
Any private |
69.3 |
1.1 |
67.1 |
5.1 |
61.3 |
2.9 |
70.3 |
1.8 |
71.1 |
1.8 |
| Public only |
64.7 |
1.4 |
62.6 |
2.1 |
66.9 |
2.2 |
66.1 |
4.0 |
* |
* |
| Uninsured |
65.4 |
3.9 |
* |
* |
65.7 |
6.1 |
67.2 |
6.1 |
* |
* |
| Residence locationb |
Metropolitan |
68.2 |
0.9 |
64.0 |
2.0 |
63.4 |
2.0 |
70.2 |
1.6 |
71.0 |
1.8 |
| Large central metro |
68.4 |
1.5 |
64.1 |
2.9 |
64.4 |
2.8 |
70.1 |
2.8 |
73.1 |
3.5 |
| Large fringe metro |
68.8 |
1.8 |
60.5 |
5.9 |
66.2 |
4.1 |
69.0 |
3.7 |
71.4 |
2.8 |
| Medium metro |
68.2 |
1.8 |
64.5 |
3.5 |
60.4 |
4.6 |
70.6 |
2.9 |
72.7 |
4.1 |
| Small metro |
65.4 |
3.4 |
69.2 |
5.1 |
60.4 |
6.7 |
74.0 |
4.2 |
59.1 |
6.6 |
| Nonmetropolitan |
65.7 |
2.3 |
62.3 |
3.8 |
68.5 |
3.1 |
66.2 |
4.2 |
64.8 |
5.5 |
| Micropolitan |
64.3 |
2.5 |
58.2 |
4.1 |
63.6 |
4.2 |
66.2 |
4.5 |
* |
* |
| Noncore |
68.1 |
3.9 |
68.2 |
6.5 |
75.7 |
3.8 |
* |
* |
* |
* |
| Language spoken most often at home |
English |
68.6 |
0.9 |
64.0 |
2.1 |
65.1 |
2.0 |
69.5 |
1.6 |
71.5 |
1.8 |
| Other |
62.8 |
2.2 |
63.1 |
3.7 |
61.7 |
3.0 |
69.5 |
5.1 |
* |
* |
| Perceived health status |
Excellent/very good/good |
68.5 |
0.8 |
65.2 |
1.9 |
65.1 |
1.7 |
69.9 |
1.5 |
70.7 |
1.7 |
| Fair/poor |
47.9 |
4.6 |
38.5 |
6.2 |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
| CSHCN |
Yes |
61.7 |
1.7 |
54.8 |
2.9 |
59.0 |
3.3 |
65.9 |
3.0 |
63.3 |
3.4 |
| No |
69.7 |
0.9 |
66.4 |
2.2 |
66.4 |
1.8 |
70.8 |
1.8 |
72.4 |
1.7 |
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: AI/AN: American Indian or Alaska Native; NHOPI: Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander; 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.
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