Table 186A_a Children who can always get care for illness or injury as soon as wanted, by race, United States, 2004 |
Population group |
Total |
Single race |
Multiple races |
White |
Black |
Asian |
NHOPI |
AI/AN |
Percent |
SE |
Percent |
SE |
Percent |
SE |
Percent |
SE |
Percent |
SE |
Percent |
SE |
Percent |
SE |
Total |
|
79.3 |
1.1 |
79.4 |
1.3 |
80.1 |
2.5 |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
Age |
0-5 |
77.9 |
1.7 |
79.4 |
2.1 |
73.5 |
4.8 |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
6-17 |
80.2 |
1.4 |
79.4 |
1.7 |
84.1 |
2.8 |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
Gender |
Male |
79.9 |
1.5 |
80.4 |
1.7 |
77.1 |
3.8 |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
Female |
78.7 |
1.6 |
78.3 |
1.9 |
83.5 |
2.7 |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
Family incomea |
Negative/poor |
73.3 |
2.5 |
71.0 |
2.9 |
80.2 |
4.5 |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
Near poor/low |
75.4 |
2.4 |
75.9 |
2.8 |
80.0 |
4.2 |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
Middle |
79.1 |
2.0 |
79.1 |
2.4 |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
High |
85.5 |
1.8 |
85.0 |
2.0 |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
Health insurance |
Any private |
81.2 |
1.3 |
81.3 |
1.5 |
81.6 |
3.6 |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
Public only |
75.1 |
2.0 |
74.5 |
2.6 |
78.7 |
3.6 |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
Uninsured |
78.3 |
4.6 |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
Residence locationb |
Metropolitan-large |
78.8 |
1.6 |
79.1 |
1.9 |
81.7 |
2.8 |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
Metropolitan-small |
78.9 |
2.3 |
79.3 |
2.7 |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
Micropolitan |
82.1 |
3.9 |
80.7 |
4.5 |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
Noncore |
81.1 |
3.2 |
80.8 |
3.5 |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
CSHCN |
Yes |
77.4 |
2.0 |
77.1 |
2.5 |
79.8 |
3.9 |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
No |
80.5 |
1.3 |
80.7 |
1.4 |
80.2 |
3.3 |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
Language spoken most often at home |
English |
80.5 |
1.1 |
80.6 |
1.4 |
80.4 |
2.5 |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
Other |
68.3 |
3.6 |
68.6 |
4.0 |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
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.