Table 184A_b Children who can always 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 |
|
72.3 |
0.9 |
73.3 |
1.0 |
74.0 |
1.1 |
71.4 |
2.3 |
67.3 |
1.9 |
Age |
0-5 |
73.6 |
1.2 |
74.9 |
1.4 |
76.0 |
1.7 |
70.8 |
2.8 |
68.1 |
2.4 |
6-17 |
71.6 |
1.2 |
72.4 |
1.3 |
72.9 |
1.5 |
71.7 |
2.8 |
66.7 |
2.3 |
Gender |
Male |
72.5 |
1.1 |
73.3 |
1.2 |
74.6 |
1.4 |
69.3 |
2.9 |
68.9 |
2.2 |
Female |
72.1 |
1.2 |
73.3 |
1.3 |
73.4 |
1.5 |
73.6 |
2.7 |
65.5 |
2.5 |
Family incomea |
Negative/poor |
66.1 |
2.0 |
67.5 |
2.4 |
67.2 |
3.6 |
68.4 |
3.5 |
62.2 |
3.3 |
Near poor/low |
71.2 |
2.0 |
73.1 |
2.4 |
74.2 |
3.2 |
73.3 |
3.7 |
65.9 |
2.7 |
Middle |
74.7 |
1.6 |
74.9 |
1.8 |
75.4 |
1.9 |
72.0 |
5.9 |
73.7 |
3.7 |
High |
73.7 |
1.6 |
74.2 |
1.7 |
74.4 |
1.8 |
* |
* |
67.5 |
5.2 |
Health insurance |
Any private |
74.2 |
1.1 |
74.6 |
1.1 |
75.1 |
1.2 |
73.1 |
3.2 |
69.8 |
3.0 |
Public only |
68.5 |
1.5 |
69.5 |
1.9 |
69.3 |
3.1 |
70.7 |
2.8 |
66.3 |
2.3 |
Uninsured |
67.3 |
4.5 |
69.6 |
5.7 |
71.0 |
5.7 |
* |
* |
59.1 |
5.3 |
Residence locationb |
Metropolitan-large |
71.8 |
1.1 |
73.4 |
1.3 |
74.0 |
1.6 |
71.9 |
2.7 |
65.2 |
2.1 |
Metropolitan-small |
73.4 |
1.9 |
73.7 |
2.0 |
75.8 |
2.1 |
66.4 |
5.4 |
71.0 |
4.0 |
Micropolitan |
70.0 |
3.3 |
69.2 |
3.1 |
66.9 |
3.3 |
* |
* |
78.1 |
11.0 |
Noncore |
75.9 |
2.8 |
76.7 |
2.7 |
76.6 |
3.2 |
* |
* |
* |
* |
CSHCN |
Yes |
66.7 |
1.7 |
66.7 |
1.9 |
66.8 |
2.3 |
66.2 |
3.9 |
66.5 |
3.7 |
No |
73.9 |
0.9 |
75.2 |
1.0 |
76.0 |
1.1 |
73.2 |
2.3 |
67.5 |
2.0 |
Language spoken most often at home |
English |
72.9 |
1.0 |
73.2 |
1.0 |
74.0 |
1.1 |
71.6 |
2.3 |
69.3 |
2.8 |
Other |
68.1 |
2.2 |
74.7 |
4.6 |
* |
* |
* |
* |
65.1 |
2.4 |
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.