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2008 National Healthcare Quality & Disparities Reports

Table 6_3_11.3c
Children ages 2–17 for whom a health provider ever gave advice about using a helmet when riding a bicycle or motorcycle, 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 37.4 1.1 32.3 1.8 35.6 1.8 37.3 1.8 42.3 2.1
Age 2–5 36.6 1.7 33.2 2.7 32.4 2.6 36.5 2.8 42.8 3.8
6–17 37.7 1.2 31.9 2.0 36.8 2.0 37.5 2.0 42.1 2.3
Gender Male 38.3 1.3 33.5 2.3 35.7 2.3 38.2 2.1 43.2 2.7
Female 36.6 1.3 31.1 2.1 35.6 2.1 36.3 2.2 41.2 2.6
Race White, single race 38.4 1.3 32.6 2.1 35.8 2.2 37.1 2.1 44.1 2.3
Black, single race 33.2 2.2 30.9 3.2 36.7 3.3 33.7 4.0 31.4 6.3
Asian, single race 40.2 4.6 * * * * * * 37.7 5.9
NHOPI, single race * * * * * * * * * *
AI/AN, single race * * * * * * * * * *
Multiple races 31.9 4.6 * * * * * * * *
Ethnicity Non-Hispanic, all races 38.0 1.2 31.9 2.5 35.1 2.4 38.7 2.0 41.9 2.3
Non-Hispanic, White 39.5 1.5 31.8 3.5 36.1 3.4 38.8 2.4 43.7 2.5
Non-Hispanic, Black 32.9 2.2 31.2 3.3 35.6 3.5 33.7 4.0 30.3 6.6
Hispanic, all races 35.0 1.7 33.2 2.3 36.8 2.3 29.7 3.1 46.6 5.9
Health insurance Any private 40.5 1.4 32.4 4.3 38.2 3.1 39.2 2.0 43.5 2.2
Public only 33.5 1.4 33.1 1.9 34.0 2.2 34.2 3.9 * *
Uninsured 23.8 2.6 23.5 5.2 31.5 4.4 17.9 4.3 * *
Residence locationb Metropolitan 39.9 1.2 33.7 2.0 39.4 2.0 39.2 2.0 44.5 2.3
  Large central metro 38.5 1.8 33.8 3.0 40.0 2.5 38.5 3.4 41.2 4.2
  Large fringe metro 43.4 2.5 31.9 5.0 36.2 4.8 42.5 3.9 49.8 3.9
  Medium metro 38.1 2.7 36.1 4.0 39.0 4.6 34.9 4.1 42.5 4.7
  Small metro 38.4 2.9 30.7 5.8 44.0 6.9 41.1 5.1 35.5 6.2
Nonmetropolitan 24.3 2.2 26.6 4.1 18.9 3.3 28.3 3.5 20.0 4.6
  Micropolitan 23.4 2.4 26.9 5.1 20.1 4.4 25.2 3.1 * *
  Noncore 25.8 3.9 26.2 5.8 17.4 5.2 34.5 8.5 * *
Language spoken most often at home English 38.0 1.2 31.2 2.2 34.7 2.2 38.6 2.0 42.8 2.2
Other 34.3 1.9 36.3 3.8 38.4 2.4 27.2 4.0 * *
Perceived health status Excellent/very good/good 37.5 1.1 32.0 1.9 36.0 1.8 37.1 1.8 42.6 2.2
Fair/poor 33.7 3.8 37.3 6.3 * * * * * *
CSHCN Yes 43.5 1.8 40.0 3.2 42.7 3.6 43.5 3.0 46.4 4.1
No 35.9 1.2 29.8 1.8 34.0 1.8 35.7 1.9 41.3 2.2

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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