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2009 National Healthcare Quality & Disparities Reports

Table 13_1_4.5c
Children who needed care right away for an illness, injury, or condition in the last 12 months who sometimes or never got care as soon as wanted, by family income,a United States, 2006
    Total Negative/poor Near poor/low Middle High
Population group Percent SE Percent SE Percent SE Percent SE Percent SE
Total   7.12 0.68 7.64 1.36 10.13 1.70 7.36 1.29 4.70 1.15
Age 0–5 7.04 1.03 7.13 2.08 11.68 2.78 DSU DSU DSU DSU
6–17 7.17 0.88 8.13 1.83 8.97 2.16 8.78 1.69 DSU DSU
Gender Male 7.76 0.99 7.83 1.70 7.93 2.16 8.79 2.02 6.56 1.74
Female 6.37 0.95 7.38 1.90 12.93 2.61 5.87 1.63 DSU DSU
Race White, single race 6.69 0.73 6.21 1.27 9.73 1.83 6.92 1.35 5.12 1.27
Black, single race 8.90 1.74 DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU
Asian, single race DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU
NHOPI, single race DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU
AI/AN, single race DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU
Multiple races DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU
Ethnicity Non-Hispanic, all races 7.21 0.77 8.36 1.77 9.33 2.04 8.00 1.47 4.90 1.24
Non-Hispanic, White 6.55 0.85 6.40 1.68 7.93 2.23 7.35 1.56 5.38 1.39
Non-Hispanic, Black 9.10 1.82 DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU
Hispanic, all races 6.68 1.15 DSU DSU 12.55 2.88 DSU DSU DSU DSU
Health insurance Any private 6.25 0.80 DSU DSU 10.16 2.59 6.98 1.31 4.74 1.20
Public only 9.73 1.32 8.36 1.61 11.10 2.17 DSU DSU DSU DSU
Uninsured DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU
Residence locationb Metropolitan 6.62 0.70 7.05 1.55 10.82 1.94 6.70 1.33 4.01 1.07
  Large central metro 8.11 1.34 DSU DSU 13.57 3.56 8.08 2.39 DSU DSU
  Large fringe metro 3.59 1.00 DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU
  Medium metro 8.87 1.55 11.65 3.04 DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU
  Small metro DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU
Nonmetropolitan 9.83 2.08 9.67 2.62 DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU
  Micropolitan 10.19 2.65 DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU
  Noncore DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU
Language spoken most often at home English 6.75 0.71 7.29 1.47 9.86 1.90 7.06 1.31 4.48 1.17
Other 10.79 2.38 DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU
Perceived health status Excellent/very good/good 7.08 0.70 7.39 1.44 10.42 1.76 7.21 1.32 4.74 1.19
Fair/poor 7.92 2.27 DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU
CSHCN Yes 7.87 1.29 9.22 2.37 DSU DSU 10.94 2.71 DSU DSU
No 6.67 0.83 6.96 1.76 10.82 2.00 5.51 1.47 5.26 1.50

a Negative/poor refers to household incomes below the Federal poverty line; near poor/low, 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.

DSU - 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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