You Are Here: Archive Home > 2001 Press Release Archive > Less Than a Third of Black and Hispanic Children Visit a Dentist During the Year

Less Than a Third of Black and Hispanic Children Visit a Dentist During the Year

This information is for reference purposes only. It was current when produced and may now be outdated. Archive material is no longer maintained, and some links may not work. Persons with disabilities having difficulty accessing this information should contact us at: https://info.ahrq.gov. Let us know the nature of the problem, the Web address of what you want, and your contact information.

Please go to www.ahrq.gov for current information.

Press Release Date: May 2, 2001

Less than a third of black and Hispanic children had a dental visit at any time during 1996 (27.2 percent of blacks and 29.2 percent of Hispanics). Overall, less than half (42.5 percent) of all children visited a dentist in 1996. A higher percentage of white children—but still less than half (49.2 percent)—had a dental visit.

This information was published in "Annual Report on Access to and Utilization of Health Care for Children and Youth in the United States—2000" in the January-February issue of Ambulatory Pediatrics. The article shows data derived from the 1996 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS) of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. The article is available from the AHRQ Publications Clearinghouse, phone: 800-358-9295, or E-mail: AHRQPubs@ahrq.hhs.gov.

Select for a graphic (10 KB) (PDF File, 7 KB; PDF Help) showing the percent of children under 18 with a dental visit by race/ethnicity, 1996.

The information on this page is archived and provided for reference purposes only.