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National Healthcare Disparities Report, 2005

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Table 164C_c
Children who can sometimes or never get care for illness or injury as soon as wanted, by family incomea, United States, 2002
Population group Total Negative/poor  Near poor/low Middle High
Percent SE Percent SE Percent SE Percent SE Percent SE
Total   7.5 0.5 12.2 1.4 8.9 1.4 7.8 1.1 4.0 0.9
Age 0-5 6.8 0.9 12.0 2.3 * * 6.4 1.7 * *
6-17 8.0 0.7 12.3 2.1 11.0 2.0 8.7 1.5 * *
Gender Male 7.7 0.7 13.8 2.2 7.9 1.9 8.0 1.5 4.4 1.3
Female 7.4 0.8 10.5 2.0 10.0 2.0 7.6 1.4 * *
Race White, single race 7.5 0.6 12.4 1.7 9.4 1.7 7.6 1.2 4.3 1.1
Black, single race 7.1 1.4 11.7 3.1 * * * * * *
Asian, single race * * * * * * * * * *
NHOPI, single race * * * * * * * * * *
AI/AN, single race * * * * * * * * * *
Multiple races * * * * * * * * * *
Ethnicity Non-Hispanic, all races 7.0 0.6 10.0 1.6 9.0 1.7 7.6 1.2 4.1 1.0
Non-Hispanic, White 6.7 0.7 8.5 2.0 9.4 2.1 7.3 1.3 4.4 1.2
Non-Hispanic, Black 7.2 1.5 12.0 3.1 * * * * * *
Hispanic (all races) 10.6 1.5 18.0 3.5 8.8 2.1 * * * *
Health insurance Any private 6.3 0.6 11.9 3.4 7.3 1.9 7.7 1.2 3.9 1.0
Public only 10.1 1.1 11.5 1.7 10.3 2.1 * * * *
Uninsured 12.2 2.9 * * * * * * * *
Residence locationb Metropolitan-large 7.6 0.7 16.2 2.5 8.2 2.2 7.0 1.4 5.1 1.4
Metropolitan-small 6.3 0.8 8.6 1.8 9.2 2.2 7.7 1.6 * *
Micropolitan 7.8 1.6 * * * * * * * *
Noncore 12.4 3.0 * * * * * * * *
CSHCN Yes 8.2 1.2 12.5 2.7 10.6 2.8 8.6 2.5 * *
No 7.3 0.6 11.8 1.8 8.4 1.6 7.6 1.2 4.5 1.2
Preferred language English 7.2 0.6 10.4 1.5 9.3 1.5 7.5 1.2 4.2 1.0
Other 12.5 2.6 21.6 5.2 * * * * * *
Born in U.S. Yes 7.4 0.5 11.6 1.4 9.1 1.4 7.5 1.2 4.2 1.0
No * * * * * * * * * *

a Negative or 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 See MEPS entry in the Data Sources Appendix (Appendix A) for more information.

* 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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