Summary Health Statistics

for U.S. Children: National

Health Interview Survey,

2010

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Series 10, Number 250

Summary Health Statistics

for U.S. Children: National

Health Interview Survey,

2010

Data From the National Health

Interview Survey

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

National Center for Health Statistics

Hyattsville, Maryland

December 2011

DHHS Publication No. (PHS) 2012–1578
National Center for Health Statistics

Edward J. Sondik, Ph.D., Director

Jennifer H. Madans, Ph.D., Associate Director for Science

Division of Health Interview Statistics

Jane F. Gentleman, Ph.D., Director
Contents 

Abstract . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 

Introduction .............................................................................................. 1 

Methods ................................................................................................. 2 

Data Source ............................................................................................. 2 

Estimation Procedures..................................................................................... 3 

Transition to the 2000 Census-based Weights .................................................................. 3 

Age Adjustment .......................................................................................... 3 

Income and Poverty Status Changes ......................................................................... 3 

Sample Size Changes in NHIS .............................................................................. 4 

Data Limitations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 

Variance Estimation and Significance Testing .................................................................. 4 

Further Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 

Selected Highlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 

Asthma . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 

Allergies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 

Learning Disability and ADHD ............................................................................. 5 

Prescription Medication Use for at Least 3 Months ............................................................. 5 

Respondent-assessed Health Status........................................................................... 6 

School Days Missed Due to Illness or Injury .................................................................. 6 

Usual Place of Health Care................................................................................. 6 

Time Since Last Contact With a Health Care Professional........................................................ 6 

Selected Measures of Health Care Access ..................................................................... 6 

Emergency Room Visits in the Past 12 Months ................................................................ 7 

Dental Care ............................................................................................. 7 

References ................................................................................................ 7 

Detailed Tables (1–18) ...................................................................................... 9 

Appendix I. Technical Notes on Methods (Tables I–III) ........................................................... 48 

Appendix II. Definitions of Selected Terms..................................................................... 51 

Appendix III. Tables of Unadjusted (Crude) Estimates (Tables IV–XV) .............................................. 54 

List of Detailed Tables

1.	 Frequencies and age-adjusted percentages (with standard errors) of ever having asthma and still having asthma for 

children under age 18 years, by selected characteristics: United States, 2010 .................................... 9 

2.	 Frequencies and age-adjusted percentages (with standard errors) of hay fever, respiratory allergies, food allergies, 

and skin allergies in the past 12 months for children under age 18 years, by selected characteristics: United States, 

2010.............................................................................................. 11 

3.	 Frequencies and age-adjusted percentages (with standard errors) of ever having been told of having a learning disability 

or attention deficit hyperactivity disorder for children aged 3–17 years, by selected characteristics: United States, 

2010.............................................................................................. 13 

4.	 Frequencies and age-adjusted percentages (with standard errors) of having a problem for which prescription 

medication has been taken regularly for at least 3 months for children under age 18 years, by selected characteristics: 

United States, 2010.................................................................................. 15 

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5.	 Frequency distributions of respondent-assessed health status for children under age 18 years, by selected characteristics: 

United States, 2010.................................................................................. 17 

6.	 Age-adjusted percent distributions (with standard errors) of respondent-assessed health status for children under age 18 

years, by selected characteristics: United States, 2010...................................................... 19 

7.	 Frequency distributions of health status compared with a year ago given current health status for children aged 1–17 

years, by selected characteristics: United States, 2010...................................................... 21 

8.	 Age-adjusted percent distributions (with standard errors) of health status compared with a year ago given current health 

status for children aged 1–17 years, by selected characteristics: United States, 2010 ............................. 23 

9.	 Frequency distributions of number of school days missed in the past 12 months because of illness or injury for children 

aged 5–17 years, by selected characteristics: United States, 2010............................................. 26 

10.	 Age-adjusted percent distributions (with standard errors) of number of school days missed in the past 12 months 

because of illness or injury for children aged 5–17 years, by selected characteristics: United States, 2010............ 28 

11.	 Frequencies of having a usual place of health care and frequency distributions of location of usual place of health care 

for children with a usual place of health care for children under age 18 years, by selected characteristics: United States, 

2010.............................................................................................. 30 

12.	 Age-adjusted percentages (with standard errors) of having a usual place of health care and age-adjusted percent 

distributions (with standard errors) of usual place of health care for children with a usual place of health care for 

children under age 18 years, by selected characteristics: United States, 2010 ................................... 32 

13.	 Frequency distributions of length of time since last contact with a health care professional for children under age 18 

years, by selected characteristics: United States, 2010...................................................... 35 

14.	 Age-adjusted percent distributions (with standard errors) of length of time since last contact with a health care 

professional for children under age 18 years, by selected characteristics: United States, 2010...................... 37 

15.	 Frequencies and age-adjusted percentages (with standard errors) of selected measures of health care access for children 

under age 18 years, by selected characteristics: United States, 2010 .......................................... 39 

16.	 Frequencies and age-adjusted percentages (with standard errors) of emergency room visits for children under age 18 

years, by selected characteristics: United States, 2010...................................................... 41 

17.	 Frequency distributions of unmet dental need in the past 12 months and frequency distributions of length of time since 

last dental visit for children aged 2–17 years, by selected characteristics: United States, 2010 ..................... 43 

18.	 Age-adjusted percent distributions (with standard errors) of unmet dental need in the past 12 months and age-adjusted 

percent distributions (with standard errors) of length of time since last dental visit for children aged 2–17 years, by 

selected characteristics: United States, 2010 .............................................................. 45 

List of Appendix Tables

I.	 Age distribution used in age adjusting data shown in Tables 1–18: Projected 2000 U.S. standard population.......... 48 

II.	 Weighted counts and weighted percentages of children with unknown information for selected health variables: 

National Health Interview Survey, 2010 ................................................................. 49 

III.	 Weighted counts and weighted percentages of children under age 18 years with unknown information on selected 

sociodemographic characteristics: National Health Interview Survey, 2010 ..................................... 49 

IV.	 Frequencies and percentages (with standard errors) of ever having asthma and still having asthma for children under 

age 18 years, by selected characteristics: United States, 2010................................................ 54 

V.	 Frequencies and percentages (with standard errors) of hay fever, respiratory allergies, food allergies, and skin allergies 

in the past 12 months for children under age 18 years, by selected characteristics: United States, 2010.............. 56 

VI.	 Frequencies and percentages (with standard errors) of ever having been told of having a learning disability or attention 

deficit hyperactivity disorder for children aged 3–17 years, by selected characteristics: United States, 2010 .......... 58 

VII.	 Frequencies and percentages (with standard errors) of having a problem for which prescription medication has been 

taken regularly for at least 3 months for children under age 18 years, by selected characteristics: United States, 2010. . 60 

VIII.	 Percent distributions (with standard errors) of respondent-assessed health status for children under age 18 years, by 

selected characteristics: United States, 2010 .............................................................. 62 

IX.	 Percent distributions (with standard errors) of health status compared with a year ago given current health status for 

children aged 1–17 years, by selected characteristics: United States, 2010 ..................................... 64 

X.	 Percent distributions (with standard errors) of number of school days missed in the past 12 months because of illness 

or injury for children aged 5–17 years, by selected characteristics: United States, 2010........................... 67 

XI.	 Percentages (with standard errors) of having a usual place of health care and percent distributions (with standard 

errors) of usual place of health care for children with a usual place of health care for children under age 18 years, by 

selected characteristics: United States, 2010 .............................................................. 69 

XII.	 Percent distributions (with standard errors) of length of time since last contact with a health care professional for 

children under age 18 years, by selected characteristics: United States, 2010 ................................... 72 

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XIII. Frequencies and percentages (with standard errors) of selected measures of health care access for children under

age 18 years, by selected characteristics: United States, 2010................................................ 74

XIV. Frequencies and percentages (with standard errors) of emergency room visits in the past 12 months for children

under age 18 years, by selected characteristics: United States, 2010 .......................................... 76

XV. Percent distributions (with standard errors) of unmet dental need in the past 12 months and percent distributions (with

standard errors) of length of time since last dental visit for children aged 2–17 years, by selected characteristics:

United States, 2010.................................................................................. 78

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Objectives

This report presents both age-adjusted

and unadjusted statistics from the 2010

National Health Interview Survey (NHIS)

on selected health measures for children

under age 18 years, classified by sex,

age, race, Hispanic origin, family structure,

parent education, family income, poverty

status, health insurance coverage, place

of residence, region, and current health

status. The topics covered are asthma,

allergies, learning disability, attention deficit

hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), prescription

medication use, respondent-assessed

health status, school days missed due to

illness or injury, usual place of health care,

time since last contact with a health care

professional, selected measures of health

care access and utilization, and dental

care.

Data Source

NHIS is a multistage probability sample

survey conducted annually by interviewers

of the U.S. Census Bureau for the Centers

for Disease Control and Prevention’s

National Center for Health Statistics and is

representative of the civilian

noninstitutionalized population of the

United States. Data are collected for all

family members during face-to-face

interviews with an adult family respondent

and any other adults present at the time of

interview. Additional information about

children is collected for one randomly

selected child per family in face-to-face

interviews with an adult proxy respondent

familiar with the child’s health.

Selected Highlights

In 2010, most U.S. children aged 17

years and under had excellent or very

good health (82%). However, 8% of

children had no health insurance

coverage, and 5% of children had no

usual place of health care. Seven

percent of children had unmet dental

need because their families could not

afford dental care. Fourteen percent of

children had ever been diagnosed with

asthma. An estimated 8% of children

aged 3–17 years had a learning

disability, and an estimated 8% of

children had ADHD.

Keywords: health conditions •

access to care • unmet medical

need • ADHD

Summary Health Statistics for 

U.S. Children: National Health

Interview Survey, 2010

by Barbara Bloom, M.P.A.; Robin A. Cohen, Ph.D.; and Gulnur

Freeman, M.P.A.; Division of Health Interview Statistics

Introduction 

This report is one in a set of reports

summarizing data from the 2010

National Health Interview Survey

(NHIS), a multipurpose health survey

conducted by the Centers for Disease

Control and Prevention’s National

Center for Health Statistics (NCHS).

This report provides national estimates

for a broad range of health measures for

the U.S. civilian noninstitutionalized

population of children aged 17 years

and under. Two other reports in this set

provide estimates of selected health

measures for the U.S. population and for

adults (1,2). These three volumes of

descriptive statistics and highlights are

published for each year of NHIS (3–5),

and since 1997 have replaced the

annual, one-volume Current Estimates

series (6).

Estimates are presented for asthma,

allergies, learning disability, attention

deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD),

prescription medication use, respondentassessed health status, school days

missed due to illness or injury, usual

place of health care, time since last

contact with a health care professional,

selected measures of health care access

and utilization, and dental care.

[Information regarding injuries to

children is in ‘‘Summary Health

Statistics for the U.S. Population:

National Health Interview Survey,

2010’’ (1).] Estimates are derived from

the Sample Child and the Family Core

components of the annual NHIS Basic

Module and are shown in Tables 1–18

for various subgroups of the population,

including those defined by sex, age,

race, Hispanic origin, family structure,

parent education, family income,

poverty status, health insurance

coverage, place of residence, region, and

current health status. Estimates for other

characteristics of special relevance are

also included, where appropriate.

Appendix I contains brief technical

notes including information about age

adjustment and unknown values

(Tables I–III); Appendix II, the

definitions of terms used in this report;

and Appendix III, the tables of

unadjusted estimates (Tables IV–XV).

NHIS has been an important source

of information about health and health

care in the United States since it was

first conducted in 1957. Given the

ever-changing nature of the U.S.

population, the NHIS questionnaire has

been revised every 10–15 years, with

the latest revision occurring in 1997.

The first sample design changes were

introduced in 1973 and the first

procedural changes in 1975 (7). In 1982,

the NHIS questionnaire and data

preparation procedures of the survey

were extensively revised. The basic

concepts of NHIS changed in some

cases; in other cases, the concepts were

measured in a different way. For a more

complete explanation of these changes,

see Series 10, No. 150, Appendix IV

(8). In 1985, a new sample design for

NHIS and a different method of

presenting sampling errors were

introduced (9,10). In 1995, another

change in the sample design was

introduced, including the oversampling

of black and Hispanic persons (11).

In 1997, the NHIS questionnaire

was substantially revised and the means

of administration was changed to

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computer-assisted personal interviewing.

This new design improved the ability of

NHIS to provide important health

information. However, comparisons of

the NHIS data collected before and after

the beginning of 1997 should not be

undertaken without a careful

examination of the changes across

survey instruments (6,8,10).

In response to the changing

demographics of the U.S. population, in

1997 the Office of Management and

Budget (OMB) issued new standards for

collecting data on race and Hispanic

origin (12). Most notably, the new

standards allow respondents to the

census and federal surveys to indicate

more than one group in answering

questions on race. Additionally, the

category ‘‘Asian or Pacific Islander’’ is

now split into two distinct categories,

‘‘Asian’’ and ‘‘Native Hawaiian or Other

Pacific Islander,’’ for data collection

purposes. Although NHIS had allowed

respondents to choose more than one

race group for many years, NHIS

became fully compliant with all the new

race and ethnicity standards with the

fielding of the 1999 survey. The tables

in this report reflect these new

standards. The text in this report uses

shorter versions of the new OMB race

and Hispanic origin terms for

conciseness, and the tables use the

complete terms. For example, the

category ‘‘Not Hispanic or Latino, Black

or African American, single race’’ in the

tables is referred to as ‘‘non-Hispanic

black’’ in the text.

The NHIS sample is redesigned and

redrawn about every 10 years to better

measure the changing U.S. population

and to meet new survey objectives. A

new sample design for NHIS was

implemented in 2006. The fundamental

structure of the new 2006 NHIS sample

design is very similar to the previous

1995–2005 NHIS sample design,

including state-level stratification. The

new sample design reduced the NHIS

sample size by about 13%, compared

with the 1995–2005 NHIS.

Oversampling of the black and Hispanic

populations has been retained in the

2006 design to allow for more precise

estimation of health characteristics in

these growing minority populations. The

new sample design also oversamples the

Asian population. In addition, the

sample adult selection process has been

revised so that when black, Hispanic, or

Asian persons aged 65 years and over

are in the family, they have an increased

chance of being selected as the sample

adult.

Additionally, beginning in the 2003

NHIS, editing procedures were changed

to maintain consistency with the U.S.

Census Bureau procedures for collecting

and editing data on race and ethnicity.

As a result of these changes, in cases

where ‘‘other race’’ was mentioned

along with one or more OMB race

groups, the ‘‘other race’’ response is

dropped, and the OMB race group

information is retained on the NHIS

data file. In cases where ‘‘other race’’

was the only race response, it is treated

as missing, and the race is imputed.

Although this change has resulted in an

increase in the number of persons in the

OMB race category ‘‘White’’ because

this is numerically the largest group, the

change is not expected to have a

substantial effect on the estimates in this

report. More information about the

race/ethnicity editing procedures used by

the U.S. Census Bureau can be found at

http://www.census.gov/popest/data/

historical/files/MRSF-01-US1.pdf.

Methods

Data Source

The main objective of NHIS is to

monitor the health of the U.S.

population through the collection and

analysis of data on a broad range of

health topics. The target population for

NHIS is the civilian noninstitutionalized

population of the United States. Persons

excluded are patients in long-term care

institutions (e.g., nursing homes for the

elderly, hospitals for the chronically ill

or physically or intellectually disabled,

and wards for abused or neglected

children); correctional facilities (e.g.,

prisons or jails, juvenile detention

centers, halfway houses); active duty

Armed Forces personnel (although their

civilian family members are included);

and U.S. nationals living in foreign

countries. Each year, a representative

sample of households across the country

is selected for NHIS using a multistage

cluster sample design. Details on sample

design can be found in ‘‘Design and

Estimation for the National Health

Interview Survey, 1995–2004’’ (11).

Trained interviewers from the U.S.

Census Bureau visit each selected

household and administer NHIS in

person. Detailed interviewer instructions

can be found in the NHIS field

representative’s manual (13).

The annual NHIS questionnaire,

now called the Basic Module or Core,

consists of three main components: the

Family Core, the Sample Adult Core,

and the Sample Child Core. The Family

Core collects information for all family

members regarding household

composition and sociodemographic

characteristics, along with basic

indicators of health status, activity

limitations, and utilization of health care

services. One responsible family

member whose age is equal to or greater

than the age of majority for a given

state responds to questions about all

family members in the Family Core.

Any responsible family member equal to

or greater than the age of majority for a

given state may be the family

respondent and respond to questions in

the Family Core for all related

household members of any age. In most

states this age is 18 years, but in

Alabama and Nebraska it is 19 years

and in Mississippi it is 21 years. For

children and for adults not available

during the interview, information is

provided by a knowledgeable adult

family member (usually aged 18 years

and over, see above) residing in the

household. Although considerable effort

is made to ensure accurate reporting, the

information from both proxies and

self-respondents may be inaccurate

because the respondent is unaware of

relevant information, has forgotten it,

does not wish to reveal it to an

interviewer, or does not understand the

intended meaning of the question.

The Sample Adult and Sample

Child Cores obtain additional

information on the health of one

randomly selected adult (the ‘‘sample

adult’’) and one randomly selected child

(the ‘‘sample child’’) in the family; the

sample adult responds for himself or
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herself, and a knowledgeable adult in

the family provides proxy responses for

the sample child. The Sample Child

Core is the primary source of data for

this report, with information regarding

demographic characteristics, health

insurance, and access to medical care

derived from the Family Core.

The interviewed sample for 2010

consisted of 34,329 households, which

yielded 89,976 persons in 35,177

families. A total of 12,557 children aged

17 years and under were eligible for the

Sample Child questionnaire. Data were

collected for 11,277 sample children, a

conditional response rate of 89.8%. The

unconditional or final response rate for

the Sample Child component was

calculated by multiplying the conditional

rate by the final family response rate of

78.7%, yielding a rate of 70.7% (14).

Estimation Procedures

Data presented in this report are

weighted to provide national health

estimates. The sample child record

weight is used for all estimates shown

in this report with the exception of

estimates for respondent-assessed health

status, uninsured for health care, unmet

medical needs, and delayed care due to

cost, where the person record weight

was used. The person record weight was

used because the data for these variables

were collected for all children, not just

the sample child, in order to produce

more precise estimates. These weights

were calibrated by NCHS staff to

produce numbers consistent with the

civilian noninstitutionalized population

estimates of the United States by age,

sex, and race/ethnicity, based on

projections from the 2000 U.S. Census.

For each health measure, weighted

frequencies and weighted percentages

for all children and for various

subgroups of the child population are

shown. All counts are expressed in

thousands. Counts for persons of

unknown status with respect to each

health characteristic of interest are not

shown separately in the tables, nor are

they included in the calculation of

percentages, to make the presentation of

the estimates more straightforward. For

all health measures in this report, the

overall percentage unknown is typically

small, in most cases less than 1%, and

is shown in Appendix I (Table II).

Nevertheless, these unknown cases are

included in the total population counts

for each table. Therefore, note that

readers may obtain slightly different

percentages than those shown in the

tables if they elect to calculate

percentages based on the frequencies

and population counts presented in the

tables.

In addition, some of the

sociodemographic variables used to

delineate various subgroups of the

population have unknown values. For

most of these variables, the percentage

unknown is small. However, in the case

of family income, no income

information is available for about 3% of

sample children in the 2010 survey, and

only a broad range for their families’

income was provided for about 15% of

sample children (refer to the section on

Income and Poverty Status Changes for

more information). Poverty status, which

is based on family income, therefore

also has a high nonresponse rate (see

Appendix I, Table III). Estimates in this

publication are based on reported

income and may differ from other

measures of income that are based on

imputed income data (which were not

available when this report was

prepared). Health estimates for persons

with these unknown sociodemographic

characteristics are not shown in the

tables, but readers should refer to

Appendix I for more information on the

quantities of cases in the unknown

income and poverty status categories.

Transition to the 2000

Census-based Weights

In Summary Health Statistics

reports prior to 2003, the weights for

NHIS data were derived from 1990

census-based postcensal population

estimates. Beginning with the 2003 data,

NHIS transitioned to weights derived

from the 2000 census-based population

estimates. The impact of this transition

was assessed for the 2002 NHIS by

comparing estimates for selected health

characteristics using the 1990

census-based weights with those using

the 2000 census-based weights.

Although the effect of new population

controls on survey estimates differed by

type of health characteristic, the effect

of this change on health characteristic

rates was small but was somewhat

larger for weighted frequencies (15).

Age Adjustment

Beginning with the 2002 report,

estimates are provided in two sets of

tables. Unless otherwise specified, the

percentages in the first set (Tables 1–18)

were age adjusted using the projected

2000 U.S. population as the standard

population. Age adjustment was used to

permit comparison among various

sociodemographic subgroups that may

have different age structures (16,17). In

most cases, the age groups used for age

adjustment are the same age groups

presented in the tables. The age-adjusted

estimates in this report may not match

age-adjusted estimates for the same

health characteristics in other reports if

different age groups were used for age

adjustment or different record weights

were used. The second set (Tables IV–

XV in Appendix III) provides estimates

that are not age adjusted so that readers

may compare current estimates with

those published in the 1997–2001

Summary Health Statistics reports and

may see the effects of age adjustment

on the 2010 estimates (see Appendix I

for details on age adjustment).

Frequency tables have been removed

from the age-unadjusted set of tables in

Appendix III to eliminate redundancy in

the report.

Income and Poverty Status

Changes

Starting with the 2007 NHIS, the

income amount follow-up questions that

had been in place since 1997 were

replaced with a series of unfolding

bracket questions. This decision was

based on the relatively poor

performance of the 1997–2006 versions

of the follow-up income amount

questions and on the results of a 2006

field test that compared unfolding

bracket follow-up questions to the

income amount follow-up questions

used since 1997. For more information
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about the 2006 field test, refer to

Appendix I.

The unfolding bracket method

utilized a series of closed-ended income

range questions (e.g., ‘‘Is it less than

$50,000?’’) for respondents who failed

to provide the exact amount of the

family’s income. The closed-ended

income range questions were

constructed so that each successive

question established a smaller range for

the amount of the family’s income in

the last calendar year.

Based on results from the 2006

field test, the unfolding bracket

follow-up income questions performed

better than the follow-up income

questions used from 1997 to 2006. For

example, the percentage of unknown

responses for a three-category poverty

status variable was 17% using the

income bracket follow-up questions

compared with 31% using the income

follow-up questions from 1997 to 2006.

Because of these positive results,

the unfolding bracket income follow-up

questions were implemented during the

first quarter of the 2007 NHIS. Due to

the differences in the income follow-up

questions between 1997–2006 and

2007–2009, income and poverty status

estimates from 2007 and later years may

not be comparable with those from prior

years.

Sample Size Changes in

NHIS

The size of the NHIS sample was

reduced due to budget shortfalls in

2002–2004 and 2006–2008. Following a

reduction of approximately 50% during

January–March 2009, newly available

funding later in 2009 permitted an

expansion during October–December

2009 to expand that quarter’s normal

sample size by approximately 50%. The

net effect of the January–March 2009

reduction and the October–December

2009 expansion was that the 2009 NHIS

sample size was approximately the same

as it would have been if the sample had

been maintained at a normal level

during the entire calendar year.

In 2010, the NHIS sample was

expanded by approximately 25% during

January–March. There were no further

expansions or reductions in the

remaining months of that year, resulting

in a 2010 NHIS sample size that was

slightly larger than the 2009 NHIS

sample size.

Data Limitations

As mentioned above, the redesigned

NHIS is somewhat different in content,

format, and mode of data collection

from earlier versions of the survey.

These changes can make it complex to

compare 1997–2009 NHIS estimates

with those of earlier years. The

2006–2009 NHIS is based on a different

sample design, including the

oversampling of the Asian population as

well as Hispanic, black, or Asian sample

adults aged 65 years and over, and a

permanent sample reduction of 13%,

compared with the 1997–2005 NHIS.

The change in sample design should be

considered when comparing estimates

from the 2006–2009 NHIS with those

from 2005 and earlier years. Beginning

in 2003, NHIS uses weights derived

from the 2000 U.S. Census-based

population estimates. Analysts who

compare NHIS frequencies across this

transition, for example, comparing 2005

with 2002, need to recognize that some

of the observed differences may be due

to the change in the population

estimates. Unadjusted percentage

estimates shown in the Appendix III

tables of this report may be compared

with those published in Summary Health

Statistics reports of 1997–2001, which

did not contain age-adjusted estimates.

Age-adjusted estimates in this report

should not be compared with earlier

unadjusted estimates unless it can be

demonstrated that the effect of age

adjustment is minimal.

It is important to note that

frequencies are underestimates due to

item nonresponse and unknowns, both

of which are excluded from the tables

(with the exception of the ‘‘All

children’’ or ‘‘Total‘‘ columns shown in

each table). See Appendix I for more

information about the number of

unknowns with respect to each health

characteristic.

Interpretation of estimates should

only be made after reviewing Appendix

I, which contains important information

about the methods used to obtain the

estimates, changes in the survey

instrument, and measurement issues

currently being evaluated.

Variance Estimation and

Significance Testing

NHIS data are based on a sample of

the population and are, therefore, subject

to sampling error. Standard errors are

reported to indicate the reliability of the

estimates. Estimates and standard errors

were calculated using SUDAAN

software, which takes into account the

complex sampling design of NHIS. The

Taylor series linearization method was

used for variance estimation in

SUDAAN (18).

Standard errors are shown for all

percentages in the tables (but not for the

frequencies). Estimates with relative

standard errors greater than 30% and

less than or equal to 50% are considered

unreliable and are indicated with an

asterisk (*). Estimates with relative

standard errors greater than 50% are

indicated with a dagger (†), but the

estimates are not shown. The statistical

significance of differences between

point estimates was evaluated using

two-sided t tests at the 0.05 level and

assuming independence. Terms such as

‘‘greater than,’’ ‘‘less than,’’ ‘‘more

likely,’’ ‘‘less likely,’’ ‘‘compared with,’’

or ‘‘opposed to’’ indicate a statistically

significant difference between estimates,

whereas ‘‘similar,’’ ‘‘no difference,’’ or

‘‘comparable’’ indicate that the estimates

are not significantly different. A lack of

commentary about any two estimates

should not be interpreted to mean that a

t test was performed and the difference

was found to be not significant.

Furthermore, these tests did not take

multiple comparisons into account.

Further Information

Data users can obtain the latest

information about NHIS by periodically

checking the website http://

www.cdc.gov/nchs/nhis.htm. This

website features downloadable

public-use data and documentation for

recent surveys, as well as important
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information about any modifications or

updates to the data or documentation.

Researchers may also wish to join

the NHIS electronic mail list. To do so,

go to http://www.cdc.gov/subscribe.html.

Fill in the appropriate information, and

click the ‘‘National Health Interview

Survey (NHIS)’’ researchers’ box,

followed by the ‘‘Subscribe’’ button at

the bottom of the page. The listserv

consists of approximately 4,000 NHIS

data users located around the world who

receive e-news about NHIS surveys

(e.g., new releases of data or

modifications to existing data),

publications, conferences, and

workshops.

Selected Highlights

In the following section, brief,

bulleted summaries of the estimates

shown in Tables 1–18 are presented.

Estimated percentages were age adjusted

by the direct method using the projected

2000 U.S. population as the standard

population. In most cases, the age

groups used to adjust estimated

percentages are the same age groups

presented in the tables (see table notes

for age-adjustment groups).

Asthma (Table 1)

+	 Over 10 million U.S. children aged

17 years and under (14%) have ever

been diagnosed with asthma; 7

million children still have asthma

(10%).

+	 Boys (16%) were more likely than

girls (12%) to have ever been

diagnosed with asthma.

+	 Non-Hispanic black children were

more likely to have ever been

diagnosed with asthma (21%) or to

still have asthma (16%) than

Hispanic (13% and 8%) or

non-Hispanic white (12% and 8%)

children.

+	 Children in poor families were more

likely to have ever been diagnosed

with asthma (17%) or to still have

asthma (12%) than children in

families that were not poor (12%

and 8%).

+	 Children in fair or poor health

(38%) were three and one-half times

as likely to have ever been

diagnosed with asthma and almost

five times as likely to still have

asthma (33%) as children in

excellent or very good health (11%

and 7%).

Allergies (Table 2)

+	 Ten percent of U.S. children aged

17 years and under suffered from

hay fever in the past 12 months,

12% from respiratory allergies, 5%

from food allergies, and 13% from

skin allergies.

+	 White children were more likely to

have had hay fever (10%) than

black children (7%).

+	 Black children were more likely to

have had skin allergies (17%) than

white (12%) or Asian (10%)

children.

+	 Hispanic children were less likely

than non-Hispanic children to have

had each type of allergy including

hay fever, respiratory allergies, food

allergies, and skin allergies.

+	 Children with a parent who had

education beyond a high school

diploma were more likely to have

had hay fever, respiratory allergies,

food allergies, or skin allergies than

children with a parent who had less

than a high school diploma.

+	 Children in fair or poor health were

about twice as likely to have had

respiratory allergies (20%), food

allergies (10%), or skin allergies

(22%) as children in excellent or

very good health (11%, 4%, and

12%).

Learning Disability and

ADHD (Table 3)

+	 In 2010, almost 5 million children

aged 3–17 years had a learning

disability (8%); 9% of boys had a

learning disability compared with

6% of girls.

+	 Black children (10%) and white

children (8%) were more likely to

have a learning disability than Asian

children (4%).

+	 In families with an income of less

than $35,000, the percentage of

children with a learning disability

(12%) was twice that of children in

families with an income of $100,000

or more (6%).

+	 Five million children aged 3–17

years had ADHD (8%). Boys (11%)

were about twice as likely as girls

(6%) to have ADHD.

+	 Hispanic children were less likely to

have ADHD (4%) than non-Hispanic

white (10%) or non-Hispanic black

(11%) children.

+	 Children in single-mother families

were about twice as likely to have

learning disabilities (12%) or ADHD

(13%) as children in two-parent

families (6% and 7%).

+	 When compared with children with

an excellent or very good health

status, children with a fair or poor

health status were almost five times

as likely to have a learning

disability (28% and 6%) and more

than twice as likely to have ADHD

(18% and 7%).

Prescription Medication

Use for at Least 3 Months

(Table 4)

+	 In 2010, 10 million children in the

United States had a health problem

for which prescription medication

had been taken regularly for at least

3 months (14%).

+	 Boys (16%) were more likely than

girls (12%) to have been on regular

medication for at least 3 months.

+	 Eighteen percent of youths aged

12–17 years were on regular

medication compared with 14% of

children aged 5–11 years and 7% of

children aged 4 years and under.

+	 White children (14%) and black

children (15%) were more likely to

have been on regular medication for

at least 3 months than Asian

children (6%).

+	 Non-Hispanic children were more

likely to have been on regular

medication (15%) than Hispanic

children (9%).

+	 Children with a parent who had

education beyond a high school

diploma were more likely to have

been on regular medication (14%)

than children with a parent who did
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not obtain a high school diploma or

the equivalent (10%).

+	 Children with Medicaid or other

public health insurance coverage

(16%) were more likely than

children with private coverage

(13%) or children with no health

insurance coverage (6%) to have

been on regular medication.

Respondent-assessed

Health Status (Tables 5–8)

+	 In 2010, the majority of children in

the United States enjoyed excellent

health (41 million or 55%), and

another 20 million children had very

good health (27%).

+	 As the level of parent education

increased, the percentage of children

with excellent health increased.

+	 Poverty status was associated with

children’s health. About 42% of

children in poor families were in

excellent health compared with 64%

of children in families that were not

poor.

+	 Children with private health

insurance were more likely to be in

excellent health (63%) than children

with Medicaid or other public

coverage (44%).

+	 Overall, 2% of children were in fair

or poor health.

+	 Children in poor families were five

times as likely to be in fair or poor

health (5%) as children in families

that were not poor (1%).

+	 In general, most children’s health

status remained about the same as

last year.

School Days Missed Due to

Illness or Injury (Tables 9

and 10)

+	 About one-quarter (14 million) of

school-aged children (aged 5–17

years) missed no school in the past

12 months due to illness or injury.

+	 White children (25%) were less

likely to have missed no days of

school in the past 12 months due to

illness or injury than Asian (39%) or

black (35%) children.

+	 Six percent of children missed 11 or

more days of school in the past 12

months due to illness or injury.

+	 Children in single-mother families

were almost twice as likely to have

been absent from school for 11 or

more days in the past 12 months

due to illness or injury (9%)

compared with children in

two-parent families (5%).

Usual Place of Health Care

(Tables 11 and 12)

+	 In 2010, almost all children in the

United States had a usual place of

health care (95%). Non-Hispanic

white children (97%) and

non-Hispanic black children (95%)

were more likely to have had a

usual place of health care than

Hispanic children (91%).

+	 Seventy-five percent of uninsured

children had a usual place of health

care compared with 98% of children

with private health insurance and

96% of children with Medicaid or

other public coverage.

+	 Among children with a usual place

of health care, 74% used a doctor’s

office as their usual place of care;

24%, a clinic; 1%, a hospital

outpatient clinic; and 1%, an

emergency room.

+	 Children in poor families were more

likely to use a clinic as their usual

place of health care (39%) than

children in families that were not

poor (15%).

+	 Among children with a usual place

of health care, 86% with private

health insurance, compared with

63% with Medicaid or other public

coverage, used a doctor’s office for

that care.

+	 Four percent of uninsured children

used an emergency room as their

usual place of health care.

+	 Children living in the West (31%) or

the Midwest (29%) were more likely

to use a clinic as their usual place of

health care than children living in

the South (19%) or the Northeast

(15%).

Time Since Last Contact

With a Health Care

Professional (Tables 13 and

14)

+	 Three-quarters of all children had

contact with a doctor or other health

professional at some time in the past

6 months.

+	 Children with a parent who had

education beyond a high school

diploma were more likely to have

had contact with a doctor or other

health professional in the past 6

months (77%) than children with a

parent who had less education (72%

and 68%).

+	 Over three-quarters of children with

private health insurance or Medicaid

had contact with a doctor or other

health professional in the past 6

months compared with over one-half

of children with no insurance

coverage.

+	 Uninsured children (12%) were six

times as likely as children with

private insurance coverage (2%) and

four times as likely as children with

Medicaid coverage (3%) to have not

had contact with a doctor or other

health professional in more than 2

years (including those who never

had a contact).

Selected Measures of

Health Care Access

(Table 15)

+	 In 2010, almost 6 million children

had no health insurance coverage

(8%).

+	 Hispanic children (14%) were more

than twice as likely as non-Hispanic

white (6%) or black (6%) children

to be uninsured for health care.

+	 Twelve percent of children in

families with an income less than

$35,000 and 12% of children in

families with an income of

$35,000–$49,999 had no health

insurance compared with 2% of

children in families with an income

of $100,000 or more.

+	 Children in near-poor families were

more likely to have unmet medical

need (4%) and delayed medical care
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(7%) than children in poor families

(2% and 4%) and children in

families that were not poor (2% and

3%).

+	 Approximately 1.6 million children

were unable to get needed medical

care because the family could not

afford it (2%), and medical care for

2.9 million children was delayed

because of worry about the cost

(4%).

+	 Children in single-mother families

were more likely to have delayed or

been unable to get medical care

compared with children in

two-parent families.

+	 Children living in the South (10%)

or the West (10%) were more likely

to be uninsured than children living

in the Midwest (5%) or the

Northeast (4%).

Emergency Room Visits in

the Past 12 Months

(Table 16)

+	 In 2010, 10.2 million children living

in the United States had an

emergency room visit in the past 12

months (14%); 6.3 million children

had two or more visits (8%).

+	 Asian children were less likely to

have any emergency room visits in

the past 12 months than white or

black children.

+	 Black children were more likely to

have had two or more visits to an

emergency room in the past 12

months (13%) than white (8%) or

Asian (7%) children.

+	 Children in single-mother families

were about twice as likely to have

had two or more visits to an

emergency room in the past 12

months (13%) than children in

two-parent families (7%).

+	 Children with Medicaid or other

public coverage were more likely to

have had two or more emergency

room visits in the past 12 months

(13%) than children with no health

insurance (8%) or children with

private health insurance (6%).

Dental Care (Tables 17 and

18)

+	 In 2010, 4.3 million (7%) children

aged 2–17 years had unmet dental

need because their families could

not afford dental care.

+	 Children in single-mother families

were more likely to have had unmet

dental need (9%) than those in

two-parent families (6%).

+	 Uninsured children (26%) were

more than six times as likely to

have unmet dental need as children

with private health insurance (4%)

and more than four times as likely

as children with Medicaid or other

public coverage (6%).

+	 Non-Hispanic white children were

more likely to have had a dental

contact in the past 6 months (67%)

than non-Hispanic black (55%) or

Hispanic (57%) children.

+	 Thirty-three percent of uninsured

children had no dental contact for

more than 2 years (including those

who never had a contact) compared

with 12% of children with Medicaid

and 12% of children with private

health insurance.

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Table 1. Frequencies and age-adjusted percentages (with standard errors) of ever having asthma and still having asthma for children under

age 18 years, by selected characteristics: United States, 2010

Selected characteristic

All children

under age

18 years

Ever

told had

asthma1

Still

have

asthma2

Ever

told had

asthma1

Still

have

asthma2

Number in thousands3 Percent4 (standard error)

Total5 (age-adjusted) .........................

Total5 (crude) ..............................

74,626

74,626

10,133

10,133

6,976

6,976

13.7 (0.39)

13.6 (0.39)

9.5 (0.33)

9.4 (0.33)

Sex

Male ...................................

Female . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

38,135

36,491

5,827

4,307

3,991

2,986

15.5 (0.57)

11.9 (0.52)

10.6 (0.48)

8.3 (0.43)

Age6

0–4 years ................................

5–11 years................................

12–17 years ...............................

21,414

28,666

24,546

1,714

4,200

4,219

1,285

3,020

2,672

8.0 (0.60)

14.7 (0.67)

17.2 (0.75)

6.0 (0.54)

10.5 (0.56)

10.9 (0.60)

Race

One race7 ................................

White. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Black or African American . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

American Indian or Alaska Native ................

Asian. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander ...........

Two or more races8 ..........................

Black or African American and white ..............

American Indian or Alaska Native and white..........

71,490

56,170

11,030

768

3,354

168

3,136

1,373

473

9,581

6,747

2,331

*65

428

†

553

294

*70

6,605

4,544

1,742

*33

281

†

372

180

*59

13.5 (0.40)

12.1 (0.45)

21.4 (1.10)

*9.6 (2.99)

13.0 (1.67)

†

18.7 (2.33)

23.8 (3.37)

*14.4 (4.58)

9.3 (0.33)

8.2 (0.37)

16.0 (1.01)

*4.9 (2.12)

8.5 (1.40)

†

12.5 (2.24)

15.4 (3.53)

*12.0 (4.39)

Hispanic or Latino origin9 and race

Hispanic or Latino ...........................

Mexican or Mexican American . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Not Hispanic or Latino.........................

White, single race . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Black or African American, single race .............

17,167

11,590

57,460

40,766

10,430

2,099

1,243

8,034

4,936

2,206

1,385

793

5,591

3,347

1,654

12.7 (0.69)

11.1 (0.79)

14.0 (0.46)

12.1 (0.54)

21.4 (1.14)

8.3 (0.57)

7.1 (0.63)

9.8 (0.39)

8.2 (0.46)

16.1 (1.05)

Family structure10

Mother and father ...........................

Mother, no father . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Father, no mother ...........................

Neither mother nor father. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

51,329

18,026

2,835

2,436

5,954

3,367

303

509

4,028

2,414

191

344

11.9 (0.46)

18.6 (0.89)

10.1 (1.62)

20.3 (2.31)

8.0 (0.38)

13.4 (0.77)

6.1 (1.24)

14.0 (1.89)

Parent’s education11

Less than high school diploma ...................

High school diploma or GED12 ...................

More than high school diploma ...................

9,301

14,750

47,913

1,207

2,267

6,144

874

1,532

4,221

13.2 (1.21)

15.7 (0.98)

12.9 (0.47)

9.5 (1.11)

10.6 (0.84)

8.9 (0.38)

Family income13

Less than $35,000 ...........................

$35,000 or more ............................

$35,000–$49,999 ..........................

$50,000–$74,999 ..........................

$75,000–$99,999 ..........................

$100,000 or more ..........................

24,323

47,072

9,438

12,473

8,919

16,241

3,910

5,865

1,406

1,542

1,192

1,726

2,825

3,928

998

1,013

801

1,115

16.7 (0.77)

12.5 (0.47)

15.1 (1.13)

12.4 (0.85)

13.4 (1.17)

10.4 (0.75)

12.0 (0.70)

8.4 (0.39)

10.7 (0.97)

8.2 (0.73)

9.1 (0.98)

6.8 (0.57)

Poverty status14

Poor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Near poor ................................

Not poor .................................

15,701

15,562

38,768

2,586

2,344

4,679

1,898

1,641

3,109

17.1 (1.01)

15.4 (0.91)

12.0 (0.50)

12.4 (0.95)

10.7 (0.79)

8.0 (0.39)

Health insurance coverage15

Private . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Medicaid or other public .......................

Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Uninsured ................................

40,015

26,404

2,140

5,877

4,822

4,465

236

598

3,251

3,182

160

374

11.9 (0.50)

17.8 (0.75)

11.0 (1.89)

9.8 (1.11)

8.1 (0.41)

12.6 (0.68)

7.4 (1.59)

6.1 (0.90)

See footnotes at end of table.
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Table 1. Frequencies and age-adjusted percentages (with standard errors) of ever having asthma and still having asthma for children under

age 18 years, by selected characteristics: United States, 2010—Con.

All children Ever Still Ever Still

under age told had have told had have

Selected characteristic 18 years asthma1 asthma2 asthma1 asthma2

Place of residence16 Number in thousands3 Percent4 (standard error)

Large MSA ............................... 40,071 5,416 3,759 13.7 (0.54) 9.5 (0.46)

Small MSA. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23,245 3,085 2,107 13.5 (0.69) 9.2 (0.59)

Not in MSA ............................... 11,310 1,633 1,110 14.5 (1.16) 9.8 (1.00)

Region

Northeast ................................ 11,610 1,612 1,096 13.9 (0.95) 9.5 (0.76)

Midwest ................................. 17,664 2,431 1,789 13.8 (0.89) 10.2 (0.75)

South ................................... 26,791 3,957 2,647 15.0 (0.67) 10.1 (0.57)

West ................................... 18,561 2,134 1,444 11.7 (0.69) 7.9 (0.60)

Current health status

Excellent or very good ........................ 61,019 6,825 4,455 11.4 (0.39) 7.4 (0.31)

Good ................................... 11,915 2,667 1,972 22.2 (1.21) 16.5 (1.13)

Fair or poor ............................... 1,692 642 549 38.3 (3.88) 32.8 (3.62)

* Estimates preceded by an asterisk have a relative standard error greater than 30% and less than or equal to 50% and should be used with caution as they do not meet standards of reliability or 

precision. 

† Estimates with a relative standard error greater than 50% are indicated with a dagger, but are not shown. 

1

Based on the question, ‘‘Has a doctor or other health professional ever told you that [child’s name] had asthma?’’ 

2

Based on the question, ‘‘Does [child’s name] still have asthma?’’ 

3

Unknowns for the columns are not included in the frequencies (see Appendix I), but they are included in the ‘‘All children under age 18 years’’ column. 

4

Unknowns for the column variables are not included in the denominators when calculating percentages. 

5

Includes other races not shown separately and children with unknown family structure, parent’s education, family income, poverty status, health insurance, or current health status. Additionally, 

numbers within selected characteristics may not add to totals because of rounding. 

6

Estimates for age groups are not age adjusted. 

7

In accordance with the 1997 standards for federal data on race and Hispanic or Latino origin (see Appendix II), the category ‘‘One race’’ refers to persons who indicated only a single race group. 

Persons who indicated a single race other than the groups shown are included in the total for ‘‘One race’’ but not shown separately due to small sample sizes. Therefore, the frequencies for the 

category ‘‘One race’’ will be greater than the sum of the frequencies for the specific groups shown separately. Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin may be of any race or combination of races. 

8

Refers to all persons who indicated more than one race group. Only two combinations of multiple race groups are shown due to small sample sizes for other combinations. Therefore, the frequencies 

for the category ‘‘Two or more races’’ will be greater than the sum of the frequencies for the specific combinations shown separately. 

9

Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin may be of any race or combination of races. Similarly, the category ‘‘Not Hispanic or Latino’’ refers to all persons who are not of Hispanic or Latino origin, 

regardless of race. The tables in this report use the current (1997) Office of Management and Budget race and Hispanic origin terms, and the text uses shorter versions of these terms for conciseness. 

For example, the category ‘‘Not Hispanic or Latino black or African American, single race’’ in the tables is referred to as ‘‘non-Hispanic black’’ in the text. 

10Refers to parents living in the household. ‘‘Mother and father’’ can include biological, adoptive, step, in-law, or foster relationships. Legal guardians are classified in ‘‘Neither mother nor father.’’ 

11Refers to the education level of the parent with the higher level of education, regardless of that parent’s age. 

12GED is General Educational Development high school equivalency diploma. 

13The categories ‘‘Less than $35,000’’ and ‘‘$35,000 or more’’ include both persons reporting dollar amounts and persons reporting only that their incomes were within one of these two categories (see 

Appendix I). The indented categories include only those persons who reported dollar amounts. Because of the different income questions used in 2007, income estimates may not be comparable with 

those from earlier years. 

14Based on family income and family size using the U.S. Census Bureau’s poverty thresholds for the previous calendar year. ‘‘Poor’’ persons are defined as below the poverty threshold. ‘‘Near poor’’ 

persons have incomes of 100% to less than 200% of the poverty threshold. ‘‘Not poor’’ persons have incomes that are 200% of the poverty threshold or greater. Because of the different income 

questions used in 2007, poverty ratio estimates may not be comparable with those from earlier years. 

15Classification of health insurance coverage is based on a hierarchy of mutually exclusive categories. Persons with more than one type of health insurance were assigned to the first appropriate 

category in the hierarchy. Persons under age 65 years and those aged 65 years and over were classified separately due to the predominance of Medicare coverage in the older population. The 

category ‘‘Private’’ includes persons who had any type of private coverage either alone or in combination with other coverage. For example, for persons aged 65 years and over, ‘‘Private’’ includes 

persons with only private or private in combination with Medicare. The category ‘‘Uninsured’’ includes persons who had no coverage as well as those who had only Indian Health Service coverage or 

had only a private plan that paid for one type of service such as accidents or dental care (see Appendix II). 

16MSA is metropolitan statistical area. Large MSAs have a population size of 1 million or more; small MSAs have a population size of less than 1 million. ‘‘Not in MSA’’ consists of persons not living in 

a metropolitan statistical area. 

NOTES: Estimates are based on household interviews of a sample of the civilian noninstitutionalized population. Estimates are age adjusted using the projected 2000 U.S. population as the standard

population and using age groups 0–4 years, 5–11 years, and 12–17 years. For crude percentages, refer to Table IV in Appendix III.

SOURCE: CDC/NCHS, National Health Interview Survey, 2010.
Series 10, No. 250 [ Page 11

Table 2. Frequencies and age-adjusted percentages (with standard errors) of hay fever, respiratory allergies, food allergies, and skin

allergies in the past 12 months for children under age 18 years, by selected characteristics: United States, 2010

Selected characteristics

All

children

under age

18 years

Hay

fever1

Respiratory

allergies1

Food

allergies1

Skin

allergies1

Hay

fever1

Respiratory

allergies1

Food

allergies1

Skin

allergies1

Number in thousands2 Percent3 (standard error)

Total4 (age-adjusted).....................

Total4 (crude) .........................

74,626

74,626

7,085

7,085

8,581

8,581

3,443

3,443

9,400

9,400

9.6 (0.37)

9.5 (0.37)

11.6 (0.37)

11.5 (0.37)

4.6 (0.23)

4.6 (0.23)

12.6 (0.41)

12.6 (0.41)

Sex

Male. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Female . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

38,135

36,491

3,973

3,111

4,769

3,812

1,778

1,665

4,653

4,747

10.6 (0.53)

8.6 (0.49)

12.6 (0.54)

10.6 (0.52)

4.7 (0.33)

4.6 (0.34)

12.2 (0.55)

13.0 (0.58)

Age5

0–4 years ...........................

5–11 years ...........................

12–17 years ..........................

21,414

28,666

24,546

969

2,877

3,239

1,734

3,653

3,193

1,092

1,259

1,092

2,974

3,955

2,471

4.5 (0.43)

10.1 (0.59)

13.2 (0.70)

8.1 (0.57)

12.8 (0.64)

13.1 (0.66)

5.1 (0.49)

4.4 (0.37)

4.5 (0.40)

13.9 (0.77)

13.8 (0.68)

10.1 (0.63)

Race

One race6 ...........................

White . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Black or African American . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

American Indian or Alaska Native ...........

Asian . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander ......

Two or more races7 .....................

Black or African American and white. . . . . . . . . .

American Indian or Alaska Native and white .....

71,490

56,170

11,030

768

3,354

168

3,136

1,373

473

6,720

5,619

727

*72

293

†

364

136

*72

8,143

6,659

1,167

*70

236

†

438

181

*65

3,227

2,288

680

†

223

†

216

98

†

8,897

6,646

1,853

*47

336

†

503

227

*72

9.5 (0.37)

10.1 (0.44)

6.6 (0.64)

*10.6 (3.19)

8.8 (1.42)

†

12.2 (1.78)

10.3 (2.29)

*15.0 (5.86)

11.5 (0.38)

12.0 (0.44)

10.6 (0.79)

10.0 (2.87)

7.1 (1.28)

†

15.0 (1.97)

13.8 (3.53)

*13.4 (4.61)

4.5 (0.23)

4.1 (0.25)

6.1 (0.72)

†

6.7 (1.19)

†

6.8 (1.46)

7.0 (1.97)

†

12.5 (0.42)

11.9 (0.50)

16.7 (1.03)

*5.7 (2.39)

10.0 (1.35)

†

15.4 (1.89)

14.4 (2.34)

*15.8 (5.23)

Hispanic or Latino origin8 and race

Hispanic or Latino ......................

Mexican or Mexican American .............

Not Hispanic or Latino ....................

White, single race . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Black or African American, single race ........

17,167

11,590

57,460

40,766

10,430

1,168

787

5,917

4,623

657

1,422

935

7,159

5,375

1,130

491

269

2,951

1,888

651

1688

1020

7,712

5,142

1,779

7.0 (0.54)

7.0 (0.67)

10.3 (0.45)

11.3 (0.56)

6.3 (0.64)

8.5 (0.56)

8.2 (0.71)

12.5 (0.45)

13.2 (0.57)

10.9 (0.83)

2.9 (0.34)

2.4 (0.38)

5.1 (0.29)

4.6 (0.33)

6.2 (0.76)

9.7 (0.59)

8.7 (0.67)

13.5 (0.50)

12.7 (0.63)

16.9 (1.07)

Family structure9

Mother and father. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Mother, no father . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Father, no mother. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Neither mother nor father . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

51,329

18,026

2,835

2,436

5,077

1,576

218

213

5,876

2,177

255

272

2,480

795

*104

64

6,240

2,629

243

288

10.2 (0.48)

8.7 (0.62)

7.7 (1.55)

8.6 (1.66)

11.7 (0.46)

12.1 (0.71)

9.1 (1.64)

11.1 (1.80)

4.8 (0.30)

4.4 (0.43)

*4.2 (1.31)

*2.7 (0.83)

12.1 (0.50)

14.6 (0.77)

9.3 (1.95)

12.1 (2.22)

Parent’s education10

Less than high school diploma...............

High school diploma or GED11...............

More than high school diploma ..............

9,301

14,750

47,913

481

1,078

5,304

642

1,482

6,185

196

589

2,581

905

1,661

6,540

5.4 (0.76)

7.5 (0.66)

11.2 (0.50)

7.1 (0.77)

10.3 (0.80)

13.0 (0.50)

2.2 (0.42)

4.0 (0.48)

5.4 (0.32)

9.5 (1.04)

11.2 (0.86)

13.7 (0.51)

Family income12

Less than $35,000 ......................

$35,000 or more .......................

$35,000–$49,999 .....................

$50,000–$74,999 .....................

$75,000–$99,999 .....................

$100,000 or more .....................

24,323

47,072

9,438

12,473

8,919

16,241

1,669

5,250

838

1,254

1,056

2,101

2,483

5,853

1,213

1,562

1,132

1,946

845

2,463

524

581

507

851

3,117

6,019

1,170

1,657

1,125

2,068

7.2 (0.51)

11.2 (0.51)

9.1 (0.88)

10.1 (0.87)

11.9 (1.16)

12.6 (0.87)

10.5 (0.61)

12.5 (0.50)

13.0 (1.22)

12.6 (0.90)

12.8 (1.20)

11.9 (0.80)

3.4 (0.32)

5.2 (0.32)

5.7 (0.67)

4.6 (0.60)

5.6 (0.82)

5.3 (0.57)

12.6 (0.70)

12.8 (0.50)

12.4 (1.05)

13.3 (1.00)

12.7 (1.14)

12.9 (0.88)

Poverty status13

Poor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Near poor ...........................

Not poor ............................

15,701

15,562

38,768

957

1,261

4,590

1,557

1,839

4,848

513

757

2,040

1971

2,029

5,008

6.7 (0.64)

8.3 (0.71)

11.8 (0.56)

10.3 (0.84)

12.0 (0.87)

12.5 (0.53)

3.3 (0.41)

4.8 (0.52)

5.3 (0.36)

12.3 (0.90)

13.0 (0.88)

13.0 (0.55)

Health insurance coverage14

Private .............................

Medicaid or other public. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Uninsured ...........................

40,015

26,404

2,140

5,877

4,498

1,824

249

483

4,952

2,783

276

557

2,080

999

138

225

5,192

3,303

346

545

11.1 (0.53)

7.4 (0.51)

12.3 (2.40)

7.8 (1.03)

12.4 (0.52)

11.0 (0.62)

13.5 (2.59)

9.1 (1.06)

5.2 (0.36)

3.8 (0.33)

6.4 (1.70)

3.9 (0.84)

13.1 (0.58)

12.4 (0.64)

16.1 (2.38)

9.7 (1.18)

See footnotes at end of table.
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Table 2. Frequencies and age-adjusted percentages (with standard errors) of hay fever, respiratory allergies, food allergies, and skin

allergies in the past 12 months for children under age 18 years, by selected characteristics: United States, 2010—Con.

All

children

under age Hay Respiratory Food Skin Hay Respiratory Food Skin

Selected characteristics 18 years fever1 allergies1 allergies1 allergies1 fever1 allergies1 allergies1 allergies1

Place of residence15 Number in thousands2 Percent3 (standard error)

Large MSA. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40,071 3,949 4,225 1,869 4,817 10.0 (0.51) 10.7 (0.49) 4.7 (0.32) 12.1 (0.53)

Small MSA........................... 23,245 2,225 2,997 1,102 3,180 9.8 (0.71) 13.1 (0.75) 4.7 (0.44) 13.6 (0.80)

Not in MSA .......................... 11,310 910 1,359 472 1,403 8.1 (0.71) 12.0 (0.87) 4.2 (0.48) 12.4 (1.01)

Region

Northeast............................ 11,610 970 1,153 641 1,347 8.3 (0.91) 10.0 (0.88) 5.6 (0.65) 11.7 (0.98)

Midwest. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17,664 1,717 2,145 714 2,166 9.8 (0.82) 12.2 (0.84) 4.1 (0.45) 12.3 (0.89)

South .............................. 26,791 2,560 3,807 1,300 3,628 9.7 (0.62) 14.4 (0.67) 4.8 (0.40) 13.6 (0.69)

West. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18,561 1,837 1,476 787 2,259 10.1 (0.70) 8.1 (0.55) 4.2 (0.43) 12.1 (0.79)

Current health status

Excellent or very good.................... 61,019 5,636 6,593 2,618 7,065 9.5 (0.41) 11.0 (0.41) 4.3 (0.25) 11.6 (0.42)

Good .............................. 11,915 1,243 1,656 653 1,965 10.3 (0.86) 13.9 (1.01) 5.5 (0.62) 16.7 (1.21)

Fair or poor .......................... 1,692 205 331 171 369 11.8 (2.35) 19.7 (2.78) 10.2 (2.06) 22.1 (3.22)

* Estimates preceded by an asterisk have a relative standard error greater than 30% and less than or equal to 50% and should be used with caution as they do not meet standards of reliability or

precision.

† Estimates with a relative standard error greater than 50% are indicated with a dagger, but are not shown.

1

Based on the following questions: ‘‘DURING THE PAST 12 MONTHS, has [child’s name] had any of the following conditions? Hay fever? Any kind of respiratory allergy? Any kind of food or digestive 

allergy? Eczema or any kind of skin allergy?’’ See Appendix II for more detailed definitions of selected terms used in this report. A child may be counted in more than one category. 

2

Unknowns for the columns are not included in the frequencies (see Appendix I), but they are included in the ‘‘All children under age 18 years’’ column. 

3

Unknowns for the column variables are not included in the denominators when calculating percentages. 

4

Includes other races not shown separately and children with unknown family structure, parent’s education, family income, poverty status, health insurance, or current health status. Additionally, 

numbers within selected characteristics may not add to totals because of rounding. 

5

Estimates for age groups are not age adjusted. 

6

In accordance with the 1997 standards for federal data on race and Hispanic or Latino origin (see Appendix II), the category ‘‘One race’’ refers to persons who indicated only a single race group. 

Persons who indicated a single race other than the groups shown are included in the total for ‘‘One race’’ but are not shown separately due to small sample sizes. Therefore, the frequencies for the 

category ‘‘One race’’ will be greater than the sum of the frequencies for the specific groups shown separately. Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin may be of any race or combination of races. 

7

Refers to all persons who indicated more than one race group. Only two combinations of multiple race groups are shown due to small sample sizes for other combinations. Therefore, the frequencies 

for the category ‘‘Two or more races’’ will be greater than the sum of the frequencies for the specific combinations shown separately. 

8

Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin may be of any race or combination of races. Similarly, the category ‘‘Not Hispanic or Latino’’ refers to all persons who are not of Hispanic or Latino origin, 

regardless of race. The tables in this report use the current (1997) Office of Management and Budget race and Hispanic origin terms, and the text uses shorter versions of these terms for conciseness. 

For example, the category ‘‘Not Hispanic or Latino black or African American, single race’’ in the tables is referred to as ‘‘non-Hispanic black’’ in the text. 

9

Refers to parents living in the household. ‘‘Mother and father’’ can include biological, adoptive, step, in-law, or foster relationships. Legal guardians are classified in ‘‘Neither mother nor father.’’ 

10Refers to the education level of the parent with the higher level of education, regardless of that parent’s age. 

11GED is General Educational Development high school equivalency diploma. 

12The categories ‘‘Less than $35,000’’ and ‘‘$35,000 or more’’ include both persons reporting dollar amounts and persons reporting only that their incomes were within one of these two categories (see 

Appendix I). The indented categories include only those persons who reported dollar amounts. Because of the different income questions used in 2007, income estimates may not be comparable with 

those from earlier years. 

13Based on family income and family size using the U.S. Census Bureau’s poverty thresholds for the previous calendar year. ‘‘Poor’’ persons are defined as below the poverty threshold. ‘‘Near poor’’ 

persons have incomes of 100% to less than 200% of the poverty threshold. ‘‘Not poor’’ persons have incomes that are 200% of the poverty threshold or greater. Because of the different income 

questions used in 2007, poverty ratio estimates may not be comparable with those from earlier years. 

14Classification of health insurance coverage is based on a hierarchy of mutually exclusive categories. Persons with more than one type of health insurance were assigned to the first appropriate 

category in the hierarchy. Persons under age 65 years and those aged 65 years and over were classified separately due to the predominance of Medicare coverage in the older population. The 

category ‘‘Private’’ includes persons who had any type of private coverage either alone or in combination with other coverage. For example, for persons aged 65 years and over, ‘‘Private’’ includes 

persons with only private or private in combination with Medicare. The category ‘‘Uninsured’’ includes persons who had no coverage as well as those who had only Indian Health Service coverage or 

had only a private plan that paid for one type of service such as accidents or dental care (see Appendix II). 

15MSA is metropolitan statistical area. Large MSAs have a population size of 1 million or more; small MSAs have a population size of less than 1 million. ‘‘Not in MSA’’ consists of persons not living in 

a metropolitan statistical area. 

NOTES: Estimates are based on household interviews of a sample of the civilian noninstitutionalized population. Estimates are age adjusted using the projected 2000 U.S. population as the standard 

population and using age groups 0–4 years, 5–11 years, and 12–17 years. For crude percentages, refer to Table V in Appendix III. 

SOURCE: CDC/NCHS, National Health Interview Survey, 2010.
Series 10, No. 250 [ Page 13

Table 3. Frequencies and age-adjusted percentages (with standard errors) of ever having been told of having a learning disability or

attention deficit hyperactivity disorder for children aged 3–17 years, by selected characteristics: United States, 2010

Ever told had

Selected characteristic

All

children

aged

3–17 years

Learning

disability1

Attention

deficit

hyperactivity

disorder2

Learning

disability1

Attention

deficit

hyperactivity

disorder2

Number in thousands3 Percent4 (standard error)

Total5 (age-adjusted) .........................

Total5 (crude) ..............................

61,655

61,655

4,838

4,838

5,161

5,161

7.9 (0.36)

7.9 (0.36)

8.4 (0.35)

8.4 (0.36)

Sex

Male ...................................

Female . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

31,519

30,137

2,917

1,921

3,511

1,649

9.3 (0.49)

6.4 (0.47)

11.2 (0.55)

5.5 (0.44)

Age6

3–4 years ................................

5–11 years................................

12–17 years ...............................

8,443

28,666

24,546

267

2,291

2,280

139

2,181

2,840

3.2 (0.54)

8.0 (0.53)

9.3 (0.55)

1.7 (0.47)

7.6 (0.51)

11.6 (0.61)

Race

One race7 ................................

White. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Black or African American . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

American Indian or Alaska Native ................

Asian. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander ...........

Two or more races8 ..........................

Black or African American and white ..............

American Indian or Alaska Native and white..........

59,155

46,607

9,106

541

2,746

155

2,500

1,082

425

4,598

3,532

904

*57

95

†

240

142

*40

4,948

3,920

939

*43

*38

†

213

144

†

7.8 (0.36)

7.6 (0.41)

10.0 (0.90)

*10.2 (3.43)

3.5 (0.88)

†

9.3 (1.72)

11.5 (2.66)

*10.6 (3.98)

8.4 (0.37)

8.4 (0.42)

10.5 (0.94)

*7.6 (3.09)

*1.4 (0.42)

†

8.9 (1.74)

14.1 (3.11)

*4.3 (2.04)

Hispanic or Latino origin9 and race

Hispanic or Latino ...........................

Mexican or Mexican American . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Not Hispanic or Latino.........................

White, single race . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Black or African American, single race .............

13,846

9,480

47,809

34,175

8,625

895

607

3,942

2,765

860

589

319

4,572

3,391

917

6.7 (0.58)

6.6 (0.73)

8.2 (0.43)

8.0 (0.52)

10.1 (0.93)

4.4 (0.46)

3.5 (0.53)

9.5 (0.43)

9.8 (0.54)

10.8 (0.97)

Family structure10

Mother and father ...........................

Mother, no father . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Father, no mother ...........................

Neither mother nor father. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

41,691

15,226

2,632

2,107

2,479

1,812

245

301

2,679

1,908

284

289

6.0 (0.38)

11.9 (0.80)

9.2 (1.67)

14.0 (2.37)

6.5 (0.38)

12.5 (0.81)

10.0 (1.68)

13.0 (2.19)

Parent’s education11

Less than high school diploma ...................

High school diploma or GED12 ...................

More than high school diploma ...................

7,540

11,984

39,818

697

1,172

2,646

651

1,154

3,048

9.4 (0.91)

10.0 (0.88)

6.6 (0.41)

8.8 (1.07)

9.8 (0.86)

7.7 (0.42)

Family income13

Less than $35,000 ...........................

$35,000 or more ............................

$35,000–$49,999 ..........................

$50,000–$74,999 ..........................

$75,000–$99,999 ..........................

$100,000 or more ..........................

19,385

39,525

7,766

10,236

7,398

14,125

2,328

2,348

519

576

458

795

2,262

2,741

507

782

532

920

12.3 (0.80)

5.9 (0.38)

6.8 (0.81)

5.6 (0.69)

6.2 (0.86)

5.6 (0.62)

12.0 (0.73)

6.9 (0.40)

6.6 (0.83)

7.6 (0.82)

7.1 (0.95)

6.4 (0.60)

Poverty status14

Poor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Near poor ................................

Not poor .................................

12,418

12,814

32,679

1,578

1,100

1,973

1,564

1,055

2,329

13.0 (0.99)

8.8 (0.82)

6.0 (0.41)

13.0 (0.99)

8.5 (0.83)

7.0 (0.42)

Health insurance coverage15

Private . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Medicaid or other public .......................

Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Uninsured ................................

33,807

21,056

1,690

4,958

1,961

2,442

150

277

2,175

2,506

179

301

5.7 (0.40)

12.1 (0.80)

9.1 (2.22)

5.6 (0.93)

6.3 (0.40)

12.6 (0.76)

10.5 (2.48)

5.9 (1.00)

See footnotes at end of table.
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Table 3. Frequencies and age-adjusted percentages (with standard errors) of ever having been told of having a learning disability or

attention deficit hyperactivity disorder for children aged 3–17 years, by selected characteristics: United States, 2010—Con.

Ever told had

All Attention Attention

children deficit deficit

aged Learning hyperactivity Learning hyperactivity

Selected characteristic 3–17 years disability1 disorder2 disability1 disorder2

Place of residence16 Number in thousands3 Percent4 (standard error)

Large MSA ............................... 33,220 2,342 2,424 7.1 (0.44) 7.3 (0.46)

Small MSA. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19,009 1,515 1,715 8.0 (0.60) 9.2 (0.62)

Not in MSA ............................... 9,427 980 1,022 10.3 (1.17) 10.8 (1.12)

Region

Northeast ................................ 9,677 886 714 9.2 (1.11) 7.3 (0.81)

Midwest ................................. 14,868 1,100 1,372 7.5 (0.78) 9.3 (0.79)

South ................................... 21,875 1,865 2,284 8.6 (0.59) 10.5 (0.64)

West ................................... 15,236 986 790 6.5 (0.57) 5.3 (0.56)

Current health status

Excellent or very good ........................ 49,917 2,817 3,408 5.7 (0.35) 6.9 (0.37)

Good ................................... 10,262 1,602 1,476 15.5 (1.05) 14.2 (1.10)

Fair or poor ............................... 1,476 419 276 28.1 (3.56) 18.3 (2.99)

* Estimates preceded by an asterisk have a relative standard error greater than 30% and less than or equal to 50% and should be used with caution as they do not meet standards of reliability or 

precision. 

† Estimates with a relative standard error greater than 50% are indicated with a dagger, but are not shown. 

1

Based on the question, ‘‘Has a representative from a school or a health professional ever told you that [child’s name] had a learning disability?’’ 

2

Based on the question, ‘‘Has a doctor or health professional ever told you that [child’s name] had attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) or attention deficit disorder (ADD)?’’ 

3

Unknowns for the columns are not included in the frequencies (see Appendix I), but they are included in the ‘‘All children aged 3–17 years’’ column. 

4

Unknowns for the column variables are not included in the denominators when calculating percentages. 

5

Includes other races not shown separately and children with unknown family structure, parent’s education, family income, poverty status, health insurance, or current health status. Additionally, 

numbers within selected characteristics may not add to totals because of rounding. 

6

Estimates for age groups are not age adjusted. 

7

In accordance with the 1997 standards for federal data on race and Hispanic or Latino origin (see Appendix II), the category ‘‘One race’’ refers to persons who indicated only a single race group. 

Persons who indicated a single race other than the groups shown are included in the total for ‘‘One race’’ but are not shown separately due to small sample sizes. Therefore, the frequencies for the 

category ‘‘One race’’ will be greater than the sum of the frequencies for the specific groups shown separately. Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin may be of any race or combination of races. 

8

Refers to all persons who indicated more than one race group. Only two combinations of multiple race groups are shown due to small sample sizes for other combinations. Therefore, the frequencies 

for the category ‘‘Two or more races’’ will be greater than the sum of the frequencies for the specific combinations shown separately. 

9

Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin may be of any race or combination of races. Similarly, the category ‘‘Not Hispanic or Latino’’ refers to all persons who are not of Hispanic or Latino origin, 

regardless of race. The tables in this report use the current (1997) Office of Management and Budget race and Hispanic origin terms, and the text uses shorter versions of these terms for conciseness. 

For example, the category ‘‘Not Hispanic or Latino black or African American, single race’’ in the tables is referred to as ‘‘non-Hispanic black’’ in the text. 

10Refers to parents living in the household. ‘‘Mother and father’’ can include biological, adoptive, step, in-law, or foster relationships. Legal guardians are classified in ‘‘Neither mother nor father.’’ 

11Refers to the education level of the parent with the higher level of education, regardless of that parent’s age. 

12GED is General Educational Development high school equivalency diploma. 

13The categories ‘‘Less than $35,000’’ and ‘‘$35,000 or more’’ include both persons reporting dollar amounts and persons reporting only that their incomes were within one of these two categories (see 

Appendix I). The indented categories include only those persons who reported dollar amounts. Because of the different income questions used in 2007, income estimates may not be comparable with 

those from earlier years. 

14Based on family income and family size using the U.S. Census Bureau’s poverty thresholds for the previous calendar year. ‘‘Poor’’ persons are defined as below the poverty threshold. ‘‘Near poor’’ 

persons have incomes of 100% to less than 200% of the poverty threshold. ‘‘Not poor’’ persons have incomes that are 200% of the poverty threshold or greater. Because of the different income 

questions used in 2007, poverty ratio estimates may not be comparable with those from earlier years. 

15Classification of health insurance coverage is based on a hierarchy of mutually exclusive categories. Persons with more than one type of health insurance were assigned to the first appropriate 

category in the hierarchy. Persons under age 65 years and those aged 65 years and over were classified separately due to the predominance of Medicare coverage in the older population. The 

category ‘‘Private’’ includes persons who had any type of private coverage either alone or in combination with other coverage. For example, for persons aged 65 years and over, ‘‘Private’’ includes 

persons with only private or private in combination with Medicare. The category ‘‘Uninsured’’ includes persons who had no coverage as well as those who had only Indian Health Service coverage or 

had only a private plan that paid for one type of service such as accidents or dental care (see Appendix II). 

16MSA is metropolitan statistical area. Large MSAs have a population size of 1 million or more; small MSAs have a population size of less than 1 million. ‘‘Not in MSA’’ consists of persons not living in 

a metropolitan statistical area. 

NOTES: Estimates are based on household interviews of a sample of the civilian noninstitutionalized population. Estimates are age adjusted using the projected 2000 U.S. population as the standard

population and using age groups 3–4 years, 5–11 years, and 12–17 years. For crude percentages, refer to Table VI in Appendix III.

SOURCE: CDC/NCHS, National Health Interview Survey, 2010.
Series 10, No. 250 [ Page 15

Table 4. Frequencies and age-adjusted percentages (with standard errors) of having a problem for which prescription medication has been

taken regularly for at least 3 months for children under age 18 years, by selected characteristics: United States, 2010

Selected characteristic

All

children

under age

18 years

Prescription

medication

taken

regularly for

at least

3 months1

Prescription

medication

taken

regularly for

at least

3 months1

Number in thousands2

Percent3

(standard error)

Total4 (age-adjusted) .....................................

Total4 (crude) ..........................................

74,626

74,626

10,082

10,082

13.7 (0.38)

13.5 (0.38)

Sex

Male ...............................................

Female . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

38,135

36,491

5,861

4,221

15.5 (0.57)

11.7 (0.52)

Age5

0–4 years ............................................

5–11 years............................................

12–17 years ...........................................

21,414

28,666

24,546

1,526

4,126

4,430

7.1 (0.53)

14.4 (0.64)

18.1 (0.73)

Race

One race6 ............................................

White. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Black or African American . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

American Indian or Alaska Native ............................

Asian. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander........................

Two or more races7 ......................................

Black or African American and white ..........................

American Indian or Alaska Native and white......................

71,490

56,170

11,030

768

3,354

168

3,136

1,373

473

9,619

7,707

1,642

*60

206

†

463

286

*41

13.6 (0.39)

13.8 (0.45)

15.0 (1.06)

9.0 (2.67)

6.2 (0.99)

†

15.8 (2.17)

22.9 (4.10)

*8.5 (3.12)

Hispanic or Latino origin8 and race

Hispanic or Latino .......................................

Mexican or Mexican American . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Not Hispanic or Latino.....................................

White, single race . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Black or African American, single race .........................

17,167

11,590

57,460

40,766

10,430

1,483

831

8,600

6,369

1,583

8.9 (0.60)

7.4 (0.68)

15.0 (0.46)

15.5 (0.56)

15.3 (1.10)

Family structure9

Mother and father .......................................

Mother, no father . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Father, no mother .......................................

Neither mother nor father. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

51,329

18,026

2,835

2,436

6,319

3,061

274

428

12.6 (0.46)

16.9 (0.85)

8.6 (1.42)

16.5 (1.91)

Parent’s education10

Less than high school diploma ...............................

High school diploma or GED11 ...............................

More than high school.....................................

9,301

14,750

47,913

935

2,008

6,691

10.3 (1.04)

14.0 (0.86)

14.0 (0.47)

Family income12

Less than $35,000 .......................................

$35,000 or more ........................................

$35,000–$49,999 ......................................

$50,000–$74,999 ......................................

$75,000–$99,999 ......................................

$100,000 or more ......................................

24,323

47,072

9,438

12,473

8,919

16,241

3,624

6,184

1,152

1,482

1,201

2,349

15.6 (0.73)

13.1 (0.48)

12.4 (1.06)

11.9 (0.92)

13.5 (1.21)

14.1 (0.85)

Poverty status13

Poor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Near poor ............................................

Not poor .............................................

15,701

15,562

38,768

2,421

1,916

5,305

16.2 (0.95)

12.6 (0.83)

13.5 (0.53)

Health insurance coverage14

Private . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Medicaid or other public ...................................

Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Uninsured ............................................

40,015

26,404

2,140

5,877

5,302

4,015

368

373

13.1 (0.51)

16.2 (0.76)

17.4 (2.45)

6.1 (0.92)

See footnotes at end of table.
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Table 4. Frequencies and age-adjusted percentages (with standard errors) of having a problem for which prescription medication has been

taken regularly for at least 3 months for children under age 18 years, by selected characteristics: United States, 2010—Con.

Prescription Prescription

medication medication

All taken taken

children regularly for regularly for

under age at least at least

Selected characteristic 18 years 3 months1 3 months1

Percent3

Place of residence15 Number in thousands2 (standard error)

Large MSA ........................................... 40,071 4,860 12.3 (0.49)

Small MSA. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23,245 3,441 15.1 (0.71)

Not in MSA ........................................... 11,310 1,781 15.8 (1.14)

Region

Northeast ............................................ 11,610 1,495 12.9 (1.02)

Midwest ............................................. 17,664 2,770 15.7 (0.80)

South ............................................... 26,791 4,225 16.1 (0.69)

West ............................................... 18,561 1,592 8.7 (0.61)

Current health status

Excellent or very good .................................... 61,019 6,633 11.1 (0.39)

Good ............................................... 11,915 2,649 21.9 (1.20)

Fair or poor ........................................... 1,692 800 46.3 (3.68)

* Estimates preceded by an asterisk have a relative standard error greater than 30% and less than or equal to 50% and should be used with caution as they do not meet standards of reliability or 

precision. 

† Estimates with a relative standard error greater than 50% are indicated with a dagger, but are not shown. 

1

Based on the question, ‘‘Does [child’s name] now have a problem for which [he/she] has regularly taken prescription medication for at least three months?’’ 

2

Unknowns for the columns are not included in the frequencies (see Appendix I), but they are included in the ‘‘All children under age 18 years’’ column. 

3

Unknowns for the column variables are not included in the denominators when calculating percentages. 

4

Includes other races not shown separately and children with unknown family structure, parent’s education, family income, poverty status, health insurance, or current health status. Additionally, 

numbers within selected characteristics may not add to totals because of rounding. 

5

Estimates for age groups are not age adjusted. 

6

In accordance with the 1997 standards for federal data on race and Hispanic or Latino origin (see Appendix II), the category ‘‘One race’’ refers to persons who indicated only a single race group. 

Persons who indicated a single race other than the groups shown are included in the total for ‘‘One race’’ but are not shown separately due to small sample sizes. Therefore, the frequencies for the 

category ‘‘One race’’ will be greater than the sum of the frequencies for the specific groups shown separately. Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin may be of any race or combination of races. 

7

Refers to all persons who indicated more than one race group. Only two combinations of multiple race groups are shown due to small sample sizes for other combinations. Therefore, the frequencies 

for the category ‘‘Two or more races’’ will be greater than the sum of the frequencies for the specific combinations shown separately. 

8

Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin may be of any race or combination of races. Similarly, the category ‘‘Not Hispanic or Latino’’ refers to all persons who are not of Hispanic or Latino origin, 

regardless of race. The tables in this report use the current (1997) Office of Management and Budget race and Hispanic origin terms, and the text uses shorter versions of these terms for conciseness. 

For example, the category ‘‘Not Hispanic or Latino black or African American, single race’’ in the tables is referred to as ‘‘non-Hispanic black’’ in the text. 

9

Refers to parents living in the household. ‘‘Mother and father’’ can include biological, adoptive, step, in-law, or foster relationships. Legal guardians are classified in ‘‘Neither mother nor father.’’ 

10Refers to the education level of the parent with the higher level of education, regardless of that parent’s age. 

11GED is General Educational Development high school equivalency diploma. 

12The categories ‘‘Less than $35,000’’ and ‘‘$35,000 or more’’ include both persons reporting dollar amounts and persons reporting only that their incomes were within one of these two categories (see 

Appendix I). The indented categories include only those persons who reported dollar amounts. Because of the different income questions used in 2007, income estimates may not be comparable with 

those from earlier years. 

13Based on family income and family size using the U.S.Census Bureau’s poverty thresholds for the previous calendar year. ‘‘Poor’’ persons are defined as below the poverty threshold. ‘‘Near poor’’ 

persons have incomes of 100% to less than 200% of the poverty threshold. ‘‘Not poor’’ persons have incomes that are 200% of the poverty threshold or greater. Because of the different income 

questions used in 2007, poverty ratio estimates may not be comparable with those from earlier years. 

14Classification of health insurance coverage is based on a hierarchy of mutually exclusive categories. Persons with more than one type of health insurance were assigned to the first appropriate 

category in the hierarchy. Persons under age 65 years and those aged 65 years and over were classified separately due to the predominance of Medicare coverage in the older population. The 

category ‘‘Private’’ includes persons who had any type of private coverage either alone or in combination with other coverage. For example, for persons aged 65 years and over, ‘‘Private’’ includes 

persons with only private or private in combination with Medicare. The category ‘‘Uninsured’’ includes persons who had no coverage as well as those who had only Indian Health Service coverage or 

had only a private plan that paid for one type of service such as accidents or dental care (see Appendix II). 

15MSA is metropolitan statistical area. Large MSAs have a population size of 1 million or more; small MSAs have a population size of less than 1 million. ‘‘Not in MSA’’ consists of persons not living in 

a metropolitan statistical area. 

NOTES: Estimates are based on household interviews of a sample of the civilian noninstitutionalized population. Estimates are age adjusted using the projected 2000 U.S. population as the standard 

population and using age groups 0–4 years, 5–11 years, and 12–17 years. For crude percentages, refer to Table VII in Appendix III. 

SOURCE: CDC/NCHS, National Health Interview Survey, 2010. 
Series 10, No. 250 [ Page 17

Table 5. Frequency distributions of respondent-assessed health status for children under age 18 years, by selected characteristics:

United States, 2010

Selected characteristic

All children

under age

18 years Excellent

Respondent-assessed health status1

Very good Good

Fair

or poor

Number in thousands2

Total3 (crude) .............................. 74,625 41,111 20,163 11,822 1,504

Sex

Male ...................................

Female . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

38,134

36,491

20,898

20,214

10,262

9,902

6,141

5,680

816

689

Age

0–4 years ................................

5–11 years................................

12–17 years ...............................

21,485

28,972

24,168

12,346

15,761

13,005

5,709

8,013

6,441

3,076

4,571

4,175

348

615

541

Race

One race4 ................................

White. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Black or African American . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

American Indian or Alaska Native ................

Asian. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander ...........

Two or more races5 ..........................

Black or African American and white ..............

American Indian or Alaska Native and white..........

71,622

56,223

11,085

772

3,374

168

3,003

1,306

497

39,401

32,450

4,869

295

1,706

*82

1,710

695

257

19,434

14,980

3,099

*294

1,023

†

729

353

121

11,338

7,856

2,682

170

584

46

484

226

102

1,424

920

428

*13

62

†

80

*32

*18

Hispanic or Latino origin6 and race

Hispanic or Latino ...........................

Mexican or Mexican American . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Not Hispanic or Latino.........................

White, single race . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Black or African American, single race .............

17,166

11,629

57,459

40,804

10,480

8,138

5,310

32,973

25,086

4,593

4,978

3,398

15,186

10,525

2,923

3,577

2,592

8,245

4,668

2,548

473

328

1,032

508

408

Family structure7

Mother and father ...........................

Mother, no father . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Father, no mother ...........................

Neither mother nor father. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

51,483

17,915

2,745

2,482

30,287

8,218

1,468

1,138

13,722

4,994

801

647

6,755

4,039

417

611

706

658

*59

81

Parent’s education8

Less than high school diploma ...................

High school diploma or GED9 ....................

More than high school.........................

9,348

14,745

47,454

3,844

6,894

29,012

2,609

4,273

12,417

2,472

3,172

5,435

423

405

579

Family income10

Less than $35,000 ...........................

$35,000 or more ............................

$35,000–$49,999 ..........................

$50,000–$74,999 ..........................

$75,000–$99,999 ..........................

$100,000 or more ..........................

23,698

45,422

9,210

12,151

8,492

15,570

10,262

27,652

4,647

6,730

5,114

11,160

6,931

11,818

2,651

3,427

2,441

3,299

5,524

5,459

1,709

1,839

900

1,010

971

488

202

152

38

97

Poverty status11

Poor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Near poor ................................

Not poor .................................

15,355

15,119

37,335

6,534

7,091

23,897

4,313

4,484

9,533

3,826

3,116

3,605

672

427

297

Health insurance coverage12

Private . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Medicaid or other public .......................

Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Uninsured ................................

40,184

26,156

2,131

5,791

25,284

11,634

1,237

2,862

10,593

7,202

550

1,677

3,974

6,295

286

1,147

321

1,020

56

105

Place of residence13

Large MSA ...............................

Small MSA. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Not in MSA ...............................

40,084

23,248

11,293

22,530

12,853

5,729

10,477

6,277

3,410

6,279

3,624

1,918

788

481

236

See footnotes at end of table.
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Table 5. Frequency distributions of respondent-assessed health status for children under age 18 years, by selected characteristics:

United States, 2010—Con.

Respondent-assessed health status1

All children

under age Fair

Selected characteristic 18 years Excellent Very good Good or poor

Region Number in thousands2

Northeast ................................ 11,620 6,432 3,177 1,828 182

Midwest ................................. 17,472 9,666 4,909 2,570 322

South ................................... 26,939 14,776 7,066 4,460 635

West ................................... 18,594 10,237 5,012 2,964 365

* Estimates preceded by an asterisk have a relative standard error greater than 30% and less than or equal to 50% and should be used with caution as they do not meet standards of reliability or 

precision. 

† Estimates with a relative standard error greater than 50% are indicated with a dagger, but are not shown. 

1

Based on the following question in the family core section of the survey: ‘‘Would you say [subject’s name] health in general was excellent, very good, good, fair, or poor?’’ 

2

Unknowns for the columns are not included in the frequencies (see Appendix I), but they are included in the ‘‘All children under age 18 years’’ column. 

3

Includes other races not shown separately and children with unknown family structure, parent’s education, family income, poverty status, or health insurance. Additionally, numbers within selected 

characteristics may not add to totals because of rounding. 

4

In accordance with the 1997 standards for federal data on race and Hispanic or Latino origin (see Appendix II), the category ‘‘One race’’ refers to persons who indicated only a single race group. 

Persons who indicated a single race other than the groups shown are included in the total for ‘‘One race’’ but are not shown separately due to small sample sizes. Therefore, the frequencies for the 

category ‘‘One race’’ will be greater than the sum of the frequencies for the specific groups shown separately. Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin may be of any race or combination of races. 

5

Refers to all persons who indicated more than one race group. Only two combinations of multiple race groups are shown due to small sample sizes for other combinations. Therefore, the frequencies 

for the category ‘‘Two or more races’’ will be greater than the sum of the frequencies for the specific combinations shown separately. 

6

Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin may be of any race or combination of races. Similarly, the category ‘‘Not Hispanic or Latino’’ refers to all persons who are not of Hispanic or Latino origin, 

regardless of race. The tables in this report use the current (1997) Office of Management and Budget race and Hispanic origin terms, and the text uses shorter versions of these terms for conciseness. 

For example, the category ‘‘Not Hispanic or Latino black or African American, single race’’ in the tables is referred to as ‘‘non-Hispanic black’’ in the text. 

7

Refers to parents living in the household. ‘‘Mother and father’’ can include biological, adoptive, step, in-law, or foster relationships. Legal guardians are classified in ‘‘Neither mother nor father.’’ 

8

Refers to the education level of the parent with the higher level of education, regardless of that parent’s age. 

9

GED is General Educational Development high school equivalency diploma. 

10The categories ‘‘Less than $35,000’’ and ‘‘$35,000 or more’’ include both persons reporting dollar amounts and persons reporting only that their incomes were within one of these two categories (see 

Appendix I). The indented categories include only those persons who reported dollar amounts. Because of the different income questions used in 2007, income estimates may not be comparable with

those from earlier years.

11Based on family income and family size using the U.S. Census Bureau’s poverty thresholds for the previous calendar year. ‘‘Poor’’ persons are defined as below the poverty threshold. ‘‘Near poor’’

persons have incomes of 100% to less than 200% of the poverty threshold. ‘‘Not poor’’ persons have incomes that are 200% of the poverty threshold or greater. Because of the different income

questions used in 2007, poverty ratio estimates may not be comparable with those from earlier years.

12Classification of health insurance coverage is based on a hierarchy of mutually exclusive categories. Persons with more than one type of health insurance were assigned to the first appropriate

category in the hierarchy. Persons under age 65 years and those aged 65 years and over were classified separately due to the predominance of Medicare coverage in the older population. The

category ‘‘Private’’ includes persons who had any type of private coverage either alone or in combination with other coverage. For example, for persons aged 65 years and over, ‘‘Private’’ includes

persons with only private or private in combination with Medicare. The category ‘‘Uninsured’’ includes persons who had no coverage as well as those who had only Indian Health Service coverage or

had only a private plan that paid for one type of service such as accidents or dental care (see Appendix II).

13MSA is metropolitan statistical area. Large MSAs have a population size of 1 million or more; small MSAs have a population size of less than 1 million. ‘‘Not in MSA’’ consists of persons not living in

a metropolitan statistical area.

NOTES: Estimates are based on household interviews of a sample of the civilian noninstitutionalized population. This table differs from most other detailed tables in this report in that the estimates

were based on responses about all children in the family, not only the sample child. These data came from the Person File and were weighted using the Person weight. The estimates of ‘‘All children

under age 18 years’’ in this table differ slightly from estimates of ‘‘All children under age 18 years’’ in the other detailed tables that were based on the Sample Child File and were weighted using the

Sample Child weight.

SOURCE: CDC/NCHS, National Health Interview Survey, 2010.
Series 10, No. 250 [ Page 19

Table 6. Age-adjusted percent distributions (with standard errors) of respondent-assessed health status for children under age 18 years, by

selected characteristics: United States, 2010

Respondent-assessed health status1

All children

under age Fair

Selected characteristic 18 years Excellent Very good Good or poor

Percent distribution2 (standard error)

Total3 (age-adjusted) ......................... 100.0 55.0 (0.56) 27.0 (0.46) 15.9 (0.40) 2.0 (0.12)

Total3 (crude) .............................. 100.0 55.1 (0.56) 27.0 (0.46) 15.8 (0.40) 2.0 (0.12)

Sex

Male ................................... 100.0 54.8 (0.65) 26.9 (0.56) 16.2 (0.47) 2.2 (0.15)

Female .................................. 100.0 55.4 (0.67) 27.1 (0.58) 15.6 (0.47) 1.9 (0.16)

Age4

0–4 years ................................ 100.0 57.5 (0.84) 26.6 (0.76) 14.3 (0.57) 1.6 (0.20)

5–11 years................................ 100.0 54.4 (0.74) 27.7 (0.65) 15.8 (0.53) 2.1 (0.19)

12–17 years ............................... 100.0 53.8 (0.80) 26.7 (0.65) 17.3 (0.57) 2.2 (0.19)

Race

One race5 ................................ 100.0 55.0 (0.57) 27.2 (0.47) 15.9 (0.41) 2.0 (0.12)

White. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.0 57.7 (0.66) 26.7 (0.52) 14.0 (0.45) 1.6 (0.13)

Black or African American ..................... 100.0 43.9 (1.22) 28.0 (1.10) 24.2 (1.01) 3.9 (0.42)

American Indian or Alaska Native ................ 100.0 38.7 (7.26) 36.9 (9.64) 22.6 (5.77) *1.8 (0.91)

Asian. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.0 50.4 (1.95) 30.3 (1.87) 17.4 (1.53) 1.8 (0.48)

Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander ........... 100.0 43.4 (9.76) *25.3 (10.59) 30.1 (6.98) †

Two or more races6 .......................... 100.0 55.8 (2.40) 24.4 (1.99) 17.0 (1.71) 2.8 (0.60)

Black or African American and white .............. 100.0 51.7 (3.54) 27.3 (3.25) 18.2 (2.77) *2.8 (0.89)

American Indian or Alaska Native and white.......... 100.0 51.4 (6.23) 24.1 (5.71) 20.8 (4.57) *3.7 (1.54)

Hispanic or Latino origin7 and race

Hispanic or Latino ........................... 100.0 47.1 (1.03) 29.0 (0.83) 21.1 (0.80) 2.8 (0.28)

Mexican or Mexican American .................. 100.0 45.5 (1.23) 29.2 (1.05) 22.5 (0.96) 2.8 (0.36)

Not Hispanic or Latino......................... 100.0 57.4 (0.65) 26.5 (0.55) 14.4 (0.45) 1.8 (0.13)

White, single race .......................... 100.0 61.5 (0.78) 25.8 (0.63) 11.4 (0.50) 1.2 (0.14)

Black or African American only, single race .......... 100.0 43.8 (1.25) 27.9 (1.14) 24.4 (1.04) 3.9 (0.44)

Family structure8

Mother and father ........................... 100.0 58.8 (0.65) 26.6 (0.57) 13.2 (0.41) 1.4 (0.11)

Mother, no father ............................ 100.0 45.9 (1.00) 27.9 (0.90) 22.6 (0.82) 3.7 (0.35)

Father, no mother ........................... 100.0 55.0 (2.52) 28.4 (2.33) 14.5 (1.64) *2.2 (0.66)

Neither mother nor father. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.0 46.8 (2.65) 25.7 (2.32) 24.4 (2.13) 3.1 (0.63)

Parent’s education9

Less than high school diploma ................... 100.0 40.9 (1.47) 27.8 (1.45) 26.8 (1.17) 4.5 (0.51)

High school diploma or GED10 ................... 100.0 46.5 (1.15) 29.1 (1.01) 21.6 (0.97) 2.8 (0.34)

More than high school......................... 100.0 61.1 (0.65) 26.2 (0.54) 11.5 (0.43) 1.2 (0.10)

Family income11

Less than $35,000 ........................... 100.0 42.7 (0.89) 29.3 (0.89) 23.7 (0.76) 4.2 (0.31)

$35,000 or more ............................ 100.0 60.9 (0.67) 26.0 (0.59) 12.0 (0.42) 1.1 (0.10)

$35,000–$49,999 .......................... 100.0 50.3 (1.46) 28.8 (1.27) 18.7 (1.09) 2.2 (0.35)

$50,000–$74,999 .......................... 100.0 55.3 (1.36) 28.3 (1.24) 15.2 (0.91) 1.3 (0.20)

$75,000–$99,999 .......................... 100.0 60.2 (1.49) 28.8 (1.42) 10.5 (0.90) 0.4 (0.12)

$100,000 or more .......................... 100.0 71.6 (1.06) 21.2 (0.94) 6.5 (0.57) 0.6 (0.11)

Poverty status12

Poor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.0 42.1 (1.11) 28.1 (1.07) 25.3 (0.96) 4.5 (0.41)

Near poor ................................ 100.0 46.5 (1.16) 29.7 (1.06) 20.9 (0.91) 2.9 (0.30)

Not poor ................................. 100.0 64.0 (0.69) 25.5 (0.62) 9.6 (0.40) 0.8 (0.09)

Health insurance coverage13

Private .................................. 100.0 63.0 (0.69) 26.4 (0.63) 9.8 (0.41) 0.8 (0.09)

Medicaid or other public ....................... 100.0 43.7 (0.87) 27.7 (0.74) 24.6 (0.75) 4.1 (0.30)

Other ................................... 100.0 58.0 (2.89) 25.6 (2.44) 13.6 (1.97) 2.8 (0.76)

Uninsured ................................ 100.0 49.7 (2.08) 29.3 (2.12) 19.3 (1.31) 1.7 (0.34)

Place of residence14

Large MSA ............................... 100.0 56.2 (0.73) 26.2 (0.61) 15.7 (0.52) 2.0 (0.16)

Small MSA. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.0 55.3 (1.07) 27.0 (0.87) 15.6 (0.77) 2.1 (0.23)

Not in MSA ............................... 100.0 50.7 (1.43) 30.2 (1.21) 17.0 (1.01) 2.1 (0.33)

See footnotes at end of table.
Page 20 [ Series 10, No. 250

Table 6. Age-adjusted percent distributions (with standard errors) of respondent-assessed health status for children under age 18 years, by

selected characteristics: United States, 2010—Con.

Respondent-assessed health status1

All children

under age Fair

Selected characteristic 18 years Excellent Very good Good or poor

Region Percent distribution2 (standard error)

Northeast ................................ 100.0 55.3 (1.38) 27.4 (1.12) 15.7 (0.99) 1.6 (0.23)

Midwest ................................. 100.0 55.3 (1.15) 28.1 (1.07) 14.8 (0.81) 1.8 (0.26)

South ................................... 100.0 54.8 (0.89) 26.2 (0.69) 16.6 (0.68) 2.4 (0.23)

West ................................... 100.0 55.1 (1.21) 26.9 (0.96) 16.0 (0.79) 2.0 (0.22)

* Estimates preceded by an asterisk have a relative standard error greater than 30% and less than or equal to 50% and should be used with caution as they do not meet standards of reliability or 

precision. 

† Estimates with a relative standard error greater than 50% are indicated with a dagger, but are not shown. 

1

Based on the following question in the family core section of the survey: ‘‘Would you say [subject’s name] health in general was excellent, very good, good, fair, or poor?’’ 

2

Unknowns for the column variables are not included in the denominators when calculating percentages. 

3

Includes other races not shown separately and children with unknown family structure, parent’s education, family income, poverty status, or health insurance. Additionally, percentages may not add to 

totals because of rounding. 

4

Estimates for age groups are not age adjusted. 

5

In accordance with the 1997 standards for federal data on race and Hispanic or Latino origin (see Appendix II), the category ‘‘One race’’ refers to persons who indicated only a single race group. 

Persons who indicated a single race other than the groups shown are included in the total for ‘‘One race’’ but are not shown separately due to small sample sizes. Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin 

may be of any race or combination of races. 

6

Refers to all persons who indicated more than one race group. Only two combinations of multiple race groups are shown due to small sample sizes for other combinations. 

7

Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin may be of any race or combination of races. Similarly, the category ‘‘Not Hispanic or Latino’’ refers to all persons who are not of Hispanic or Latino origin, 

regardless of race. The tables in this report use the current (1997) Office of Management and Budget race and Hispanic origin terms, and the text uses shorter versions of these terms for 

conciseness. For example, the category ‘‘Not Hispanic or Latino black or African American, single race’’ in the tables is referred to as ‘‘non-Hispanic black’’ in the text. 

8

Refers to parents living in the household. ‘‘Mother and father’’ can include biological, adoptive, step, in-law, or foster relationships. Legal guardians are classified in ‘‘Neither mother nor father.’’ 

9

Refers to the education level of the parent with the higher level of education, regardless of that parent’s age. 

10GED is General Educational Development high school equivalency diploma. 

11The categories ‘‘Less than $35,000’’ and ‘‘$35,000 or more’’ include both persons reporting dollar amounts and persons reporting only that their incomes were within one of these two categories (see 

Appendix I). The indented categories include only those persons who reported dollar amounts. Because of the different income questions used in 2007, income estimates may not be comparable with 

those from earlier years. 

12Based on family income and family size using the U.S Census Bureau’s poverty thresholds for the previous calendar year. ‘‘Poor’’ persons are defined as below the poverty threshold. ‘‘Near poor’’ 

persons have incomes of 100% to less than 200% of the poverty threshold. ‘‘Not poor’’ persons have incomes that are 200% of the poverty threshold or greater. Because of the different income 

questions used in 2007, poverty ratio estimates may not be comparable with those from earlier years. 

13Classification of health insurance coverage is based on a hierarchy of mutually exclusive categories. Persons with more than one type of health insurance were assigned to the first appropriate

category in the hierarchy. Persons under age 65 years and those aged 65 years and over were classified separately due to the predominance of Medicare coverage in the older population. The

category ‘‘Private’’ includes persons who had any type of private coverage either alone or in combination with other coverage. For example, for persons aged 65 years and over, ‘‘Private’’ includes

persons with only private or private in combination with Medicare. The category ‘‘Uninsured’’ includes persons who had no coverage as well as those who had only Indian Health Service coverage or

had only a private plan that paid for one type of service such as accidents or dental care (see Appendix II).

14MSA is metropolitan statistical area. Large MSAs have a population size of 1 million or more; small MSAs have a population size of less than 1 million. ‘‘Not in MSA’’ consists of persons not living in

a metropolitan statistical area.

NOTES: Estimates are based on household interviews of a sample of the civilian noninstitutionalized population. This table differs from most other detailed tables in this report in that the estimates

were based on responses about all children in the family, not only the sample child. These data came from the Person File and were weighted using the Person weight. Estimates are age adjusted

using the projected 2000 U.S. population as the standard population and using age groups 0–4 years, 5–11 years, and 12–17 years. For crude percentages, refer to Table VIII in Appendix III.

SOURCE: CDC/NCHS, National Health Interview Survey, 2010.
Series 10, No. 250 [ Page 21

Table 7. Frequency distributions of health status compared with a year ago given current health status for children aged 1–17 years, by

selected characteristics: United States, 2010

Current health status1

Excellent or very good Good Fair or poor

Selected characteristic

Better

than last

year

About the

same as

last year

Worse

than

last year

Better

than last

year

About the

same as

last year

Worse

than

last year

Better

than last

year

About the

same as

last year

Worse

than

last year

Number in thousands2

Total3 (crude)............................ 11,442 45,653 513 3,076 7,930 339 506 919 228

Sex

Male . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Female ...............................

6,247

5,195

22,757

22,896

310

203

1,617

1,460

4,191

3,738

157

182

290

215

438

480

*106

122

Age

1–4 years ..............................

5–11 years .............................

12–17 years ............................

3,882

4,506

3,054

10,713

18,667

16,274

98

229

186

848

1,289

940

1,474

3,200

3,255

*54

109

176

*127

238

141

188

356

375

*49

*58

121

Race

One race4 ..............................

White . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Black or African American. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

American Indian or Alaska Native ..............

Asian . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander .........

Two or more races5 ........................

Black or African American and white . . . . . . . . . . . .

American Indian or Alaska Native and white .......

10,963

8,370

1,730

†

609

†

479

227

*83

43,747

35,768

5,715

364

1,856

*45

1,906

797

258

496

422

*52

†

†

–

*16

–

†

2,980

1,986

738

*43

193

†

*97

*31

†

7,559

5,278

1,736

*112

388

†

371

187

*76

329

301

†

–

†

–

†

†

–

472

326

106

†

†

–

†

†

†

868

483

336

†

*40

†

*50

†

†

205

173

†

–

–

–

†

†

–

Hispanic or Latino origin6 and race

Hispanic or Latino .........................

Mexican or Mexican American . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Not Hispanic or Latino ......................

White, single race .......................

Black or African American only, single race . . . . . . . .

3,504

2,415

7,938

5,249

1,588

8,602

5,637

37,052

27,987

5,456

174

*87

339

267

*50

1,026

749

2,050

1,024

726

2,243

1,663

5,686

3,294

1,643

71

*26

268

236

†

214

154

292

158

*87

264

185

655

259

322

*46

†

182

127

†

Family structure7

Mother and father . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Mother, no father .........................

Father, no mother . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Neither mother nor father . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

7,894

2,778

401

369

32,748

9,676

1,945

1,284

319

181

†

†

1,682

1,111

114

169

4,587

2,710

287

345

182

144

†

†

287

175

†

*37

408

430

*34

*47

135

*65

†

†

Parent’s education8

Less than high school diploma .................

High school diploma or GED9

..................

More than high school ......................

1,847

2,310

6,895

4,100

8,151

31,991

110

*63

335

788

736

1,384

1,553

2,134

3,842

*29

*79

224

196

*135

138

234

238

388

†

*52

128

Family income10

Less than $35,000 ........................

$35,000 or more..........................

$35,000–$49,999 ........................

$50,000–$74,999 ........................

$75,000–$99,999 ........................

$100,000 or more........................

4,130

6,926

1,727

1,735

1,166

2,298

12,024

31,416

5,343

7,973

6,101

12,000

212

284

*48

*99

*46

*90

1,566

1,414

439

449

267

260

3,726

3,912

1,174

1,292

683

762

124

209

†

*94

†

*54

286

182

*88

*54

†

†

632

280

130

*79

†

*50

155

*73

–

†

†

†

Poverty status11

Poor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Near poor ..............................

Not poor...............................

2,733

2,697

5,443

7,374

8,434

26,978

174

*93

240

1,158

795

910

2,474

2,189

2,649

*103

*54

173

204

156

*106

470

269

141

*69

*75

*73

Health insurance coverage12

Private . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Medicaid or other public . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Other. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Uninsured ..............................

5,811

4,422

261

922

27,713

12,914

1,411

3,514

261

216

†

†

902

1,821

*88

252

2,796

4,081

181

827

168

118

–

*53

111

326

†

*23

204

625

*29

*61

*90

*126

–

†

See footnotes at end of table.
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Table 7. Frequency distributions of health status compared with a year ago given current health status for children aged 1–17 years, by

selected characteristics: United States, 2010—Con.

Current health status1

Excellent or very good Good Fair or poor

Selected characteristic

Better

than last

year

About the

same as

last year

Worse

than

last year

Better

than last

year

About the

same as

last year

Worse

than

last year

Better

than last

year

About the

same as

last year

Worse

than

last year

Place of residence13 Number in thousands2

Large MSA .............................

Small MSA .............................

Not in MSA .............................

6,171

3,646

1,625

24,739

14,039

6,876

289

181

*44

1,608

990

479

4,093

2,558

1,278

167

116

*56

240

151

*115

518

251

150

141

*62

†

Region

Northeast ..............................

Midwest ...............................

South ................................

West .................................

1,493

2,344

4,565

3,041

7,419

11,480

15,576

11,178

138

*88

152

134

382

609

1,242

844

1,308

1,778

2,854

1,989

*65

*111

91

*71

*71

†

238

147

111

250

397

160

†

†

*118

*49

* Estimates preceded by an asterisk have a relative standard error greater than 30% and less than or equal to 50% and should be used with caution as they do not meet standards of reliability or

precision.

† Estimates with a relative standard error greater than 50% are indicated with a dagger, but are not shown.

– Quantity zero.

1

Based on the following the question in the family core section of the survey: ‘‘Would you say [subject’s name] health in general was excellent, very good, good, fair, or poor?’’ and the following 

question from the sample child section: ‘‘Compared with 12 months ago, would you say [child’s name]’s health is better, worse, or about the same?’’ 

2

Unknowns for the columns are not included in the frequency distributions (see Appendix I). 

3

Includes other races not shown separately and children with unknown family structure, parent’s education, family income, poverty status, or health insurance. Additionally, numbers within selected 

characteristics may not add to totals because of rounding. 

4

In accordance with the 1997 standards for federal data on race and Hispanic or Latino origin (see Appendix II), the category ‘‘One race’’ refers to persons who indicated only a single race group. 

Persons who indicated a single race other than the groups shown are included in the total for ‘‘One race’’ but are not shown separately due to small sample sizes. Therefore, the frequencies for the 

category ‘‘One race’’ will be greater than the sum of the frequencies for the specific groups shown separately. Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin may be of any race or combination of races. 

5

Refers to all persons who indicated more than one race group. Only two combinations of multiple race groups are shown due to small sample sizes for other combinations. Therefore, the frequencies 

for the category ‘‘Two or more races’’ will be greater than the sum of the frequencies for the specific combinations shown separately. 

6

Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin may be of any race or combination of races. Similarly, the category ‘‘Not Hispanic or Latino’’ refers to all persons who are not of Hispanic or Latino origin, 

regardless of race. The tables in this report use the current (1997) Office of Management and Budget race and Hispanic origin terms, and the text uses shorter versions of these terms for conciseness. 

For example, the category ‘‘Not Hispanic or Latino black or African American, single race’’ in the tables is referred to as ‘‘non-Hispanic black’’ in the text. 

7

Refers to parents living in the household. ‘‘Mother and father’’ can include biological, adoptive, step, in-law, or foster relationships. Legal guardians are classified in ‘‘Neither mother nor father.’’ 

8

Refers to the education level of the parent with the higher level of education, regardless of that parent’s age. 

9

GED is General Educational Development high school equivalency diploma. 

10The categories ‘‘Less than $35,000’’ and ‘‘$35,000 or more’’ include both persons reporting dollar amounts and persons reporting only that their incomes were within one of these two categories (see 

Appendix I). The indented categories include only those persons who reported dollar amounts. Because of the different income questions used in 2007, income estimates may not be comparable with 

those from earlier years. 

11Based on family income and family size using the U.S. Census Bureau’s poverty thresholds for the previous calendar year. ‘‘Poor’’ persons are defined as below the poverty threshold. ‘‘Near poor’’ 

persons have incomes of 100% to less than 200% of the poverty threshold. ‘‘Not poor’’ persons have incomes that are 200% of the poverty threshold or greater. Because of the different income 

questions used in 2007, poverty ratio estimates may not be comparable with those from earlier years. 

12Classification of health insurance coverage is based on a hierarchy of mutually exclusive categories. Persons with more than one type of health insurance were assigned to the first appropriate 

category in the hierarchy. Persons under age 65 years and those aged 65 years and over were classified separately due to the predominance of Medicare coverage in the older population. The 

category ‘‘Private’’ includes persons who had any type of private coverage either alone or in combination with other coverage. For example, for persons aged 65 years and over, ‘‘Private’’ includes 

persons with only private or private in combination with Medicare. The category ‘‘Uninsured’’ includes persons who had no coverage as well as those who had only Indian Health Service coverage or 

had only a private plan that paid for one type of service such as accidents or dental care (see Appendix II). 

13MSA is metropolitan statistical area. Large MSAs have a population size of 1 million or more; small MSAs have a population size of less than 1 million. ‘‘Not in MSA’’ consists of persons not living in

a metropolitan statistical area.

NOTE: Estimates are based on household interviews of a sample of the civilian noninstitutionalized population.

SOURCE: CDC/NCHS, National Health Interview Survey, 2010.
butions (with standard errors) of health status compared with a year ago given current health status for children aged 1–17 years, by selected

Current health status1

Excellent or very good Good Fair or poor

Better

than last

year

About the

same aslast year

Worse

than

last year

Better

than last

year

About the

same aslast year

Worse

than

last year

Better

than last

year

About the

same aslast year

Worse

than

last year

Percent distribution2 (standard error)

......

......

19.619.9

(0.51)(0.51)

79.579.2

(0.51)(0.52)

0.9 (0.11)0.9 (0.11)

27.527.1

(1.28)(1.27)

69.669.9

(1.34)(1.32)

2.9 (0.51)3.0 (0.52)

31.130.6

(3.57)(3.53)

55.455.6

(4.01)(3.98)

13.5 (2.72)13.8 (2.77)

......

......

21.018.1

(0.73)(0.67)

77.981.2

(0.75)(0.67)

1.1 (0.18)0.7 (0.14)

27.327.4

(1.68)(1.89)

70.069.4

(1.76)(1.97)

2.6 (0.63)3.2 (0.77)

34.526.8

(4.79)(5.34)

53.259.8

(5.13)(5.78)

12.2 (3.54)13.3 (3.52)

......

......

......

26.419.315.7

(1.20)(0.81)(0.73)

72.979.883.4

(1.21)(0.83)(0.74)

0.7 (0.18)1.0 (0.21)1.0 (0.18)

35.728.021.5

(3.14)(2.03)(1.85)

62.169.674.5

(3.19)(2.05)(1.99)

*2.3 (0.91)

2.4 (0.64)4.0 (1.06)

34.836.522.1

(8.45)(5.93)(5.10)

51.754.658.9

(8.63)(6.48)(5.93)

*13.6 (6.18)

*8.9 (3.44)

19.0 (4.94)

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

. . . . . .

ite .....

19.6 (0.52)18.6 (0.58)22.6 (1.49)26.5 (4.67)

24.7 (2.21)

57.0 (12.88)20.2 (2.34)21.5 (3.95)25.2 (6.61)

79.5 (0.52)80.4 (0.59)76.7 (1.51)71.1 (4.97)

74.8 (2.24)

43.0 (12.88)78.8 (2.36)78.5 (3.95)72.9 (6.70)

0.9 (0.12)0.9 (0.13)

*0.8 (0.30)

†

†

–

*1.0 (0.46)

–†

27.8 (1.30)26.4 (1.54)30.5 (2.66)

*33.1 (11.32)

31.6 (4.87)

*35.6 (14.85)

20.4 (5.53)17.8 (5.01)

*29.1 (13.97)

69.3 (1.36)69.7 (1.65)69.1 (2.66)

66.9 (11.32)

65.8 (4.89)

64.4 (14.85)77.7 (5.60)80.8 (5.16)70.9 (13.97)

3.0 (0.52)3.9 (0.73)

†–

†

–

††–

30.9 (3.57)33.2 (4.76)21.8 (4.98)86.3 (14.47)34.8 (7.57)

–

25.6 (6.83)

†

54.4 (0.00)

56.0 (4.08)49.2 (5.40)70.9 (6.47)

†

65.2 (7.57)

100.0 (0.00)

55.4 (10.84)

58.6 (8.24)45.6 (0.00)

13.1 (2.77)17.6 (3.84)

†–

–

–

*19.0 (8.77)

32.6 (3.10)

–

e

......

......

......

......

......

27.8

29.217.415.721.9

(1.11)

(1.38)(0.57)(0.65)(1.54)

70.8

69.881.883.577.3

(1.13)

(1.38)(0.58)(0.66)(1.56)

1.4 (0.28)

*1.0 (0.33)

0.8 (0.12)

0.8 (0.15)

*0.8 (0.31)

30.7

30.626.222.931.3

(2.12)

(2.40)(1.61)(2.08)(2.77)

67.2

68.370.672.268.4

(2.20)

(2.47)(1.69)(2.29)(2.77)

2.1 (0.61)

*1.1 (0.44)

3.2 (0.66)

4.9 (1.09)

†

38.5

36.126.430.719.1

(4.78)

(5.09)(4.35)(5.94)(4.92)

53.0

56.158.447.672.9

(5.47)

(5.75)(4.92)(7.33)(6.63)

*8.5 (3.18)

†

15.1 (3.56)21.8 (5.68)

†

. . . . . .

......

. . . . . .

......

18.921.917.523.4

(0.59)(1.10)(2.33)(3.05)

80.376.782.276.3

(0.60)(1.13)(2.33)(3.06)

0.8 (0.13)1.5 (0.31)

††

26.328.530.832.3

(1.70)(2.15)(6.04)(5.32)

71.067.9

68.0

66.3

(1.80)(2.25)

(6.11)

(5.41)

2.8 (0.68)3.6 (0.93)

††

35.3 (4.97)25.0 (5.51)

†

*33.7 (12.38)

49.2 (5.56)64.9 (6.01)74.8 (13.70)

48.2 (12.71)

15.5 (3.99)

*10.1 (4.02)

††

......

......

......

29.921.417.5

(1.76)(1.18)(0.60)

68.478.081.7

(1.77)(1.20)(0.61)

1.7 (0.47)

*0.6 (0.22)

0.9 (0.14)

33.224.826.2

(2.84)(2.31)(1.89)

65.672.569.8

(2.87)(2.50)(1.98)

*1.2 (0.52)*2.7 (1.06)

4.0 (0.85)

42.831.921.9

(6.31)(7.12)(4.63)

52.056.458.7

(6.44)(7.61)(6.07)

†

*11.7 (4.94)

19.3 (5.08)

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butions (with standard errors) of health status compared with a year ago given current health status for children aged 1–17 years, by selected

—Con.

Current health status1

Excellent or very good Good Fair or poor

Better

than last

year

About the

same aslast year

Worse

than

last year

Better

than last

year

About the

same aslast year

Worse

than

last year

Better

than last

year

About the

same aslast year

Worse

than

last year

Percent distribution2 (standard error)

......

......

..................

......

24.1 (0.99)17.9 (0.59)23.9 (1.56)17.6 (1.14)15.9 (1.26)16.2 (1.00)

74.6 (0.99)81.4 (0.60)75.4 (1.58)81.4 (1.18)83.5 (1.30)83.2 (1.01)

1.3 (0.26)

0.7 (0.13)

*0.7 (0.33)*1.0 (0.32)*0.6 (0.24)*0.6 (0.19)

28.9 (1.85)26.2 (1.93)26.8 (3.21)25.7 (3.41)31.0 (4.88)24.7 (3.97)

68.8 (1.92)70.2 (2.02)71.8 (3.26)69.5 (3.54)65.1 (5.02)70.4 (4.54)

2.3 (0.65)3.6 (0.81)

†

*4.8 (1.58)

†

*4.9 (2.09)

26.6 (4.05)34.4 (6.54)42.6 (8.35)

*37.0 (12.33)

†

*20.6 (9.19)

59.0 (5.01)53.0 (6.78)57.4 (8.35)49.4 (12.96)

*42.7 (19.44)

51.7 (14.19)

14.4 (3.62)

*12.6 (4.15)

–

*13.6 (5.40)

†

*27.7 (12.06)

......

......

......

25.1 (1.33)

23.6 (1.26)16.7 (0.61)

73.2 (1.36)75.6 (1.27)82.6 (0.62)

1.7 (0.37)

*0.9 (0.31)

0.7 (0.13)

30.7 (2.43)26.5 (2.48)25.4 (2.26)

66.5 (2.53)71.7 (2.54)70.4 (2.39)

*2.8 (0.93)

*1.8 (0.67)

4.3 (1.07)

26.532.033.9

(5.04)(5.93)(8.62)

64.153.744.9

(6.01)(6.68)(8.50)

*9.5

*14.3*21.2

(3.78)

(5.35)(7.18)

......

. . . . . .

......

......

17.3 (0.64)

24.1 (0.95)14.8 (2.57)

20.7 (2.37)

82.0 (0.65)74.7 (0.96)84.1 (2.53)79.0 (2.38)

0.8 (0.15)1.2 (0.23)

††

24.4 (2.17)30.0 (1.86)37.9 (8.81)22.1 (3.38)

71.6 (2.35)68.0 (1.90)62.1 (8.81)73.2 (3.51)

4.1 (1.05)

*2.0 (0.59)

–

*4.7 (1.84)

28.2 (6.76)29.9 (4.35)

46.4 (11.02)

*27.4 (12.77)

52.4 (7.69)58.4 (5.07)

53.6 (11.02)

64.2 (13.21)

*19.3

11.7

(6.11)

(3.28)

–†

. . . . . .

......

......

19.6 (0.67)19.9 (0.96)19.0 (1.33)

79.5 (0.68)79.0 (0.97)80.5 (1.34)

0.9 (0.15)1.0 (0.22)

*0.5 (0.23)

28.0 (1.65)27.0 (2.51)26.9 (3.08)

69.3 (1.76)69.8 (2.60)69.9 (3.07)

2.7 (0.70)3.2 (0.88)

*3.2 (1.23)

26.634.242.3

(4.05)(6.69)(8.50)

57.452.149.4

(5.04)(7.63)(9.30)

16.0

*13.7

(4.10)(4.94)

†

......

. . . . . .

......

. . . . . .

16.5 (1.28)16.7 (0.95)22.2 (0.90)20.9 (1.01)

81.9 (1.29)82.7 (0.98)77.1 (0.91)78.2 (1.01)

1.5 (0.37)

*0.6 (0.21)

0.7 (0.17)1.0 (0.24)

21.6 (2.95)25.0 (2.64)29.9 (2.23)29.4 (2.53)

74.6 (3.16)70.8 (2.95)67.9 (2.27)68.2 (2.56)

*3.8 (1.37)*4.2 (1.55)

2.2 (0.61)

*2.4 (0.79)

37.9

*14.8

32.539.5

(8.22)(6.39)

(5.33)(6.29)

53.671.852.646.7

(9.68)(7.52)(6.24)(6.39)

*13.4

14.9

*13.8

†

(6.39)

(4.12)

(5.46)

e standard error greater than 30% and less than or equal to 50% and should be used with caution as they do not meet standards of reliability or precision.

han 50% are indicated with a dagger, but are not shown.

core section of the survey: ‘‘Would you say [subject’s name] health in general was excellent, very good, good, fair, or poor?’’ and the following question from the sample child section: ‘‘Compared with 12

is better, worse, or about the same?’’

ed in the denominators when calculating percentages. This table consists of conditional percentages: the total number of children in excellent or very good health (shown in Table 7) serves as the

bove. Likewise, the number of children in good health is the denominator for the percentages in columns 4–6, while the total number of children in fair or poor health is the denominator for the percentages

ildren with unknown family structure, parent’s education, family income, poverty status, or health insurance. Additionally, percentages may not add to totals because of rounding.

data on race and Hispanic or Latino origin (see Appendix II), the category ‘‘One race’’ refers to persons who indicated only a single race group. Persons who indicated a single race other than the groups

are not shown separately due to small sample sizes. Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin may be of any race or combination of races.

e race group. Only two combinations of multiple race groups are shown due to small sample sizes for other combinations.

y race or combination of races. Similarly, the category ‘‘Not Hispanic or Latino’’ refers to all persons who are not of Hispanic or Latino origin, regardless of race. The tables in this report use the current

Hispanic origin terms, and the text uses shorter versions of these terms for conciseness. For example, the category ‘‘Not Hispanic or Latino black or African American, single race’’ in the tables is referred

and father’’ can include biological, adoptive, step, in-law, or foster relationships. Legal guardians are classified in ‘‘Neither mother nor father.’’

e higher level of education, regardless of that parent’s age.

chool equivalency diploma.

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0 or more’’ include both persons reporting dollar amounts and persons reporting only that their incomes were within one of these two categories (see Appendix I). The indented categories include only those

the different income questions used in 2007, income estimates may not be comparable with those from earlier years.

e U. S. Census Bureau’s poverty thresholds for the previous calendar year. ‘‘Poor’’ persons are defined as below the poverty threshold. ‘‘Near poor’’ persons have incomes of 100% to less than 200% of the

es that are 200% of the poverty threshold or greater. Because of the different income questions used in 2007, poverty ratio estimates may not be comparable with those from earlier years.

sed on a hierarchy of mutually exclusive categories. Persons with more than one type of health insurance were assigned to the first appropriate category in the hierarchy. Persons under age 65 years and

rately due to the predominance of Medicare coverage in the older population. The category ‘‘Private’’ includes persons who had any type of private coverage either alone or in combination with other

and over, ‘‘Private’’ includes persons with only private or private in combination with Medicare. The category ‘‘Uninsured’’ includes persons who had no coverage as well as those who had only Indian

that paid for one type of service such as accidents or dental care (see Appendix II).

have a population size of 1 million or more; small MSAs have a population size of less than 1 million. ‘‘Not in MSA’’ consists of persons not living in a metropolitan statistical area.

ews of a sample of the civilian noninstitutionalized population. Estimates are age adjusted using the projected 2000 U.S. population as the standard population and using age groups 1–4 years, 5–11 years,

Table IX in Appendix III.

Survey, 2010.

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Table 9. Frequency distributions of number of school days missed in the past 12 months because of illness or injury for children aged 5–17

years, by selected characteristics: United States, 2010

Selected characteristic

All

children

aged 5–17

years None

Number of school days missed in past 12 months1

1–2 days 3–5 days 6–10 days

11 or

more days

Did not

go to

school

Number in thousands2

Total3 (crude) .............................. 53,212 14,136 14,682 14,508 5,957 3,098 359

Sex

Male ...................................

Female . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

27,227

25,986

7,489

6,647

7,240

7,442

7,239

7,269

3,174

2,783

1,614

1,484

165

194

Age

5–11 years................................

12–17 years ...............................

28,666

24,546

7,502

6,634

8,210

6,472

7,979

6,530

2,938

3,018

1,469

1,629

300

*59

Race

One race4 ................................

White. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Black or African American . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

American Indian or Alaska Native ................

Asian. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander ...........

Two or more races5 ..........................

Black or African American and white ..............

American Indian or Alaska Native and white..........

51,133

40,288

7,801

496

2,399

149

2,080

918

328

13,683

9,793

2,716

196

933

†

453

181

*35

14,043

11,240

1,823

140

799

†

640

228

*121

13,936

11,347

2,080

86

400

†

572

284

*104

5,723

4,784

718

†

172

†

234

114

*36

2,947

2,471

347

*25

*73

†

150

*79

†

340

289

37

†

†

–

†

†

–

Hispanic or Latino origin6 and race

Hispanic or Latino ...........................

Mexican or Mexican American . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Not Hispanic or Latino.........................

White, single race . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Black or African American, single race .............

11,576

7,972

41,637

29,898

7,398

4,032

2,711

10,104

6,161

2,570

2,790

1,974

11,892

8,742

1,756

3,024

2,165

11,485

8,608

1,953

957

651

5,000

3,954

668

544

318

2,554

1,980

336

†

†

298

242

37

Family structure7

Mother and father ...........................

Mother, no father . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Father, no mother ...........................

Neither mother nor father. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

35,520

13,360

2,398

1,935

9,556

3,314

711

554

10,272

3,275

696

439

9,617

3,774

627

491

3,915

1,585

213

244

1,747

1,140

*68

143

230

*93

†

†

Parent’s education8

Less than high school diploma ...................

High school diploma or GED9 ....................

More than high school.........................

6,473

10,213

34,410

2,236

2,869

8,393

1,532

2,405

10,291

1,570

2,849

9,574

563

1,129

4,015

426

762

1,767

*61

*59

208

Family income10

Less than $35,000 ...........................

$35,000 or more ............................

$35,000–$49,999 ..........................

$50,000–$74,999 ..........................

$75,000–$99,999 ..........................

$100,000 or more ..........................

16,363

34,372

6,626

8,945

6,468

12,332

4,756

8,445

1,850

2,303

1,405

2,887

3,698

10,383

1,876

2,372

2,066

4,068

4,154

9,755

1,680

2,698

1,845

3,532

1,938

3,836

746

962

843

1,285

1,421

1,592

341

508

276

468

144

206

*50

*79

†

*57

Poverty status11

Poor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Near poor ................................

Not poor .................................

10,526

10,736

28,611

2,893

3,276

6,777

2,362

2,607

8,931

2,857

2,587

8,278

1,179

1,336

3,126

961

731

1,265

*84

*124

142

Health insurance coverage12

Private . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Medicaid or other public .......................

Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Uninsured ................................

29,681

17,499

1,450

4,463

7,217

5,000

384

1,473

9,140

4,011

397

1,104

8,472

4,485

376

1,157

3,216

2,106

175

451

1,324

1,488

*114

173

147

173

–

†

Place of residence13

Large MSA ...............................

Small MSA. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Not in MSA ...............................

28,633

16,298

8,282

8,415

3,920

1,801

7,597

4,619

2,466

7,769

4,527

2,213

3,084

1,832

1,040

1,394

1,099

604

135

154

*70

See footnotes at end of table.
Series 10, No. 250 [ Page 27

Table 9. Frequency distributions of number of school days missed in the past 12 months because of illness or injury for children aged 5–17

years, by selected characteristics: United States, 2010—Con.

Number of school days missed in past 12 months1

All

children Did not

aged 5–17 11 or go to

Selected characteristic years None 1–2 days 3–5 days 6–10 days more days school

Region Number in thousands2

Northeast ................................ 8,503 2,248 2,270 2,199 1,019 601 *69

Midwest ................................. 12,949 2,859 3,918 3,742 1,421 812 *91

South ................................... 18,794 5,442 5,003 5,009 2,110 968 115

West ................................... 12,966 3,587 3,491 3,559 1,406 717 *85

Current health status

Excellent or very good ........................ 42,948 11,494 12,577 11,904 4,496 1,878 272

Good ................................... 8,976 2,415 1,927 2,330 1,232 881 *76

Fair or poor ............................... 1,288 227 178 274 229 339 †

* Estimates preceded by an asterisk have a relative standard error greater than 30% and less than or equal to 50% and should be used with caution as they do not meet standards of reliability or 

precision. 

† Estimates with a relative standard error greater than 50% are indicated with a dagger, but are not shown. 

– Quantity zero. 

1

Based on the question, ‘‘DURING THE PAST 12 MONTHS, that is since [12 month reference date], about how many days did [child’s name] miss school because of illness or injury?’’ 

2

Unknowns for the columns are not included in the frequencies (see Appendix I), but they are included in the ‘‘All children aged 5–17 years’’ column. 

3

Includes other races not shown separately and children with unknown family structure, parent’s education, family income, poverty status, health insurance, or current health status. Additionally, 

numbers within selected characteristics may not add to totals because of rounding. 

4

In accordance with the 1997 standards for federal data on race and Hispanic or Latino origin (see Appendix II), the category ‘‘One race’’ refers to persons who indicated only a single race group. 

Persons who indicated a single race other than the groups shown are included in the total for ‘‘One race’’ but are not shown separately due to small sample sizes. Therefore, the frequencies for the 

category ‘‘One race’’ will be greater than the sum of the frequencies for the specific groups shown separately. Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin may be of any race or combination of races. 

5

Refers to all persons who indicated more than one race group. Only two combinations of multiple race groups are shown due to small sample sizes for other combinations. Therefore, the frequencies 

for the category ‘‘Two or more races’’ will be greater than the sum of the frequencies for the specific combinations shown separately. 

6

Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin may be of any race or combination of races. Similarly, the category ‘‘Not Hispanic or Latino’’ refers to all persons who are not of Hispanic or Latino origin, 

regardless of race. The tables in this report use the current (1997) Office of Management and Budget race and Hispanic origin terms, and the text uses shorter versions of these terms for conciseness. 

For example, the category ‘‘Not Hispanic or Latino black or African American, single race’’ in the tables is referred to as ‘‘non-Hispanic black’’ in the text. 

7

Refers to parents living in the household. ‘‘Mother and father’’ can include biological, adoptive, step, in-law, or foster relationships. Legal guardians are classified in ‘‘Neither mother nor father.’’ 

8

Refers to the education level of the parent with the higher level of education, regardless of that parent’s age. 

9

GED is General Educational Development high school equivalency diploma. 

10The categories ‘‘Less than $35,000’’ and ‘‘$35,000 or more’’ include both persons reporting dollar amounts and persons reporting only that their incomes were within one of these two categories (see 

Appendix I). The indented categories include only those persons who reported dollar amounts. Because of the different income questions used in 2007, income estimates may not be comparable with 

those from earlier years. 

11Based on family income and family size using the U.S. Census Bureau’s poverty thresholds for the previous calendar year. ‘‘Poor’’ persons are defined as below the poverty threshold. ‘‘Near poor’’ 

persons have incomes of 100% to less than 200% of the poverty threshold. ‘‘Not poor’’ persons have incomes that are 200% of the poverty threshold or greater. Because of the different income 

questions used in 2007, poverty ratio estimates may not be comparable with those from earlier years. 

12Classification of health insurance coverage is based on a hierarchy of mutually exclusive categories. Persons with more than one type of health insurance were assigned to the first appropriate 

category in the hierarchy. Persons under age 65 years and those aged 65 years and over were classified separately due to the predominance of Medicare coverage in the older population. The 

category ‘‘Private’’ includes persons who had any type of private coverage either alone or in combination with other coverage. For example, for persons aged 65 years and over, ‘‘Private’’ includes 

persons with only private or private in combination with Medicare. The category ‘‘Uninsured’’ includes persons who had no coverage as well as those who had only Indian Health Service coverage or 

had only a private plan that paid for one type of service such as accidents or dental care (see Appendix II). 

13MSA is metropolitan statistical area. Large MSAs have a population size of 1 million or more; small MSAs have a population size of less than 1 million. ‘‘Not in MSA’’ consists of persons not living in

a metropolitan statistical area.

NOTE: Estimates are based on household interviews of a sample of the civilian noninstitutionalized population.

SOURCE: CDC/NCHS, National Health Interview Survey, 2010.
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Table 10. Age-adjusted percent distributions (with standard errors) of number of school days missed in the past 12 months because of

illness or injury for children aged 5–17 years, by selected characteristics: United States, 2010

Number of school days missed in past 12 months1

All

children Did not

aged 5–17 11 or go to

Selected characteristic years None 1–2 days 3–5 days 6–10 days more days school

Percent distribution2 (standard error)

Total3 (age-adjusted) .................. 100.0 26.8 (0.59) 27.9 (0.63) 27.5 (0.63) 11.3 (0.44) 5.9 (0.35) 0.7 (0.12)

Total3 (crude)....................... 100.0 26.8 (0.59) 27.8 (0.63) 27.5 (0.63) 11.3 (0.44) 5.9 (0.35) 0.7 (0.12)

Sex

Male ............................ 100.0 27.8 (0.82) 26.9 (0.86) 26.9 (0.85) 11.8 (0.61) 6.0 (0.49) 0.6 (0.15)

Female. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.0 25.7 (0.82) 28.8 (0.92) 28.2 (0.91) 10.8 (0.64) 5.7 (0.48) 0.8 (0.16)

Age4

5–11 years ........................ 100.0 26.4 (0.82) 28.9 (0.85) 28.1 (0.87) 10.3 (0.58) 5.2 (0.44) 1.1 (0.20)

12–17 years........................ 100.0 27.3 (0.84) 26.6 (0.89) 26.8 (0.89) 12.4 (0.67) 6.7 (0.53) *0.2 (0.09)

Race

One race5 ......................... 100.0 27.0 (0.60) 27.7 (0.64) 27.5 (0.65) 11.3 (0.44) 5.8 (0.35) 0.7 (0.12)

White .......................... 100.0 24.5 (0.67) 28.2 (0.74) 28.4 (0.77) 12.0 (0.53) 6.2 (0.41) 0.7 (0.15)

Black or African American .............. 100.0 35.2 (1.54) 23.6 (1.40) 26.9 (1.53) 9.3 (0.98) 4.4 (0.68) 0.5 (0.14)

American Indian or Alaska Native ......... 100.0 39.7 (6.11) 28.6 (5.87) 17.5 (4.15) † *5.0 (2.49) †

Asian .......................... 100.0 39.0 (2.69) 33.6 (2.60) 16.8 (1.79) 7.2 (1.34) *3.0 (0.97) †

Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander .... 100.0 † *25.9 (12.02) *24.7 (10.69) † † –

Two or more races6 ................... 100.0 22.8 (2.65) 30.6 (2.88) 26.5 (2.59) 11.4 (1.97) 7.7 (1.86) †

Black or African American and white ....... 100.0 19.7 (3.92) 26.0 (4.15) 30.4 (4.24) 12.2 (2.96) *9.5 (3.41) †

American Indian or Alaska Native and white . . 100.0 *10.4 (4.25) 37.1 (8.80) 32.6 (8.38) *10.7 (3.91) *9.2 (4.44) –

Hispanic or Latino origin7 and race

Hispanic or Latino .................... 100.0 35.4 (1.23) 24.3 (1.06) 26.4 (1.09) 8.6 (0.68) 4.7 (0.54) †

Mexican or Mexican American ........... 100.0 34.5 (1.50) 24.9 (1.34) 27.5 (1.39) 8.5 (0.86) 4.0 (0.59) †

Not Hispanic or Latino ................. 100.0 24.4 (0.68) 28.8 (0.77) 27.8 (0.75) 12.1 (0.54) 6.1 (0.41) 0.7 (0.13)

White, single race. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.0 20.7 (0.80) 29.5 (0.95) 29.0 (0.97) 13.3 (0.68) 6.6 (0.51) 0.8 (0.18)

Black or African American, single race ...... 100.0 35.1 (1.57) 24.0 (1.44) 26.7 (1.57) 9.2 (1.00) 4.5 (0.71) 0.5 (0.15)

Family structure8

Mother and father .................... 100.0 27.0 (0.74) 29.1 (0.79) 27.2 (0.77) 11.1 (0.54) 4.9 (0.40) 0.7 (0.13)

Mother, no father. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.0 25.1 (1.13) 24.8 (1.11) 28.6 (1.18) 12.0 (0.84) 8.7 (0.82) *0.7 (0.23)

Father, no mother .................... 100.0 31.0 (2.93) 30.0 (3.29) 26.6 (2.96) 9.3 (1.76) *2.9 (0.91) †

Neither mother nor father ............... 100.0 29.1 (3.11) 23.4 (2.91) 25.6 (2.94) 13.0 (2.65) 7.1 (1.53) †

Parent’s education9

Less than high school diploma ............ 100.0 35.2 (1.74) 23.8 (1.59) 24.6 (1.67) 8.9 (0.99) 6.6 (0.94) *0.9 (0.33)

High school diploma or GED10 ............ 100.0 28.5 (1.39) 23.8 (1.35) 28.3 (1.38) 11.2 (0.98) 7.6 (0.91) *0.6 (0.23)

More than high school ................. 100.0 24.5 (0.72) 30.1 (0.81) 28.0 (0.80) 11.7 (0.55) 5.1 (0.40) 0.6 (0.15)

Family income11

Less than $35,000.................... 100.0 29.6 (1.05) 22.8 (0.98) 25.7 (1.06) 12.1 (0.86) 8.9 (0.77) 0.9 (0.23)

$35,000 or more ..................... 100.0 24.7 (0.75) 30.4 (0.82) 28.5 (0.78) 11.2 (0.54) 4.6 (0.36) 0.6 (0.13)

$35,000–$49,999 ................... 100.0 28.3 (1.60) 28.7 (1.60) 25.7 (1.64) 11.4 (1.24) 5.2 (0.80) *0.8 (0.35)

$50,000–$74,999 ................... 100.0 25.8 (1.54) 26.6 (1.46) 30.2 (1.58) 10.8 (0.98) 5.7 (0.80) *0.9 (0.32)

$75,000–$99,999 ................... 100.0 21.7 (1.59) 32.1 (1.95) 28.5 (1.80) 13.1 (1.41) 4.2 (0.75) †

$100,000 or more ................... 100.0 23.5 (1.27) 33.1 (1.39) 28.8 (1.36) 10.4 (0.92) 3.8 (0.60) *0.5 (0.18)

Poverty status12

Poor ............................ 100.0 28.1 (1.34) 22.6 (1.35) 27.3 (1.37) 11.7 (1.07) 9.6 (1.07) *0.8 (0.25)

Near poor ......................... 100.0 30.7 (1.46) 24.5 (1.26) 24.3 (1.36) 12.5 (1.04) 6.9 (0.81) *1.2 (0.38)

Not poor .......................... 100.0 23.8 (0.82) 31.4 (0.90) 29.0 (0.85) 10.9 (0.59) 4.4 (0.38) 0.5 (0.12)

Health insurance coverage13

Private ........................... 100.0 24.4 (0.81) 31.0 (0.90) 28.7 (0.86) 10.8 (0.58) 4.4 (0.41) 0.5 (0.15)

Medicaid or other public ................ 100.0 29.1 (1.08) 23.0 (1.00) 25.7 (1.06) 12.4 (0.81) 8.8 (0.74) 0.9 (0.21)

Other ............................ 100.0 26.3 (3.26) 27.9 (3.71) 25.6 (3.80) 12.3 (3.04) 7.9 (2.35) –

Uninsured ......................... 100.0 33.8 (2.12) 25.4 (1.84) 26.0 (1.87) 10.2 (1.30) 3.8 (0.76) †

See footnotes at end of table.
Series 10, No. 250 [ Page 29

Table 10. Age-adjusted percent distributions (with standard errors) of number of school days missed in the past 12 months because of

illness or injury for children aged 5–17 years, by selected characteristics: United States, 2010—Con.

Number of school days missed in past 12 months1

All

children Did not

aged 5–17 11 or go to

Selected characteristic years None 1–2 days 3–5 days 6–10 days more days school

Place of residence14 Percent distribution2 (standard error)

Large MSA ........................ 100.0 29.6 (0.83) 26.8 (0.83) 27.4 (0.85) 10.8 (0.59) 4.9 (0.42) 0.5 (0.13)

Small MSA ........................ 100.0 24.3 (1.05) 28.6 (1.12) 28.0 (1.15) 11.3 (0.72) 6.8 (0.67) 1.0 (0.29)

Not in MSA ........................ 100.0 22.0 (1.46) 30.0 (1.70) 27.0 (1.64) 12.7 (1.34) 7.4 (0.98) 0.8 (0.25)

Region

Northeast ......................... 100.0 26.7 (1.54) 27.0 (1.50) 26.3 (1.60) 12.1 (1.13) 7.1 (0.94) *0.8 (0.30)

Midwest .......................... 100.0 22.3 (1.18) 30.5 (1.45) 29.1 (1.42) 11.1 (0.90) 6.4 (0.77) *0.7 (0.27)

South. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.0 29.2 (1.04) 26.9 (1.06) 26.9 (0.99) 11.3 (0.77) 5.2 (0.55) 0.6 (0.15)

West ............................ 100.0 27.9 (1.05) 27.2 (1.11) 27.7 (1.24) 10.9 (0.80) 5.6 (0.62) *0.7 (0.28)

Current health status

Excellent or very good ................. 100.0 27.0 (0.68) 29.5 (0.72) 27.9 (0.71) 10.6 (0.48) 4.4 (0.33) 0.6 (0.13)

Good ............................ 100.0 27.2 (1.50) 21.8 (1.36) 26.4 (1.47) 13.8 (1.10) 9.9 (1.09) *0.9 (0.33)

Fair or poor ........................ 100.0 18.2 (3.19) 14.2 (3.32) 22.3 (3.87) 18.3 (3.33) 26.2 (3.89) †

* Estimates preceded by an asterisk have a relative standard error greater than 30% and less than or equal to 50% and should be used with caution as they do not meet standards of reliability or 

precision. 

† Estimates with a relative standard error greater than 50% are indicated with a dagger, but are not shown. 

– Quantity zero. 

1

Based on the question, ‘‘DURING THE PAST 12 MONTHS, that is since [12 month reference date], about how many days did [child’s name] miss school because of illness or injury?’’ 

2

Unknowns for the column variables are not included in the denominators when calculating percentages. 

3

Includes other races not shown separately and children with unknown family structure, parent’s education, family income, poverty status, health insurance, or current health status. Additionally, 

percentages may not add to totals because of rounding. 

4

Estimates for age groups are not age adjusted. 

5

In accordance with the 1997 standards for federal data on race and Hispanic or Latino origin (see Appendix II), the category ‘‘One race’’ refers to persons who indicated only a single race group. 

Persons who indicated a single race other than the groups shown are included in the total for ‘‘One race’’ but are not shown separately due to small sample sizes. Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin 

may be of any race or combination of races. 

6

Refers to all persons who indicated more than one race group. Only two combinations of multiple race groups are shown due to small sample sizes for other combinations. 

7

Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin may be of any race or combination of races. Similarly, the category ‘‘Not Hispanic or Latino’’ refers to all persons who are not of Hispanic or Latino origin, 

regardless of race. The tables in this report use the current (1997) Office of Management and Budget race and Hispanic origin terms, and the text uses shorter versions of these terms for 

conciseness. For example, the category ‘‘Not Hispanic or Latino black or African American, single race’’ in the tables is referred to as ‘‘non-Hispanic black’’ in the text. 

8

Refers to parents living in the household. ‘‘Mother and father’’ can include biological, adoptive, step, in-law, or foster relationships. Legal guardians are classified in ‘‘Neither mother nor father.’’ 

9

Refers to the education level of the parent with the higher level of education, regardless of that parent’s age. 

10GED is General Educational Development high school equivalency diploma. 

11The categories ‘‘Less than $35,000’’ and ‘‘$35,000 or more’’ include both persons reporting dollar amounts and persons reporting only that their incomes were within one of these two categories (see 

Appendix I). The indented categories include only those persons who reported dollar amounts. Because of the different income questions used in 2007, income estimates may not be comparable with 

those from earlier years. 

12Based on family income and family size using the U.S. Census Bureau’s poverty thresholds for the previous calendar year. ‘‘Poor’’ persons are defined as below the poverty threshold. ‘‘Near poor’’ 

persons have incomes of 100% to less than 200% of the poverty threshold. ‘‘Not poor’’ persons have incomes that are 200% of the poverty threshold or greater. Because of the different income 

questions used in 2007, poverty ratio estimates may not be comparable with those from earlier years. 

13Classification of health insurance coverage is based on a hierarchy of mutually exclusive categories. Persons with more than one type of health insurance were assigned to the first appropriate 

category in the hierarchy. Persons under age 65 years and those aged 65 years and over were classified separately due to the predominance of Medicare coverage in the older population. The 

category ‘‘Private’’ includes persons who had any type of private coverage either alone or in combination with other coverage. For example, for persons aged 65 years and over, ‘‘Private’’ includes 

persons with only private or private in combination with Medicare. The category ‘‘Uninsured’’ includes persons who had no coverage as well as those who had only Indian Health Service coverage or 

had only a private plan that paid for one type of service such as accidents or dental care (see Appendix II). 

14MSA is metropolitan statistical area. Large MSAs have a population size of 1 million or more; small MSAs have a population size of less than 1 million. ‘‘Not in MSA’’ consists of persons not living in

a metropolitan statistical area.

NOTES: Estimates are based on household interviews of a sample of the civilian noninstitutionalized population. Estimates are age adjusted using the projected 2000 U.S. population as the standard

population and using age groups 5–11 years, and 12–17 years. For crude percentages, refer to Table X in Appendix III.

SOURCE: CDC/NCHS, National Health Interview Survey, 2010.
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Table 11. Frequencies of having a usual place of health care and frequency distributions of location of usual place of health care for

children with a usual place of health care for children under age 18 years, by selected characteristics: United States, 2010

Has usual place of health care1 Location of usual place of health care2

All Doesn’t go

children to one

under age Doctor’s Emergency Hospital Some place most

Selected characteristic 18 years No Yes Clinic office room outpatient other place often

Number in thousands3

Total4 (crude) ....................... 74,626 3,640 70,940 16,815 52,617 402 661 223 177

Sex

Male ............................ 38,135 1,869 36,241 8,511 27,012 210 333 *70 90

Female. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36,491 1,771 34,699 8,304 25,605 192 328 154 *87

Age

0–4 years ......................... 21,414 676 20,713 5,521 14,760 116 214 † *33

5–11 years ........................ 28,666 1,313 27,332 6,038 20,839 129 191 *87 *40

12–17 years........................ 24,546 1,651 22,895 5,255 17,017 157 256 *73 104

Race

One race5 ......................... 71,490 3,495 67,949 16,198 50,312 386 653 189 166 

White .......................... 56,170 2,638 53,504 12,207 40,322 301 382 *146 106 

Black or African American . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,030 555 10,466 2,861 7,239 82 217 *43 † 

American Indian or Alaska Native ......... 768 *65 703 *402 287 – † – † 

Asian .......................... 3,354 224 3,120 657 2,379 † *44 – *37 

Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander .... 168 † 156 *70 *86 – – – – 

Two or more races6 ................... 3,136 146 2,991 617 2,305 † † † †

Black or African American and white . . . . . . . 1,373 *44 1,329 253 1,040 † † † †

American Indian or Alaska Native and white . . 473 † 431 168 249 – – † †

Hispanic or Latino origin7 and race

Hispanic or Latino .................... 17,167 1,518 15,640 6,120 9,077 159 150 *60 70

Mexican or Mexican American . . . . . . . . . . . 11,590 1,185 10,399 4,492 5,650 *94 80 † *48

Not Hispanic or Latino ................. 57,460 2,122 55,300 10,695 43,539 244 511 164 106

White, single race. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40,766 1,283 39,466 6,676 32,200 147 254 *100 *51

Black or African American, single race ...... 10,430 512 9,909 2,628 6,931 79 206 *43 †

Family structure8 

Mother and father . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51,329 2,329 48,976 10,395 37,676 213 357 194 132 

Mother, no father. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18,026 1,011 17,011 5,076 11,494 143 203 † *32 

Father, no mother . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,835 142 2,680 629 1,968 † *48 – † 

Neither mother nor father ............... 2,436 157 2,273 714 1,478 † † – † 

Parent’s education9

Less than high school diploma ............ 9,301 905 8,396 3,850 4,284 108 88 † *26

High school diploma or GED10 ............ 14,750 966 13,780 3,943 9,509 112 105 *66 *20

More than high school ................. 47,913 1,609 46,267 8,224 37,219 160 415 116 116

Family income11

Less than $35,000.................... 24,323 1,714 22,600 8,123 13,741 212 328 *74 94 

$35,000 or more ..................... 47,072 1,708 45,337 8,043 36,579 189 309 136 *77 

$35,000–$49,999 ................... 9,438 615 8,807 2,439 6,118 129 63 † † 

$50,000–$74,999 ................... 12,473 592 11,881 2,428 9,219 † *131 *57 † 

$75,000–$99,999 ................... 8,919 216 8,701 1,299 7,299 † *61 † † 

$100,000 or more ................... 16,241 286 15,948 1,877 13,942 † *55 † † 

Poverty status12

Poor ............................ 15,701 1,064 14,637 5,670 8,517 115 231 † *48

Near poor ......................... 15,562 1,083 14,470 4,283 9,765 178 131 *52 *57

Not poor .......................... 38,768 1,155 37,601 5,786 31,374 69 193 *103 *72

Health insurance coverage13 

Private . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40,015 1,028 38,966 5,406 33,280 *65 118 *65 *32 

Medicaid or other public . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26,404 972 25,428 8,904 15,900 163 353 † *57 

Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,140 *67 2,068 706 1,187 † *128 † – 

Uninsured ......................... 5,877 1,543 4,323 1,749 2,153 155 *58 *114 85 

Place of residence14

Large MSA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40,071 1,991 38,044 8,016 29,077 290 415 *87 119

Small MSA ........................ 23,245 1,153 22,082 5,253 16,425 *92 188 *72 *47

Not in MSA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,310 496 10,814 3,546 7,114 *20 † † †

See footnotes at end of table.
Series 10, No. 250 [ Page 31

Table 11. Frequencies of having a usual place of health care and frequency distributions of location of usual place of health care for

children with a usual place of health care for children under age 18 years, by selected characteristics: United States, 2010—Con.

Has usual place of health care1 Location of usual place of health care2

All Doesn’t go

children to one

under age Doctor’s Emergency Hospital Some place most

Selected characteristic 18 years No Yes Clinic office room outpatient other place often

Region Number in thousands3 

Northeast ......................... 11,610 249 11,361 1,656 9,484 *30 148 † † 

Midwest .......................... 17,664 617 17,036 4,980 11,719 *106 138 † † 

South. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26,791 1,550 25,225 4,816 19,854 165 203 *79 103 

West ............................ 18,561 1,225 17,317 5,363 11,560 101 173 *66 *54 

Current health status

Excellent or very good ................. 61,019 2,796 58,185 12,999 44,154 269 418 194 132

Good . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,915 751 11,161 3,364 7,391 112 206 † *45

Fair or poor ........................ 1,692 *93 1,594 451 1,072 † † † –

* Estimates preceded by an asterisk have a relative standard error greater than 30% and less than or equal to 50% and should be used with caution as they do not meet standards of reliability or 

precision. 

† Estimates with a relative standard error greater than 50% are indicated with a dagger, but data are not shown. 

– Quantity zero. 

1

Based on the question, ‘‘Is there a place that [child’s name] USUALLY goes when [he/she] is sick or you need advice about [his/her] health?’’ 

2

Based on the question, ‘‘What kind of place is it/What kind of place does [child’s name] go to most often-clinic or health center, doctor’s office or HMO, hospital emergency room, hospital outpatient 

department or some other place?’’ 

3

Unknowns for the columns are not included in the frequencies (see Appendix I), but they are included in the ‘‘All children under age 18 years’’ column. 

4

Includes other races not shown separately and children with unknown family structure, parent’s education, family income, poverty status, health insurance, or current health status. Additionally, 

numbers within selected characteristics may not add to totals because of rounding. 

5

In accordance with the 1997 standards for federal data on race and Hispanic or Latino origin (see Appendix II), the category ‘‘One race’’ refers to persons who indicated only a single race group. 

Persons who indicated a single race other than the groups shown are included in the total for ‘‘One race’’ but are not shown separately due to small sample sizes. Therefore, the frequencies for the 

category ‘‘One race’’ will be greater than the sum of the frequencies for the specific groups shown separately. Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin may be of any race or combination of races. 

6

Refers to all persons who indicated more than one race group. Only two combinations of multiple race groups are shown due to small sample sizes for other combinations. Therefore, the frequencies 

for the category ‘‘Two or more races’’ will be greater than the sum of the frequencies for the specific combinations shown separately. 

7

Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin may be of any race or combination of races. Similarly, the category ‘‘Not Hispanic or Latino’’ refers to all persons who are not of Hispanic or Latino origin, 

regardless of race. The tables in this report use the current (1997) Office of Management and Budget race and Hispanic origin terms, and the text uses shorter versions of these terms for conciseness. 

For example, the category ‘‘Not Hispanic or Latino black or African American, single race’’ in the tables is referred to as ‘‘non-Hispanic black’’ in the text. 

8

Refers to parents living in the household. ‘‘Mother and father’’ can include biological, adoptive, step, in-law, or foster relationships. Legal guardians are classified in ‘‘Neither mother nor father.’’ 

9

Refers to the education level of the parent with the higher level of education, regardless of that parent’s age. 

10GED is General Educational Development high school equivalency diploma. 

11The categories ‘‘Less than $35,000’’ and ‘‘$35,000 or more’’ include both persons reporting dollar amounts and persons reporting only that their incomes were within one of these two categories (see 

Appendix I). The indented categories include only those persons who reported dollar amounts. Because of the different income questions used in 2007, income estimates may not be comparable with 

those from earlier years. 

12Based on family income and family size using the U.S. Census Bureau’s poverty thresholds for the previous calendar year. ‘‘Poor’’ persons are defined as below the poverty threshold. ‘‘Near poor’’ 

persons have incomes of 100% to less than 200% of the poverty threshold. ‘‘Not poor’’ persons have incomes that are 200% of the poverty threshold or greater. Because of the different income 

questions used in 2007, poverty ratio estimates may not be comparable with those from earlier years. 

13Classification of health insurance coverage is based on a hierarchy of mutually exclusive categories. Persons with more than one type of health insurance were assigned to the first appropriate 

category in the hierarchy. Persons under age 65 years and those aged 65 years and over were classified separately due to the predominance of Medicare coverage in the older population. The 

category ‘‘Private’’ includes persons who had any type of private coverage either alone or in combination with other coverage. For example, for persons aged 65 years and over, ‘‘Private’’ includes 

persons with only private or private in combination with Medicare. The category ‘‘Uninsured’’ includes persons who had no coverage as well as those who had only Indian Health Service coverage or 

had only a private plan that paid for one type of service such as accidents or dental care (see Appendix II). 

14MSA is metropolitan statistical area. Large MSAs have a population size of 1 million or more; small MSAs have a population size of less than 1 million. ‘‘Not in MSA’’ consists of persons not living in

a metropolitan statistical area.

NOTE: Estimates are based on household interviews of a sample of the civilian noninstitutionalized population.

SOURCE: CDC/NCHS, National Health Interview Survey, 2010.
(with standard errors) of having a usual place of health care and age-adjusted percent distributions (with standard errors) of usual place of

l place of health care for children under age 18 years, by selected characteristics: United States, 2010

All children

Has usual place of health care1 under age Location of usual place of health care2

18 years

with a usual Doesn’t go

place of Doctor’s Emergency Hospital Some to one

No Yes health care Clinic office room outpatient other place place most often

Percent distribution3 (standard error)

......... 4.9 (0.25) 95.1 (0.25) 100.0 23.6 (0.62) 74.3 (0.63) 0.6 (0.08) 0.9 (0.11) 0.3 (0.07) 0.3 (0.05)

......... 4.9 (0.25) 95.1 (0.25) 100.0 23.7 (0.62) 74.2 (0.64) 0.6 (0.08) 0.9 (0.11) 0.3 (0.07) 0.2 (0.05)

......... 4.9 (0.34) 95.1 (0.34) 100.0 23.4 (0.74) 74.7 (0.76) 0.6 (0.12) 0.9 (0.15) *0.2 (0.07) 0.2 (0.07)

......... 4.9 (0.34) 95.1 (0.34) 100.0 23.9 (0.80) 73.9 (0.83) 0.6 (0.12) 0.9 (0.16) 0.4 (0.13) *0.3 (0.08)

......... 3.2 (0.37) 96.8 (0.37) 100.0 26.7 (1.19) 71.3 (1.19) 0.6 (0.16) 1.0 (0.19) † *0.2 (0.08)

......... 4.6 (0.41) 95.4 (0.41) 100.0 22.1 (0.84) 76.3 (0.87) 0.5 (0.11) 0.7 (0.14) *0.3 (0.11) *0.1 (0.06)

......... 6.7 (0.44) 93.3 (0.44) 100.0 23.0 (0.88) 74.4 (0.92) 0.7 (0.17) 1.1 (0.25) *0.3 (0.12) 0.5 (0.13)

......... 4.9 (0.26) 95.1 (0.26) 100.0 23.8 (0.63) 74.2 (0.65) 0.6 (0.08) 1.0 (0.12) 0.3 (0.07) 0.2 (0.05)

......... 4.7 (0.28) 95.3 (0.28) 100.0 22.7 (0.69) 75.5 (0.71) 0.6 (0.10) 0.7 (0.12) *0.3 (0.08) 0.2 (0.06)

. . . . . . . . . 5.0 (0.58) 95.0 (0.58) 100.0 27.2 (1.32) 69.4 (1.38) 0.8 (0.21) 2.0 (0.41) *0.4 (0.18) †

......... 9.3 (2.66) 90.7 (2.66) 100.0 52.9 (6.39) 44.9 (6.43) – † – †

......... 6.7 (0.97) 93.3 (0.97) 100.0 21.1 (1.91) 76.2 (2.01) † *1.4 (0.43) – *1.2 (0.52)

......... † 94.8 (3.62) 100.0 45.1 (12.20) 54.9 (12.20) – – – –

......... 4.8 (1.20) 95.2 (1.20) 100.0 21.7 (2.29) 76.1 (2.40) † † † †

......... *3.5 (1.53) 96.5 (1.53) 100.0 23.6 (3.16) 74.2 (3.31) † † † †

ite ....... *8.3 (3.93) 91.7 (3.93) 100.0 38.6 (7.26) 58.3 (7.69) – – † †

ce

......... 9.3 (0.65) 90.7 (0.65) 100.0 39.0 (1.24) 58.1 (1.24) 1.1 (0.23) 0.9 (0.17) *0.4 (0.17) 0.5 (0.15)

......... 10.6 (0.84) 89.4 (0.84) 100.0 42.8 (1.57) 54.6 (1.55) *1.0 (0.31) 0.7 (0.19) † *0.5 (0.16)

......... 3.7 (0.24) 96.3 (0.24) 100.0 19.3 (0.68) 78.9 (0.70) 0.4 (0.09) 0.9 (0.14) 0.3 (0.08) 0.2 (0.06)

......... 3.1 (0.27) 96.9 (0.27) 100.0 16.9 (0.77) 81.7 (0.80) 0.4 (0.10) 0.6 (0.15) *0.2 (0.10) *0.1 (0.06)

......... 4.9 (0.59) 95.1 (0.59) 100.0 26.4 (1.36) 70.2 (1.41) 0.8 (0.22) 2.1 (0.43) *0.4 (0.19) †

......... 4.6 (0.31) 95.4 (0.31) 100.0 21.0 (0.70) 77.1 (0.72) 0.4 (0.09) 0.7 (0.12) 0.4 (0.10) 0.3 (0.07)

......... 5.6 (0.48) 94.4 (0.48) 100.0 29.9 (1.06) 67.6 (1.08) 0.8 (0.21) 1.2 (0.24) † *0.2 (0.07)

......... 4.6 (0.79) 95.4 (0.79) 100.0 22.5 (2.42) 74.4 (2.57) † *1.9 (0.68) – †

......... 6.0 (1.15) 94.0 (1.15) 100.0 31.6 (3.32) 65.0 (3.33) † *2.2 (1.10) – †

......... 10.0 (0.91) 90.0 (0.91) 100.0 46.1 (1.93) 50.9 (1.95) 1.3 (0.40) 1.0 (0.28) † *0.3 (0.14)

......... 6.7 (0.60) 93.3 (0.60) 100.0 28.4 (1.26) 69.5 (1.30) 0.8 (0.21) 0.7 (0.15) *0.5 (0.20) *0.2 (0.07)

......... 3.4 (0.25) 96.6 (0.25) 100.0 17.7 (0.63) 80.5 (0.66) 0.3 (0.08) 0.9 (0.14) 0.3 (0.07) 0.2 (0.07)

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(with standard errors) of having a usual place of health care and age-adjusted percent distributions (with standard errors) of usual place of

l place of health care for children under age 18 years, by selected characteristics: United States, 2010—Con.

All children

Has usual place of health care1 under age Location of usual place of health care2

18 years

with a usual Doesn’t go

place of Doctor’s Emergency Hospital Some to one

No Yes health care Clinic office room outpatient other place place most often

Percent distribution3 (standard error)

......... 7.3 (0.51) 92.7 (0.51) 100.0 35.7 (1.11) 61.2 (1.13) 1.0 (0.19) 1.4 (0.24) *0.3 (0.13) 0.5 (0.13)

......... 3.6 (0.27) 96.4 (0.27) 100.0 17.7 (0.70) 80.7 (0.72) 0.4 (0.09) 0.7 (0.13) 0.3 (0.08) *0.2 (0.05)

......... 6.6 (0.73) 93.4 (0.73) 100.0 27.7 (1.52) 69.5 (1.55) 1.5 (0.37) *0.7 (0.22) † †

......... 4.8 (0.62) 95.2 (0.62) 100.0 20.4 (1.23) 77.6 (1.28) † *1.1 (0.33) *0.5 (0.21) †

......... 2.4 (0.51) 97.6 (0.51) 100.0 14.8 (1.23) 84.0 (1.28) † *0.7 (0.33) † †

......... 1.7 (0.32) 98.3 (0.32) 100.0 11.8 (1.00) 87.4 (1.01) † *0.3 (0.13) † †

......... 7.0 (0.63) 93.0 (0.63) 100.0 38.5 (1.46) 58.5 (1.45) 0.9 (0.24) 1.6 (0.36) † *0.3 (0.11)

......... 7.2 (0.65) 92.8 (0.65) 100.0 29.5 (1.30) 67.6 (1.33) 1.2 (0.27) 0.9 (0.23) *0.4 (0.17) *0.4 (0.17)

......... 2.9 (0.25) 97.1 (0.25) 100.0 15.3 (0.73) 83.5 (0.74) 0.2 (0.05) 0.5 (0.11) *0.3 (0.08) *0.2 (0.06)

. . . . . . . . . 2.5 (0.25) 97.5 (0.25) 100.0 13.8 (0.68) 85.5 (0.69) *0.2 (0.07) 0.3 (0.09) *0.2 (0.06) *0.1 (0.04)

......... 3.8 (0.34) 96.2 (0.34) 100.0 34.9 (1.05) 62.8 (1.06) 0.6 (0.15) 1.4 (0.22) † *0.2 (0.11)

. . . . . . . . . *3.3 (1.60) 96.7 (1.60) 100.0 35.2 (3.36) 56.4 (3.53) † 5.9 (1.64) † –

......... 25.4 (1.67) 74.6 (1.67) 100.0 40.4 (2.68) 50.1 (2.65) 3.6 (0.76) *1.3 (0.61) *2.7 (0.90) 1.9 (0.53)

. . . . . . . . . 5.0 (0.33) 95.0 (0.33) 100.0 21.0 (0.70) 76.6 (0.73) 0.8 (0.12) 1.1 (0.15) *0.2 (0.08) 0.3 (0.08)

......... 5.0 (0.46) 95.0 (0.46) 100.0 23.6 (1.23) 74.6 (1.27) *0.4 (0.14) 0.8 (0.21) *0.3 (0.13) *0.2 (0.09)

. . . . . . . . . 4.4 (0.65) 95.6 (0.65) 100.0 32.8 (2.06) 65.8 (2.02) *0.2 (0.09) † *0.6 (0.29) †

......... 2.1 (0.46) 97.9 (0.46) 100.0 14.5 (1.15) 83.6 (1.22) *0.3 (0.09) 1.3 (0.32) † †

. . . . . . . . . 3.5 (0.40) 96.5 (0.40) 100.0 29.3 (1.39) 68.9 (1.40) *0.6 (0.20) 0.8 (0.20) † †

......... 5.8 (0.44) 94.2 (0.44) 100.0 19.0 (0.89) 78.8 (0.95) 0.7 (0.15) 0.8 (0.20) *0.3 (0.12) 0.4 (0.12). . . . . . . . . 6.7 (0.61) 93.3 (0.61) 100.0 30.6 (1.40) 67.1 (1.40) 0.6 (0.17) 1.0 (0.21) *0.4 (0.16) *0.3 (0.11)

......... 4.7 (0.28) 95.3 (0.28) 100.0 22.2 (0.66) 76.0 (0.67) 0.5 (0.07) 0.7 (0.11) 0.3 (0.08) 0.2 (0.06)

. . . . . . . . . 6.2 (0.65) 93.8 (0.65) 100.0 30.3 (1.37) 66.3 (1.43) 1.0 (0.29) 1.9 (0.40) † *0.4 (0.14)

......... 5.3 (1.56) 94.7 (1.56) 100.0 28.6 (3.47) 67.1 (3.66) † † † –

e standard error greater than 30% and less than or equal to 50% and should be used with caution as they do not meet standards of reliability or precision.

han 50% are indicated with a dagger, but are not shown.

d’s name] USUALLY goes when [he/she] is sick or you need advice about [his/her] health?’’

hat kind of place does [child’s name] go to most often-clinic or health center, doctor’s office or HMO, hospital emergency room, hospital outpatient department or some other place?’’

ed in the denominators when calculating percentages.

ildren with unknown family structure, parent’s education, family income, poverty status, health insurance, or current health status. Additionally, percentages may not add to totals because of rounding.

data on race and Hispanic or Latino origin (see Appendix II), the category ‘‘One race’’ refers to persons who indicated only a single race group. Persons who indicated a single race other than the groups

are not shown separately due to small sample sizes. Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin may be of any race or combination of races.

e race group. Only two combinations of multiple race groups are shown due to small sample sizes for other combinations.

Series 10, No. 250[ Page 33
y race or combination of races. Similarly, the category ‘‘Not Hispanic or Latino’’ refers to all persons who are not of Hispanic or Latino origin, regardless of race. The tables in this report use the current

Hispanic origin terms, and the text uses shorter versions of these terms for conciseness. For example, the category ‘‘Not Hispanic or Latino black or African American, single race’’ in the tables is referred

and father’’ can include biological, adoptive, step, in-law, or foster relationships. Legal guardians are classified in ‘‘Neither mother nor father.’’

he higher level of education, regardless of that parent’s age.

chool equivalency diploma.

0 or more’’ include both persons reporting dollar amounts and persons reporting only that their incomes were within one of these two categories (see Appendix I). The indented categories include only those

the different income questions used in 2007, income estimates may not be comparable with those from earlier years.

e U.S. Census Bureau’s poverty thresholds for the previous calendar year. ‘‘Poor’’ persons are defined as below the poverty threshold. ‘‘Near poor’’ persons have incomes of 100% to less than 200% of the

es that are 200% of the poverty threshold or greater. Because of the different income questions used in 2007, poverty ratio estimates may not be comparable with those from earlier years.

sed on a hierarchy of mutually exclusive categories. Persons with more than one type of health insurance were assigned to the first appropriate category in the hierarchy. Persons under age 65 years and

rately due to the predominance of Medicare coverage in the older population. The category ‘‘Private’’ includes persons who had any type of private coverage either alone or in combination with other

and over, ‘‘Private’’ includes persons with only private or private in combination with Medicare. The category ‘‘Uninsured’’ includes persons who had no coverage as well as those who had only Indian

that paid for one type of service such as accidents or dental care (see Appendix II).

have a population size of 1 million or more; small MSAs have a population size of less than 1 million. ‘‘Not in MSA’’ consists of persons not living in a metropolitan statistical area.

ews of a sample of the civilian noninstitutionalized population. Estimates are age adjusted using the projected 2000 U.S. population as the standard population and using age groups 0–4 years, 5–11 years,

Table XI in Appendix III.

Survey, 2010.

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Table 13. Frequency distributions of length of time since last contact with a health care professional for children under age 18 years, by

selected characteristics: United States, 2010

Time since last contact with a health care professional1

Selected characteristic

All

children

under age

18 years

6 months

or less

More than

6 months

but not

more than

1 year

More than

1 year

but not

more than

2 years

More than

2 years

but not

more than

5 years

More than

5 years2

Number in thousands3

Total4 (crude) .............................. 74,626 55,564 12,667 3,503 984 1,343

Sex

Male ...................................

Female . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

38,135

36,491

28,071

27,492

6,734

5,933

1,771

1,732

531

454

672

671

Age

0–4 years ................................

5–11 years................................

12–17 years ...............................

21,414

28,666

24,546

18,349

20,234

16,980

2,243

5,751

4,672

275

1,669

1,559

†

354

592

388

437

518

Race

One race5 ................................

White. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Black or African American . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

American Indian or Alaska Native ................

Asian. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander ...........

Two or more races6 ..........................

Black or African American and white ..............

American Indian or Alaska Native and white..........

71,490

56,170

11,030

768

3,354

168

3,136

1,373

473

53,105

42,277

7,860

557

2,312

*99

2,458

1,058

394

12,232

9,287

2,139

109

656

†

435

235

†

3,354

2,483

597

*77

185

†

149

*46

*57

940

690

141

†

*86

†

†

†

†

1,316

1,031

177

†

*89

–

†

†

–

Hispanic or Latino origin7 and race

Hispanic or Latino ...........................

Mexican or Mexican American . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Not Hispanic or Latino.........................

White, single race . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Black or African American, single race .............

17,167

11,590

57,460

40,766

10,430

12,218

7,916

43,346

31,378

7,410

2,793

1,957

9,874

6,756

2,057

1,002

833

2,501

1,542

570

321

268

663

409

137

687

516

656

400

157

Family structure8

Mother and father ...........................

Mother, no father . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Father, no mother ...........................

Neither mother nor father. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

51,329

18,026

2,835

2,436

38,869

13,000

1,835

1,860

8,518

3,261

594

293

2,133

1,025

216

129

625

210

*75

*74

959

300

*51

*33

Parent’s education9

Less than high school diploma ...................

High school diploma or GED10 ...................

More than high school.........................

9,301

14,750

47,913

6,332

10,610

36,651

1,583

2,620

8,097

679

805

1,876

242

231

422

403

328

578

Family income11

Less than $35,000 ...........................

$35,000 or more ............................

$35,000–$49,999 ..........................

$50,000–$74,999 ..........................

$75,000–$99,999 ..........................

$100,000 or more ..........................

24,323

47,072

9,438

12,473

8,919

16,241

17,848

35,389

6,607

9,143

6,833

12,807

3,828

8,290

1,892

2,181

1,581

2,636

1,400

1,935

488

657

348

442

379

570

190

215

*35

130

649

620

162

211

*85

163

Poverty status12

Poor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Near poor ................................

Not poor .................................

15,701

15,562

38,768

11,616

10,799

29,806

2,401

2,897

6,604

858

999

1,374

255

373

309

418

341

481

Health insurance coverage13

Private . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Medicaid or other public .......................

Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Uninsured ................................

40,015

26,404

2,140

5,877

30,704

20,052

1,637

3,022

6,816

4,161

370

1,306

1,557

1,147

*90

698

298

206

†

452

431

584

*24

304

See footnotes at end of table.
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Table 13. Frequency distributions of length of time since last contact with a health care professional for children under age 18 years, by

selected characteristics: United States, 2010—Con.

Time since last contact with a health care professional1

More than More than More than

All 6 months 1 year 2 years

children but not but not but not

under age 6 months more than more than more than More than

Selected characteristic 18 years or less 1 year 2 years 5 years 5 years2

Place of residence14 Number in thousands3

Large MSA ............................... 40,071 29,805 6,801 1,671 530 905

Small MSA. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23,245 17,239 4,112 1,200 280 301

Not in MSA ............................... 11,310 8,520 1,754 632 174 *138

Region

Northeast ................................ 11,610 9,225 1,752 249 *50 264

Midwest ................................. 17,664 12,982 3,442 709 167 203

South ................................... 26,791 20,401 4,035 1,303 371 457

West ................................... 18,561 12,955 3,439 1,241 396 419

Current health status

Excellent or very good ........................ 61,019 45,327 10,753 2,750 739 999

Good ................................... 11,915 8,747 1,787 731 239 309

Fair or poor ............................... 1,692 1,489 128 † † *35

† Estimates with a relative standard error greater than 50% are indicated with a dagger, but data are not shown.

* Estimates preceded by an asterisk have a relative standard error greater than 30% and less than or equal to 50% and should be used with caution as they do not meet standards of reliability or

precision.

– Quantity zero.

1

Based on the question, ‘‘About how long has it been since anyone in the family last saw or talked to a doctor or other health care professional about [child’s name]’s health? Include doctors seen 

while [he/she] was a patient in a hospital.’’ 

2

This category includes a small number of children who have never seen a doctor. 

3

Unknowns for the columns are not included in the frequencies (see Appendix I), but they are included in the ‘‘All children under age 18 years’’ column. 

4

Includes other races not shown separately and children with unknown family structure, parent’s education, family income, poverty status, health insurance, or current health status. Additionally, 

numbers within selected characteristics may not add to totals because of rounding. 

5

In accordance with the 1997 standards for federal data on race and Hispanic or Latino origin (see Appendix II), the category ‘‘One race’’ refers to persons who indicated only a single race group. 

Persons who indicated a single race other than the groups shown are included in the total for ‘‘One race’’ but are not shown separately due to small sample sizes. Therefore, the frequencies for the 

category ‘‘One race’’ will be greater than the sum of the frequencies for the specific groups shown separately. Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin may be of any race or combination of races. 

6

Refers to all persons who indicated more than one race group. Only two combinations of multiple race groups are shown due to small sample sizes for other combinations. Therefore, the frequencies 

for the category ‘‘Two or more races’’ will be greater than the sum of the frequencies for the specific combinations shown separately. 

7

Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin may be of any race or combination of races. Similarly, the category ‘‘Not Hispanic or Latino’’ refers to all persons who are not of Hispanic or Latino origin, 

regardless of race. The tables in this report use the current (1997) Office of Management and Budget race and Hispanic origin terms, and the text uses shorter versions of these terms for conciseness. 

For example, the category ‘‘Not Hispanic or Latino black or African American, single race’’ in the tables is referred to as ‘‘non-Hispanic black’’ in the text. 

8

Refers to parents living in the household. ‘‘Mother and father’’ can include biological, adoptive, step, in-law, or foster relationships. Legal guardians are classified in ‘‘Neither mother nor father.’’ 

9

Refers to the education level of the parent with the higher level of education, regardless of that parent’s age. 

10GED is General Educational Development high school equivalency diploma. 

11The categories ‘‘Less than $35,000’’ and ‘‘$35,000 or more’’ include both persons reporting dollar amounts and persons reporting only that their incomes were within one of these two categories (see 

Appendix I). The indented categories include only those persons who reported dollar amounts. Because of the different income questions used in 2007, income estimates may not be comparable with 

those from earlier years. 

12Based on family income and family size using the U.S. Census Bureau’s poverty thresholds for the previous calendar year. ‘‘Poor’’ persons are defined as below the poverty threshold. ‘‘Near poor’’ 

persons have incomes of 100% to less than 200% of the poverty threshold. ‘‘Not poor’’ persons have incomes that are 200% of the poverty threshold or greater. Because of the different income 

questions used in 2007, poverty ratio estimates may not be comparable with those from earlier years. 

13Classification of health insurance coverage is based on a hierarchy of mutually exclusive categories. Persons with more than one type of health insurance were assigned to the first appropriate

category in the hierarchy. Persons under age 65 years and those aged 65 years and over were classified separately due to the predominance of Medicare coverage in the older population. The

category ‘‘Private’’ includes persons who had any type of private coverage either alone or in combination with other coverage. For example, for persons aged 65 years and over, ‘‘Private’’ includes

persons with only private or private in combination with Medicare. The category ‘‘Uninsured’’ includes persons who had no coverage as well as those who had only Indian Health Service coverage or

had only a private plan that paid for one type of service such as accidents or dental care (see Appendix II).

14MSA is metropolitan statistical area. Large MSAs have a population size of 1 million or more; small MSAs have a population size of less than 1 million. ‘‘Not in MSA’’ consists of persons not living in

a metropolitan statistical area.

NOTE: Estimates are based on household interviews of a sample of the civilian noninstitutionalized population.

SOURCE: CDC/NCHS, National Health Interview Survey, 2010.
Series 10, No. 250 [ Page 37

Table 14. Age-adjusted percent distributions (with standard errors) of length of time since last contact with a health care professional for

children under age 18 years, by selected characteristics: United States, 2010

Time since last contact with a health care professional1

More than More than More than

All 6 months 1 year 2 years

children but not but not but not

under age 6 months more than more than more than More than

Selected characteristic 18 years or less 1 year 2 years 5 years 5 years2

Percent distribution3 (standard error)

Total4 (age-adjusted) ......................... 100.0 74.7 (0.53) 17.3 (0.46) 4.8 (0.24) 1.4 (0.13) 1.8 (0.16)

Total4 (crude) .............................. 100.0 75.0 (0.52) 17.1 (0.46) 4.7 (0.23) 1.3 (0.13) 1.8 (0.16)

Sex

Male ................................... 100.0 74.0 (0.73) 18.0 (0.64) 4.8 (0.34) 1.4 (0.18) 1.8 (0.20)

Female .................................. 100.0 75.5 (0.75) 16.5 (0.65) 4.9 (0.36) 1.3 (0.20) 1.8 (0.22)

Age5

0–4 years ................................ 100.0 86.2 (0.76) 10.5 (0.68) 1.3 (0.20) † 1.8 (0.27)

5–11 years................................ 100.0 71.1 (0.93) 20.2 (0.82) 5.9 (0.43) 1.2 (0.22) 1.5 (0.25)

12–17 years ............................... 100.0 69.8 (0.92) 19.2 (0.80) 6.4 (0.45) 2.4 (0.29) 2.1 (0.25)

Race

One race6 ................................ 100.0 74.6 (0.55) 17.4 (0.47) 4.8 (0.25) 1.3 (0.14) 1.9 (0.16)

White. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.0 75.6 (0.63) 16.8 (0.53) 4.5 (0.27) 1.3 (0.15) 1.8 (0.18)

Black or African American ..................... 100.0 71.7 (1.33) 19.9 (1.19) 5.6 (0.70) 1.3 (0.32) 1.6 (0.35)

American Indian or Alaska Native ................ 100.0 70.5 (4.99) 14.3 (4.06) *11.5 (3.54) † †

Asian. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.0 69.0 (1.92) 20.1 (1.93) 5.7 (1.13) 2.6 (0.76) 2.7 (0.78)

Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander ........... 100.0 70.0 (10.73) † † † –

Two or more races7 .......................... 100.0 77.5 (2.11) 14.9 (1.86) 5.1 (1.21) † †

Black or African American and white .............. 100.0 76.1 (3.45) 19.3 (3.21) *3.2 (1.21) † †

American Indian or Alaska Native and white.......... 100.0 83.2 (4.77) † *12.0 (4.65) † –

Hispanic or Latino origin8 and race

Hispanic or Latino ........................... 100.0 70.6 (0.93) 17.0 (0.78) 6.3 (0.51) 2.1 (0.32) 4.1 (0.49)

Mexican or Mexican American .................. 100.0 67.9 (1.18) 17.4 (1.00) 7.6 (0.69) 2.5 (0.43) 4.6 (0.65)

Not Hispanic or Latino......................... 100.0 75.9 (0.62) 17.4 (0.55) 4.4 (0.28) 1.2 (0.15) 1.1 (0.14)

White, single race .......................... 100.0 77.5 (0.76) 16.7 (0.67) 3.8 (0.32) 1.0 (0.17) 1.0 (0.15)

Black or African American, single race ............. 100.0 71.4 (1.38) 20.2 (1.24) 5.6 (0.73) 1.3 (0.34) 1.5 (0.36)

Family structure9

Mother and father ........................... 100.0 75.4 (0.64) 17.0 (0.56) 4.4 (0.27) 1.3 (0.16) 1.9 (0.19)

Mother, no father ............................ 100.0 73.2 (1.04) 18.2 (0.94) 5.7 (0.56) 1.2 (0.23) 1.7 (0.26)

Father, no mother ........................... 100.0 68.6 (2.90) 20.8 (2.46) 6.7 (1.39) *2.2 (0.74) *1.7 (0.73)

Neither mother nor father. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.0 78.9 (2.39) 11.8 (1.75) 5.1 (1.40) *2.7 (0.95) *1.5 (0.67)

Parent’s education10

Less than high school diploma ................... 100.0 67.6 (1.37) 17.5 (1.22) 7.6 (0.81) 2.8 (0.51) 4.4 (0.62)

High school diploma or GED11 ................... 100.0 72.0 (1.20) 18.3 (1.01) 5.7 (0.64) 1.7 (0.36) 2.2 (0.34)

More than high school......................... 100.0 76.7 (0.65) 17.2 (0.58) 4.0 (0.27) 0.9 (0.13) 1.2 (0.16)

Family income12

Less than $35,000 ........................... 100.0 72.9 (0.89) 16.4 (0.75) 6.2 (0.48) 1.7 (0.26) 2.8 (0.31)

$35,000 or more ............................ 100.0 75.6 (0.68) 17.8 (0.60) 4.1 (0.31) 1.2 (0.16) 1.3 (0.17)

$35,000–$49,999 .......................... 100.0 70.2 (1.55) 20.5 (1.44) 5.4 (0.70) 2.1 (0.45) 1.7 (0.37)

$50,000–$74,999 .......................... 100.0 73.4 (1.33) 17.7 (1.10) 5.4 (0.70) 1.8 (0.43) 1.7 (0.40)

$75,000–$99,999 .......................... 100.0 76.9 (1.41) 17.8 (1.28) 3.9 (0.76) *0.4 (0.15) *0.9 (0.32)

$100,000 or more .......................... 100.0 79.5 (1.04) 16.1 (0.95) 2.6 (0.37) 0.8 (0.21) 1.0 (0.26)

Poverty status13

Poor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.0 73.2 (1.16) 16.1 (1.01) 6.0 (0.62) 1.8 (0.33) 2.8 (0.39)

Near poor ................................ 100.0 69.4 (1.23) 19.0 (1.03) 6.7 (0.71) 2.6 (0.46) 2.2 (0.36)

Not poor ................................. 100.0 77.4 (0.70) 17.1 (0.61) 3.5 (0.28) 0.8 (0.13) 1.2 (0.18)

Health insurance coverage14

Private .................................. 100.0 77.3 (0.71) 17.1 (0.63) 3.9 (0.29) 0.7 (0.14) 1.1 (0.16)

Medicaid or other public ....................... 100.0 75.6 (0.91) 16.5 (0.80) 4.7 (0.45) 0.9 (0.19) 2.2 (0.28)

Other ................................... 100.0 76.2 (3.31) 17.4 (2.92) *4.9 (1.95) † *1.1 (0.47)

Uninsured ................................ 100.0 53.4 (2.03) 22.4 (1.62) 11.8 (1.13) 7.4 (1.07) 5.0 (0.75)

See footnotes at end of table.
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Table 14. Age-adjusted percent distributions (with standard errors) of length of time since last contact with a health care professional for

children under age 18 years, by selected characteristics: United States, 2010—Con.

Time since last contact with a health care professional1

More than More than More than

All 6 months 1 year 2 years

children but not but not but not

under age 6 months more than more than more than More than

Selected characteristic 18 years or less 1 year 2 years 5 years 5 years2

Place of residence15 Percent distribution3 (standard error)

Large MSA ............................... 100.0 74.8 (0.68) 17.3 (0.62) 4.3 (0.28) 1.4 (0.18) 2.3 (0.23)

Small MSA. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.0 74.0 (1.07) 18.0 (0.91) 5.4 (0.50) 1.3 (0.23) 1.3 (0.22)

Not in MSA ............................... 100.0 75.9 (1.38) 15.6 (1.06) 5.6 (0.65) 1.6 (0.38) *1.2 (0.47)

Region

Northeast ................................ 100.0 80.0 (1.14) 15.2 (1.03) 2.2 (0.53) *0.4 (0.19) 2.3 (0.44)

Midwest ................................. 100.0 74.2 (1.26) 19.6 (1.13) 4.1 (0.46) 1.0 (0.24) 1.2 (0.23)

South ................................... 100.0 76.4 (0.85) 15.4 (0.70) 5.1 (0.43) 1.4 (0.24) 1.7 (0.24)

West ................................... 100.0 69.6 (1.03) 18.9 (0.90) 6.9 (0.47) 2.2 (0.33) 2.3 (0.40)

Current health status

Excellent or very good ........................ 100.0 74.4 (0.59) 18.0 (0.52) 4.7 (0.25) 1.3 (0.15) 1.6 (0.16)

Good ................................... 100.0 74.4 (1.25) 14.9 (1.00) 6.0 (0.71) 2.0 (0.37) 2.7 (0.47)

Fair or poor ............................... 100.0 89.0 (2.13) 7.4 (1.87) † † *2.0 (0.81)

† Estimates with a relative standard error greater than 50% are indicated with a dagger, but data are not shown.

* Estimates preceded by an asterisk have a relative standard error greater than 30% and less than or equal to 50% and should be used with caution as they do not meet standards of reliability or

precision.

– Quantity zero.

1

Based on the question, ‘‘About how long has it been since anyone in the family last saw or talked to a doctor or other health care professional about [child’s name]’s health? Include doctors seen 

while [he/she] was a patient in a hospital.’’ 

2

This category includes a small number of children who have never seen a doctor. 

3

Unknowns for the column variables are not included in the denominators when calculating percentages. 

4

Includes other races not shown separately and children with unknown family structure, parent’s education, family income, poverty status, health insurance, or current health status. Additionally, 

percentages may not add to totals because of rounding. 

5

Estimates for age groups are not age adjusted. 

6

In accordance with the 1997 standards for federal data on race and Hispanic or Latino origin (see Appendix II), the category ‘‘One race’’ refers to persons who indicated only a single race group. 

Persons who indicated a single race other than the groups shown are included in the total for ‘‘One race’’ but are not shown separately due to small sample sizes. Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin 

may be of any race or combination of races. 

7

The category ‘‘Two or more races’’ refers to all persons who indicated more than one race group. Only two combinations of multiple race groups are shown due to small sample sizes for other 

combinations. 

8

Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin may be of any race or combination of races. Similarly, the category ‘‘Not Hispanic or Latino’’ refers to all persons who are not of Hispanic or Latino origin, 

regardless of race. The tables in this report use the current (1997) Office of Management and Budget race and Hispanic origin terms, and the text uses shorter versions of these terms for conciseness. 

For example, the category ‘‘Not Hispanic or Latino black or African American, single race’’ in the tables is referred to as ‘‘non-Hispanic black’’ in the text. 

9

Family structure refers to parents living in the household. ‘‘Mother and father’’ can include biological, adoptive, step, in-law, or foster relationships. Legal guardians are classified in ‘‘Neither mother nor 

father.’’ 

10Parent’s education is the education level of the parent with the higher level of education, regardless of that parent’s age. 

11GED is General Educational Development high school equivalency diploma. 

12The categories ‘‘Less than $35,000’’ and ‘‘$35,000 or more’’ include both persons reporting dollar amounts and persons reporting only that their incomes were within one of these two categories (see 

Appendix I). The indented categories include only those persons who reported dollar amounts. Because of the different income questions used in 2007, income estimates may not be comparable with 

those from earlier years. 

13Poverty status is based on family income and family size using the U.S. Census Bureau’s poverty thresholds for the previous calendar year. ‘‘Poor’’ persons are defined as below the poverty 

threshold. ‘‘Near poor’’ persons have incomes of 100% to less than 200% of the poverty threshold. ‘‘Not poor’’ persons have incomes that are 200% of the poverty threshold or greater. Because of the 

different income questions used in 2007, poverty ratio estimates may not be comparable with those from earlier years. 

14Classification of health insurance coverage is based on a hierarchy of mutually exclusive categories. Persons with more than one type of health insurance were assigned to the first appropriate 

category in the hierarchy. Persons under age 65 years and those aged 65 years and over were classified separately due to the predominance of Medicare coverage in the older population. The 

category ‘‘Private’’ includes persons who had any type of private coverage either alone or in combination with other coverage. For example, for persons aged 65 years and over, ‘‘Private’’ includes 

persons with only private or private in combination with Medicare. The category ‘‘Uninsured’’ includes persons who had no coverage as well as those who had only Indian Health Service coverage or 

had only a private plan that paid for one type of service such as accidents or dental care (see Appendix II). 

15MSA is metropolitan statistical area. Large MSAs have a population size of 1 million or more; small MSAs have a population size of less than 1 million. ‘‘Not in MSA’’ consists of persons not living in 

a metropolitan statistical area. 

NOTES: Estimates are based on household interviews of a sample of the civilian noninstitutionalized population. Estimates are age adjusted using the projected 2000 U.S. population as the standard 

population and using age groups 0–4 years, 5–11 years, and 12–17 years. For crude percentages, refer to Table XII in Appendix III. 

SOURCE: CDC/NCHS, National Health Interview Survey, 2010.
Series 10, No. 250 [ Page 39

Table 15. Frequencies and age-adjusted percentages (with standard errors) of selected measures of health care access for children under

age 18 years, by selected characteristics: United States, 2010

Selected characteristic

All

children

under age

18 years

Uninsured for

health care1

Selected measures of health care access

Unmet

medical

need2

Delayed care

due to

cost3

Uninsured

for health

care1

Unmet

medical

need2

Delayed care

due to

cost3

Number in thousands4 Percent5 (standard error)

Total6 (age-adjusted) .........................

Total6 (crude) ..............................

74,625

74,625

5,791

5,791

1,581

1,581

2,938

2,938

7.8 (0.30)

7.8 (0.30)

2.1 (0.13)

2.1 (0.13)

4.0 (0.20)

3.9 (0.19)

Sex

Male ...................................

Female . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

38,134

36,491

3,037

2,754

849

732

1,506

1,432

8.0 (0.38)

7.6 (0.34)

2.2 (0.18)

2.0 (0.16)

4.0 (0.24)

4.0 (0.25)

Age7

0–4 years ................................

5–11 years................................

12–17 years ...............................

21,485

28,972

24,168

1,324

2,102

2,364

325

602

654

659

1,164

1,115

6.2 (0.45)

7.3 (0.40)

9.8 (0.45)

1.5 (0.17)

2.1 (0.19)

2.7 (0.23)

3.1 (0.26)

4.0 (0.28)

4.6 (0.31)

Race

One race8 ................................

White. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Black or African American . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

American Indian or Alaska Native ................

Asian. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander ...........

Two or more races9 ..........................

Black or African American and white ..............

American Indian or Alaska Native and white..........

71,622

56,223

11,085

772

3,374

168

3,003

1,306

497

5,591

4,391

698

†

271

†

199

95

*44

1,528

1,172

294

†

41

†

53

*29

†

2,802

2,274

391

†

76

†

136

78

†

7.9 (0.31)

7.9 (0.32)

6.4 (0.62)

*27.0 (8.48)

8.2 (1.02)

†

7.0 (1.18)

8.0 (2.13)

*8.7 (2.80)

2.1 (0.14)

2.1 (0.15)

2.7 (0.36)

†

1.2 (0.32)

†

1.9 (0.47)

*2.1 (0.70)

†

3.9 (0.20)

4.1 (0.23)

3.6 (0.41)

†

2.2 (0.43)

†

4.8 (0.91)

6.2 (1.66)

†

Hispanic or Latino origin10 and race

Hispanic or Latino ...........................

Mexican or Mexican American . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Not Hispanic or Latino.........................

White, single race . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Black or African American, single race .............

17,166

11,629

57,459

40,804

10,480

2,221

1,704

3,570

2,340

663

444

329

1,136

749

285

787

562

2,151

1,543

374

13.5 (0.66)

15.2 (0.86)

6.2 (0.34)

5.7 (0.34)

6.4 (0.65)

2.7 (0.28)

2.9 (0.36)

2.0 (0.15)

1.8 (0.18)

2.7 (0.37)

4.7 (0.40)

5.0 (0.51)

3.7 (0.22)

3.8 (0.27)

3.6 (0.42)

Family structure11

Mother and father ...........................

Mother, no father . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Father, no mother ...........................

Neither mother nor father. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

51,483

17,915

2,745

2,482

3,744

1,426

317

303

957

488

89

*47

1,873

862

118

86

7.4 (0.37)

8.0 (0.51)

11.2 (1.41)

11.7 (1.52)

1.9 (0.16)

2.7 (0.26)

2.8 (0.75)

*1.8 (0.68)

3.7 (0.24)

4.8 (0.38)

4.0 (0.92)

3.4 (0.87)

Parent’s education12

Less than high school diploma ...................

High school diploma or GED13 ...................

More than high school.........................

9,348

14,745

47,454

1,383

1,649

2,385

243

409

880

351

630

1,870

15.3 (1.24)

11.4 (0.73)

5.1 (0.28)

2.7 (0.39)

2.8 (0.35)

1.9 (0.16)

3.9 (0.45)

4.4 (0.44)

4.0 (0.25)

Family income14

Less than $35,000 ...........................

$35,000 or more ............................

$35,000–$49,999 ..........................

$50,000–$74,999 ..........................

$75,000–$99,999 ..........................

$100,000 or more ..........................

23,698

45,422

9,210

12,151

8,492

15,570

2,688

2,709

1,065

963

354

327

641

874

327

315

117

116

1,058

1,743

595

611

241

295

11.8 (0.68)

6.0 (0.31)

11.8 (0.86)

8.0 (0.71)

4.2 (0.65)

2.1 (0.31)

2.8 (0.24)

1.9 (0.18)

3.6 (0.50)

2.6 (0.44)

1.4 (0.34)

0.7 (0.18)

4.6 (0.35)

3.8 (0.25)

6.5 (0.68)

5.1 (0.55)

2.8 (0.49)

1.9 (0.31)

Poverty status15

Poor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Near poor ................................

Not poor .................................

15,355

15,119

37,335

1,576

1,914

1,723

342

564

552

540

999

1,181

10.7 (0.91)

13.0 (0.76)

4.6 (0.30)

2.3 (0.28)

3.8 (0.41)

1.5 (0.16)

3.7 (0.38)

6.7 (0.56)

3.2 (0.25)

Health insurance coverage16

Private . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Medicaid or other public .......................

Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Uninsured ................................

40,184

26,156

2,131

5,791

–

–

–

5,791

419

374

†

764

1,175

557

†

1,172

–

–

–

100.0 (0.00)

1.0 (0.12)

1.5 (0.18)

†

13.2 (1.15)

2.9 (0.24)

2.3 (0.23)

†

20.3 (1.52)

See footnotes at end of table.
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Table 15. Frequencies and age-adjusted percentages (with standard errors) of selected measures of health care access for children under

age 18 years, by selected characteristics: United States, 2010—Con.

Selected measures of health care access

All

children Unmet Delayed care Uninsured Unmet Delayed care

under age Uninsured for medical due to for health medical due to

Selected characteristic 18 years health care1 need2 cost3 care1 need2 cost3

Place of residence17 Number in thousands4 Percent5 (standard error)

Large MSA ............................... 40,084 3,035 929 1,697 7.6 (0.37) 2.3 (0.19) 4.3 (0.27)

Small MSA. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23,248 1,788 451 909 7.8 (0.66) 2.0 (0.25) 3.9 (0.37)

Not in MSA ............................... 11,293 968 201 332 8.7 (0.83) 1.8 (0.30) 3.0 (0.42)

Region

Northeast ................................ 11,620 509 148 314 4.4 (0.55) 1.3 (0.24) 2.7 (0.38)

Midwest ................................. 17,472 859 253 535 5.0 (0.43) 1.5 (0.22) 3.1 (0.36)

South ................................... 26,939 2,591 691 1,225 9.8 (0.52) 2.6 (0.24) 4.6 (0.35)

West ................................... 18,594 1,831 488 863 9.9 (0.76) 2.7 (0.32) 4.7 (0.43)

Current health status

Excellent or very good ........................ 61,275 4,538 1,074 2,115 7.5 (0.33) 1.8 (0.13) 3.5 (0.20)

Good ................................... 11,822 1,147 426 701 9.7 (0.69) 3.6 (0.43) 5.9 (0.56)

Fair or poor ............................... 1,504 105 81 122 6.8 (1.27) 5.3 (1.08) 7.9 (1.52)

† Estimates with a relative standard error greater than 50% are indicated with a dagger, but data are not shown. 

* Estimates preceded by an asterisk have a relative standard error greater than 30% and less than or equal to 50% and should be used with caution as they do not meet standards of reliability or 

precision. 

– Quantity zero. 

1

Based on the following question in the family core section of the survey: ‘‘[Are you/Is anyone] covered by health insurance or some other kind of health care plan?’’ 

2

Based on the following question in the family core section of the survey: ‘‘DURING THE PAST 12 MONTHS, was there any time when [you/someone in the family] needed medical care, but did not 

get it because [you/the family] couldn’t afford it?’’ 

3

Based on the following question in the family core section of the survey: ‘‘DURING THE PAST 12 MONTHS, [have/has] [you/anyone in the family] delayed seeking medical care because of worry 

about the cost?’’ 

4

Unknowns for the columns are not included in the frequencies (see Appendix I), but they are included in the ‘‘All children under age 18 years’’ column. 

5

Unknowns for the column variables are not included in the denominators when calculating percentages. 

6

Includes other races not shown separately and children with unknown family structure, parent’s education, family income, poverty status, health insurance, or current health status. Additionally, 

numbers within selected characteristics may not add to totals because of rounding. 

7

Estimates for age groups are not age adjusted. 

8

In accordance with the 1997 standards for federal data on race and Hispanic or Latino origin (see Appendix II), the category ‘‘One race’’ refers to persons who indicated only a single race group. 

Persons who indicated a single race other than the groups shown are included in the total for ‘‘One race’’ but are not shown separately due to small sample sizes. Therefore, the frequencies for the 

category ‘‘One race’’ will be greater than the sum of the frequencies for the specific groups shown separately. Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin may be of any race or combination of races. 

9

Refers to all persons who indicated more than one race group. Only two combinations of multiple race groups are shown due to small sample sizes for other combinations. Therefore, the frequencies 

for the category ‘‘Two or more races’’ will be greater than the sum of the frequencies for the specific combinations shown separately. 

10Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin may be of any race or combination of races. Similarly, the category ‘‘Not Hispanic or Latino’’ refers to all persons who are not of Hispanic or Latino origin, 

regardless of race. The tables in this report use the current (1997) Office of Management and Budget race and Hispanic origin terms, and the text uses shorter versions of these terms for conciseness. 

For example, the category ‘‘Not Hispanic or Latino black or African American, single race’’ in the tables is referred to as ‘‘non-Hispanic black’’ in the text. 

11Refers to parents living in the household. ‘‘Mother and father’’ can include biological, adoptive, step, in-law, or foster relationships. Legal guardians are classified in ‘‘Neither mother nor father.’’ 

12Refers to the education level of the parent with the higher level of education, regardless of that parent’s age. 

13GED is General Educational Development high school equivalency diploma. 

14The categories ‘‘Less than $35,000’’ and ‘‘$35,000 or more’’ include both persons reporting dollar amounts and persons reporting only that their incomes were within one of these two categories (see 

Appendix I). The indented categories include only those persons who reported dollar amounts. Because of the different income questions used in 2007, income estimates may not be comparable with 

those from earlier years. 

15Based on family income and family size using the U.S. Census Bureau’s poverty thresholds for the previous calendar year. ‘‘Poor’’ persons are defined as below the poverty threshold. ‘‘Near poor’’ 

persons have incomes of 100% to less than 200% of the poverty threshold. ‘‘Not poor’’ persons have incomes that are 200% of the poverty threshold or greater. Because of the different income 

questions used in 2007, poverty ratio estimates may not be comparable with those from earlier years. Because of the different income questions used in 2007, poverty ratio estimates may not be 

comparable with those from earlier years. 

16Classification of health insurance coverage is based on a hierarchy of mutually exclusive categories. Persons with more than one type of health insurance were assigned to the first appropriate 

category in the hierarchy. Persons under age 65 years and those aged 65 years and over were classified separately due to the predominance of Medicare coverage in the older population. The 

category ‘‘Private’’ includes persons who had any type of private coverage either alone or in combination with other coverage. For example, for persons aged 65 years and over, ‘‘Private’’ includes 

persons with only private or private in combination with Medicare. The category ‘‘Uninsured’’ includes persons who had no coverage as well as those who had only Indian Health Service coverage or 

had only a private plan that paid for one type of service such as accidents or dental care (see Appendix II). 

17MSA is metropolitan statistical area. Large MSAs have a population size of 1 million or more; small MSAs have a population size of less than 1 million. ‘‘Not in MSA’’ consists of persons not living in 

a metropolitan statistical area. 

NOTES: Estimates are based on household interviews of a sample of the civilian noninstitutionalized population. This table differs from most other detailed tables in this report in that the estimates

were based on responses about all children in the family, not only the sample child. These data came from the Person File and were weighted using the Person weight. The estimates of ‘‘All children

under age 18 years’’ in this table differ slightly from estimates of ‘‘All children under age 18 years’’ in the other detailed tables that were based on the Sample Child File and were weighted using the

Sample Child weight. Estimates are age adjusted using the projected 2000 U.S. population as the standard population and using age groups 0–4 years, 5–11 years, and 12–17 years. For crude

percentages, refer to Table XIII in Appendix III.

SOURCE: CDC/NCHS, National Health Interview Survey, 2010.
Series 10, No. 250 [ Page 41

Table 16. Frequencies and age-adjusted percentages (with standard errors) of emergency room visits for children under age 18 years, by

selected characteristics: United States, 2010

Selected characteristic

All

children

under age

18 years None One

Emergency room visits in the past 12 months1

Two

or more None One

Two

or more

Number in thousands2 Percent3 (standard error)

Total4 (age-adjusted) .........................

Total4 (crude) ..............................

74,626

74,626

57,824

57,824

10,165

10,165

6,266

6,266

78.0 (0.50)

77.9 (0.51)

13.6 (0.38)

13.7 (0.39)

8.4 (0.35)

8.4 (0.36)

Sex

Male ...................................

Female . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

38,135

36,491

29,087

28,737

5,584

4,581

3,234

3,032

76.9 (0.68)

79.2 (0.73)

14.6 (0.56)

12.5 (0.54)

8.5 (0.46)

8.3 (0.50)

Age5

0–4 years ................................

5–11 years................................

12–17 years ...............................

21,414

28,666

24,546

15,299

22,740

19,785

3,642

3,726

2,797

2,347

2,070

1,849

71.9 (0.94)

79.7 (0.78)

81.0 (0.81)

17.1 (0.79)

13.1 (0.63)

11.4 (0.64)

11.0 (0.66)

7.3 (0.52)

7.6 (0.54)

Race

One race6 ................................

White. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Black or African American . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

American Indian or Alaska Native ................

Asian. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander ...........

Two or more races7 ..........................

Black or African American and white ..............

American Indian or Alaska Native and white..........

71,490

56,170

11,030

768

3,354

168

3,136

1,373

473

55,557

44,059

7,915

607

2,848

129

2,267

901

338

9,639

7,617

1,642

*114

259

†

527

263

*85

5,946

4,242

1,379

*47

245

†

320

187

*50

78.2 (0.51)

78.9 (0.57)

72.6 (1.28)

80.3 (3.93)

85.1 (1.67)

83.6 (9.58)

73.9 (2.34)

66.1 (3.84)

71.8 (6.68)

13.5 (0.39)

13.6 (0.45)

14.9 (0.96)

13.4 (3.09)

7.7 (1.14)

†

16.2 (2.10)

20.5 (3.31)

*17.6 (6.16)

8.3 (0.36)

7.5 (0.39)

12.5 (0.96)

*6.3 (2.47)

7.3 (1.34)

†

9.9 (1.59)

13.4 (3.10)

*10.6 (3.52)

Hispanic or Latino origin8 and race

Hispanic or Latino ...........................

Mexican or Mexican American . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Not Hispanic or Latino.........................

White, single race . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Black or African American, single race .............

17,167

11,590

57,460

40,766

10,430

13,062

9,144

44,762

32,288

7,531

2,582

1,591

7,584

5,293

1,544

1,464

828

4,802

2,981

1,270

76.9 (0.87)

79.5 (0.99)

78.4 (0.60)

79.5 (0.71)

73.1 (1.32)

14.8 (0.71)

13.5 (0.83)

13.3 (0.46)

13.1 (0.57)

14.8 (0.98)

8.3 (0.58)

7.0 (0.67)

8.4 (0.42)

7.4 (0.49)

12.2 (0.98)

Family structure9

Mother and father ...........................

Mother, no father . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Father, no mother ...........................

Neither mother nor father. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

51,329

18,026

2,835

2,436

40,998

12,780

2,174

1,872

6,441

2,879

517

327

3,735

2,231

97

203

80.4 (0.59)

71.3 (1.07)

75.7 (2.59)

76.9 (2.65)

12.4 (0.46)

16.1 (0.87)

20.8 (2.53)

13.8 (2.14)

7.2 (0.39)

12.5 (0.77)

3.4 (0.90)

9.3 (1.98)

Parent’s education10

Less than high school diploma ...................

High school diploma or GED11 ...................

More than high school.........................

9,301

14,750

47,913

6,839

10,591

38,318

1,484

2,377

5,972

943

1,655

3,460

74.3 (1.42)

72.7 (1.28)

80.3 (0.59)

15.6 (1.16)

16.1 (0.99)

12.5 (0.45)

10.1 (0.96)

11.2 (0.93)

7.2 (0.40)

Family income12

Less than $35,000 ...........................

$35,000 or more ............................

$35,000–$49,999 ..........................

$50,000–$74,999 ..........................

$75,000–$99,999 ..........................

$100,000 or more ..........................

24,323

47,072

9,438

12,473

8,919

16,241

16,972

38,184

7,157

10,065

7,318

13,644

4,235

5,644

1,336

1,600

1,000

1,709

2,975

3,050

897

763

558

832

70.6 (0.94)

81.5 (0.58)

76.5 (1.35)

81.1 (1.14)

82.5 (1.32)

84.1 (0.93)

17.3 (0.74)

12.0 (0.48)

14.1 (1.12)

12.8 (0.96)

11.3 (1.09)

10.7 (0.78)

12.1 (0.70)

6.5 (0.39)

9.4 (0.95)

6.1 (0.71)

6.2 (0.83)

5.2 (0.59)

Poverty status13

Poor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Near poor ................................

Not poor .................................

15,701

15,562

38,768

10,792

11,483

31,978

2,739

2,447

4,470

2,091

1,542

2,169

69.5 (1.30)

74.7 (1.15)

82.7 (0.60)

17.3 (1.05)

15.6 (0.93)

11.6 (0.51)

13.2 (0.96)

9.7 (0.77)

5.6 (0.37)

Health insurance coverage14

Private . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Medicaid or other public .......................

Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Uninsured ................................

40,015

26,404

2,140

5,877

33,059

18,367

1,565

4,704

4,607

4,498

354

666

2,197

3,371

211

467

82.9 (0.62)

70.5 (0.99)

73.4 (2.86)

80.3 (1.67)

11.6 (0.51)

16.9 (0.76)

16.6 (2.36)

11.6 (1.32)

5.5 (0.39)

12.6 (0.71)

10.0 (2.17)

8.1 (1.10)

See footnotes at end of table.
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Table 16. Frequencies and age-adjusted percentages (with standard errors) of emergency room visits for children under age 18 years, by

selected characteristics: United States, 2010—Con.

All Emergency room visits in the past 12 months1

children

under age Two Two

Selected characteristic 18 years None One or more None One or more

Place of residence15 Number in thousands2 Percent3 (standard error)

Large MSA ............................... 40,071 31,334 5,335 3,147 78.9 (0.66) 13.3 (0.54) 7.8 (0.43)

Small MSA. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23,245 17,972 3,156 2,070 77.7 (0.97) 13.5 (0.64) 8.8 (0.72)

Not in MSA ............................... 11,310 8,518 1,674 1,049 75.7 (1.37) 14.9 (1.09) 9.4 (0.93)

Region

Northeast ................................ 11,610 8,968 1,674 903 77.6 (1.19) 14.5 (1.03) 7.8 (0.77)

Midwest ................................. 17,664 13,435 2,499 1,592 76.6 (1.19) 14.3 (0.87) 9.1 (0.79)

South ................................... 26,791 20,432 3,794 2,437 77.0 (0.86) 14.1 (0.64) 9.0 (0.60)

West ................................... 18,561 14,989 2,199 1,334 81.2 (0.88) 11.7 (0.65) 7.2 (0.69)

Current health status

Excellent or very good ........................ 61,019 48,589 7,976 4,158 80.3 (0.53) 13.0 (0.41) 6.8 (0.35)

Good ................................... 11,915 8,438 1,916 1,504 70.9 (1.48) 16.2 (1.15) 12.8 (1.03)

Fair or poor ............................... 1,692 797 274 604 46.8 (3.83) 16.2 (2.77) 36.9 (3.70)

* Estimates preceded by an asterisk have a relative standard error greater than 30% and less than or equal to 50% and should be used with caution as they do not meet standards of reliability or

precision.

† Estimates with a relative standard error greater than 50% are indicated with a dagger, but are not shown.

1

Based on the following question in the sample child core section of the survey: ‘‘DURING THE PAST 12 MONTHS, how many times has [child’s name] gone to a hospital emergency room about 

[his/her] health? (This includes emergency room visits that resulted in a hospital admission.)’’ 

2

Unknowns for the columns are not included in the frequencies (see Appendix I), but they are included in the ‘‘All children under age 18 years’’ column. 

3

Unknowns for the column variables are not included in the denominators when calculating percentages. 

4

Includes other races not shown separately and children with unknown family structure, parent’s education, family income, poverty status, health insurance, or current health status. Additionally, 

percentages may not add to totals because of rounding. 

5

Estimates for age groups are not age adjusted. 

6

In accordance with the 1997 standards for federal data on race and Hispanic or Latino origin (see Appendix II), the category ‘‘One race’’ refers to persons who indicated only a single race group. 

Persons who indicated a single race other than the groups shown are included in the total for ‘‘One race’’ but are not shown separately due to small sample sizes. Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin 

may be of any race or combination of races. 

7

Refers to all persons who indicated more than one race group. Only two combinations of multiple race groups are shown due to small sample sizes for other combinations. 

8

Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin may be of any race or combination of races. Similarly, the category ‘‘Not Hispanic or Latino’’ refers to all persons who are not of Hispanic or Latino origin, 

regardless of race. The tables in this report use the current (1997) Office of Management and Budget race and Hispanic origin terms, and the text uses shorter versions of these terms for conciseness. 

For example, the category ‘‘Not Hispanic or Latino black or African American, single race’’ in the tables is referred to as ‘‘non-Hispanic black’’ in the text. 

9

Refers to parents living in the household. ‘‘Mother and father’’ can include biological, adoptive, step, in-law, or foster relationships. Legal guardians are classified in ‘‘Neither mother nor father.’’ 

10Refers to the education level of the parent with the higher level of education, regardless of that parent’s age. 

11GED is General Educational Development high school equivalency diploma. 

12The categories ‘‘Less than $35,000’’ and ‘‘$35,000 or more’’ include both persons reporting dollar amounts and persons reporting only that their incomes were within one of these two categories (see 

Appendix I). The indented categories include only those persons who reported dollar amounts. 

13Based on family income and family size using the U.S. Census Bureau’s poverty thresholds for the previous calendar year. ‘‘Poor’’ persons are defined as below the poverty threshold. ‘‘Near poor’’ 

persons have incomes of 100% to less than 200% of the poverty threshold. ‘‘Not poor’’ persons have incomes that are 200% of the poverty threshold or greater. 

14Classification of health insurance coverage is based on a hierarchy of mutually exclusive categories. Persons with more than one type of health insurance were assigned to the first appropriate 

category in the hierarchy. Persons under age 65 years and those aged 65 years and over were classified separately due to the predominance of Medicare coverage in the older population. The 

category ‘‘Private’’ includes persons who had any type of private coverage either alone or in combination with other coverage. For example, for persons aged 65 years and over, ‘‘Private’’ includes 

persons with only private or private in combination with Medicare. The category ‘‘Uninsured’’ includes persons who had no coverage as well as those who had only Indian Health Service coverage or 

had only a private plan that paid for one type of service such as accidents or dental care (see Appendix II). 

15MSA is metropolitan statistical area. Large MSAs have a population size of 1 million or more; small MSAs have a population size of less than 1 million. ‘‘Not in MSA’’ consists of persons not living in

a metropolitan statistical area.

NOTES: Estimates are based on household interviews of a sample of the civilian noninstitutionalized population. Estimates are age adjusted using the projected 2000 U.S. population as the standard

population and using age groups 0–4 years, 5–11 years, and 12–17 years. For crude percentages, refer to Table XIV in Appendix III.

SOURCE: CDC/NCHS, National Health Interview Survey, 2010.
Series 10, No. 250 [ Page 43

Table 17. Frequency distributions of unmet dental need in the past 12 months and frequency distributions of length of time since last

dental visit for children aged 2–17 years, by selected characteristics: United States, 2010

Unmet dental need1 Time since last dental visit2

Selected characteristic

All

children

aged 2–17

years Yes No

6 months

or less

More than

6 months

but not

more than

1 year

More than

1 year

but not

more than

2 years

More than

2 years

but not

more than

5 years

More than

5 years3

Number in thousands4

Total5 (crude) .............................. 66,160 4,344 61,755 40,654 11,094 4,629 1,796 7,415

Sex . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Male ...................................

Female . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

33,763

32,396

2,143

2,201

31,584

30,170

20,363

20,291

5,779

5,315

2,426

2,204

1,026

770

3,807

3,608

Age

2–4 years ................................

5–11 years................................

12–17 years ...............................

12,947

28,666

24,546

521

1,857

1,967

12,407

26,788

22,560

5,197

19,378

16,079

1,522

5,177

4,396

355

2,035

2,240

*111

575

1,109

5,663

1,224

528

Race

One race6 ................................

White. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Black or African American . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

American Indian or Alaska Native ................

Asian. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander ...........

Two or more races7 ..........................

Black or African American and white ..............

American Indian or Alaska Native and white..........

63,410

50,002

9,723

584

2,947

155

2,749

1,207

441

4,133

3,289

654

*26

151

†

211

105

†

59,217

46,665

9,055

557

2,796

143

2,538

1,102

400

39,040

31,580

5,291

320

1,775

*74

1,614

664

239

10,575

7,681

2,320

108

399

†

519

280

*70

4,456

3,359

825

*72

199

†

173

67

*79

1,718

1,309

279

†

106

†

*78

*26

†

7,062

5,641

920

*62

427

†

353

167

†

Hispanic or Latino origin8 and race

Hispanic or Latino ...........................

Mexican or Mexican American . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Not Hispanic or Latino.........................

White, single race . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Black or African American, single race .............

14,990

10,255

51,170

36,552

9,203

1,413

1,000

2,931

2,031

580

13,558

9,245

48,197

34,492

8,610

8,307

5,659

32,348

24,159

5,015

2,761

1,963

8,334

5,189

2,219

1,285

886

3,345

2,186

761

534

401

1,261

828

260

1,917

1,260

5,498

3,923

875

Family structure9

Mother and father ...........................

Mother, no father . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Father, no mother ...........................

Neither mother nor father. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

45,037

16,225

2,704

2,194

2,576

1,431

224

113

42,427

14,780

2,480

2,068

29,015

8,936

1,510

1,194

6,765

3,421

484

423

2,729

1,382

291

227

967

597

122

*110

5,381

1,654

189

191

Parent’s education10

Less than high school diploma ...................

High school diploma or GED11 ...................

More than high school.........................

8,208

12,923

42,623

904

868

2,450

7,291

12,047

40,150

4,063

6,760

28,582

1,692

2,694

6,256

806

1,167

2,392

403

429

846

1,150

1,722

4,336

Family income12

Less than $35,000 ...........................

$35,000 or more ............................

$35,000–$49,999 ..........................

$50,000–$74,999 ..........................

$75,000–$99,999 ..........................

$100,000 or more ..........................

21,032

42,261

8,484

11,040

7,840

14,897

1,910

2,311

828

901

303

279

19,098

39,917

7,647

10,139

7,530

14,603

11,020

27,943

4,621

6,517

5,452

11,353

4,300

6,264

1,505

2,104

880

1,775

1,998

2,449

596

798

517

538

737

967

398

345

140

*83

2,784

4,364

1,257

1,200

802

1,104

Poverty status13

Poor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Near poor ................................

Not poor .................................

13,589

13,806

34,725

1,107

1,423

1,527

12,469

12,364

33,176

7,020

7,393

24,053

2,825

2,756

4,819

1,316

1,131

1,880

481

570

562

1,815

1,815

3,248

Health insurance coverage14

Private . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Medicaid or other public .......................

Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Uninsured ................................

36,067

22,872

1,848

5,198

1,495

1,331

127

1,383

34,550

21,513

1,722

3,808

24,740

13,088

1,178

1,571

5,063

4,641

296

1,071

1,949

1,720

*94

853

590

555

*71

575

3,522

2,646

205

1,011

See footnotes at end of table.
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Table 17. Frequency distributions of unmet dental need in the past 12 months and frequency distributions of length of time since last

dental visit for children aged 2–17 years, by selected characteristics: United States, 2010—Con.

Unmet dental need1 Time since last dental visit2

More than More than More than

All 6 months 1 year 2 years

children but not but not but not

aged 2–17 6 months more than more than more than More than

Selected characteristic years Yes No or less 1 year 2 years 5 years 5 years3

Place of residence15 Number in thousands4

Large MSA ............................... 35,720 2,359 33,307 22,254 5,773 2,549 871 3,954

Small MSA. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20,295 1,443 18,845 12,552 3,508 1,275 601 2,228

Not in MSA ............................... 10,145 541 9,603 5,848 1,814 805 324 1,233

Region

Northeast ................................ 10,313 400 9,890 6,783 1,770 513 141 1,001

Midwest ................................. 15,877 850 15,022 10,093 2,576 905 349 1,766

South ................................... 23,570 1,778 21,764 14,159 3,961 1,730 789 2,759

West ................................... 16,400 1,315 15,078 9,620 2,786 1,482 517 1,888

Current health status

Excellent or very good ........................ 53,756 2,989 50,730 33,685 8,843 3,474 1,283 6,020

Good ................................... 10,837 1,160 9,654 6,061 1,971 1,020 456 1,216

Fair or poor ............................... 1,566 195 1,371 909 281 135 *56 179

Unmet dental need1

Yes .................................... 4,344 4,344 – 1,672 742 822 547 536

No ..................................... 61,755 – 61,755 38,981 10,352 3,803 1,249 6,879

* Estimates preceded by an asterisk have a relative standard error greater than 30% and less than or equal to 50% and should be used with caution as they do not meet standards of reliability or

precision.

† Estimates with a relative standard error greater than 50% are indicated with a dagger, but are not shown.

– Quantity zero.

1

Based on the question, ‘‘DURING THE PAST 12 MONTHS, was there any time when [child’s name] needed any of the following but didn’t get it because you couldn’t afford it: Dental care including 

(check-ups)?’’ 

2

Based on the question, ‘‘About how long has it been since anyone in the family last saw a dentist? Include all types of dentists, such as orthodontists, oral surgeons, and all other dental specialists, 

as well as dental hygienists.’’ 

3

This category includes children who have never seen a dentist. 

4

Unknowns for the columns are not included in the frequencies (see Appendix I), but they are included in the ‘‘All children aged 2–17 years’’ column. 

5

Includes other races not shown separately and children with unknown family structure, parent’s education, family income, poverty status, health insurance, or current health status. Additionally, 

numbers within selected characteristics may not add to totals because of rounding. 

6

In accordance with the 1997 standards for federal data on race and Hispanic or Latino origin (see Appendix II), the category ‘‘One race’’ refers to persons who indicated only a single race group. 

Persons who indicated a single race other than the groups shown are included in the total for ‘‘One race’’ but are not shown separately due to small sample sizes. Therefore, the frequencies for the 

category ‘‘One race’’ will be greater than the sum of the frequencies for the specific groups shown separately. Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin may be of any race or combination of races. 

7

Refers to all persons who indicated more than one race group. Only two combinations of multiple race groups are shown due to small sample sizes for other combinations. Therefore, the frequencies 

for the category ‘‘Two or more races’’ will be greater than the sum of the frequencies for the specific combinations shown separately. 

8

Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin may be of any race or combination of races. Similarly, the category ‘‘Not Hispanic or Latino’’ refers to all persons who are not of Hispanic or Latino origin, 

regardless of race. The tables in this report use the current (1997) Office of Management and Budget race and Hispanic origin terms, and the text uses shorter versions of these terms for conciseness. 

For example, the category ‘‘Not Hispanic or Latino black or African American, single race’’ in the tables is referred to as ‘‘non-Hispanic black’’ in the text. 

9

Refers to parents living in the household. ‘‘Mother and father’’ can include biological, adoptive, step, in-law, or foster relationships. Legal guardians are classified in ‘‘Neither mother nor father.’’ 

10Refers to the education level of the parent with the higher level of education, regardless of that parent’s age. 

11GED is General Educational Development high school equivalency diploma. 

12The categories ‘‘Less than $35,000’’ and ‘‘$35,000 or more’’ include both persons reporting dollar amounts and persons reporting only that their incomes were within one of these two categories (see 

Appendix I). The indented categories include only those persons who reported dollar amounts. Because of the different income questions used in 2007, income estimates may not be comparable with 

those from earlier years. 

13Based on family income and family size using the U.S. Census Bureau’s poverty thresholds for the previous calendar year. ‘‘Poor’’ persons are defined as below the poverty threshold. ‘‘Near poor’’ 

persons have incomes of 100% to less than 200% of the poverty threshold. ‘‘Not poor’’ persons have incomes that are 200% of the poverty threshold or greater. Because of the different income 

questions used in 2007, poverty ratio estimates may not be comparable with those from earlier years. 

14Classification of health insurance coverage is based on a hierarchy of mutually exclusive categories. Persons with more than one type of health insurance were assigned to the first appropriate 

category in the hierarchy. Persons under age 65 years and those aged 65 years and over were classified separately due to the predominance of Medicare coverage in the older population. The 

category ‘‘Private’’ includes persons who had any type of private coverage either alone or in combination with other coverage. For example, for persons aged 65 years and over, ‘‘Private’’ includes 

persons with only private or private in combination with Medicare. The category ‘‘Uninsured’’ includes persons who had no coverage as well as those who had only Indian Health Service coverage or 

had only a private plan that paid for one type of service such as accidents or dental care (see Appendix II). 

15MSA is metropolitan statistical area. Large MSAs have a population size of 1 million or more; small MSAs have a population size of less than 1 million. ‘‘Not in MSA’’ consists of persons not living in 

a metropolitan statistical area. 

NOTE: Estimates are based on household interviews of a sample of the civilian noninstitutionalized population.

SOURCE: CDC/NCHS, National Health Interview Survey, 2010.
ributions (with standard errors) of unmet dental need in the past 12 months and age-adjusted percent distributions (with standard errors) of

for children aged 2–17 years, by selected characteristics: United States, 2010

Unmet dental need1 Time since last dental visit2

All

children

aged 2–17

years Yes No

All

children

aged 2–17

years

6 months

or less

More than

6 months

but not

more than

1 year

More than

1 year

but not

more than

2 years

More than

2 years

but not

more than

5 years

More than

5 years3

Percent distribution4 (standard error)

... 100.0 6.6 (0.31) 93.4 (0.31) 100.0 62.4 (0.64) 17.0 (0.48) 7.1 (0.32) 2.8 (0.19) 10.7 (0.32)

... 100.0 6.6 (0.30) 93.4 (0.30) 100.0 62.0 (0.68) 16.9 (0.48) 7.1 (0.32) 2.7 (0.19) 11.3 (0.42)

... 100.0 6.4 (0.40) 93.6 (0.40) 100.0 61.3 (0.85) 17.4 (0.66) 7.3 (0.44) 3.1 (0.27) 10.9 (0.45)

... 100.0 6.8 (0.44) 93.2 (0.44) 100.0 63.5 (0.87) 16.6 (0.67) 6.9 (0.45) 2.4 (0.26) 10.5 (0.44)

... 100.0 4.0 (0.61) 96.0 (0.61) 100.0 40.5 (1.36) 11.8 (0.86) 2.8 (0.45) *0.9 (0.26) 44.1 (1.40)

... 100.0 6.5 (0.47) 93.5 (0.47) 100.0 68.3 (0.96) 18.2 (0.77) 7.2 (0.50) 2.0 (0.26) 4.3 (0.39)

... 100.0 8.0 (0.50) 92.0 (0.50) 100.0 66.0 (0.97) 18.1 (0.76) 9.2 (0.56) 4.6 (0.39) 2.2 (0.25)

... 100.0 6.6 (0.31) 93.4 (0.31) 100.0 62.5 (0.65) 16.9 (0.49) 7.1 (0.33) 2.7 (0.19) 10.7 (0.33)

... 100.0 6.6 (0.36) 93.4 (0.36) 100.0 64.1 (0.72) 15.6 (0.54) 6.8 (0.37) 2.7 (0.22) 10.8 (0.37)

... 100.0 6.8 (0.71) 93.2 (0.71) 100.0 55.3 (1.48) 24.2 (1.25) 8.6 (0.86) 2.9 (0.51) 9.0 (0.75)

... 100.0 *4.4 (2.00) 95.6 (2.00) 100.0 54.4 (6.83) 17.8 (4.42) *11.9 (5.13) † *12.1 (3.81)

... 100.0 5.2 (1.00) 94.8 (1.00) 100.0 61.3 (2.38) 13.8 (1.49) 6.9 (1.41) 3.6 (0.95) 14.5 (1.45)

. . . 100.0 † 94.2 (4.06) 100.0 57.8 (13.13) *32.4 (12.53) † † †

... 100.0 8.3 (1.61) 91.7 (1.61) 100.0 59.6 (2.83) 20.2 (2.40) 6.8 (1.38) *3.0 (0.92) 10.3 (1.30)

... 100.0 11.2 (2.86) 88.8 (2.86) 100.0 53.8 (4.68) 24.8 (4.53) *6.6 (1.99) † 12.0 (2.38)

ite . 100.0 *8.0 (3.65) 92.0 (3.65) 100.0 56.2 (7.61) 16.5 (4.60) *18.2 (6.71) † *4.6 (2.21)

... 100.0 9.8 (0.64) 90.2 (0.64) 100.0 56.8 (1.16) 18.9 (0.91) 9.0 (0.68) 3.9 (0.44) 11.4 (0.65)

. . . 100.0 10.1 (0.78) 89.9 (0.78) 100.0 56.0 (1.47) 19.5 (1.14) 9.1 (0.86) 4.2 (0.58) 11.3 (0.82)

... 100.0 5.7 (0.35) 94.3 (0.35) 100.0 63.9 (0.75) 16.4 (0.56) 6.6 (0.36) 2.5 (0.21) 10.6 (0.38)

... 100.0 5.5 (0.42) 94.5 (0.42) 100.0 66.7 (0.87) 14.3 (0.66) 6.0 (0.43) 2.2 (0.25) 10.8 (0.47)

... 100.0 6.3 (0.70) 93.7 (0.70) 100.0 55.3 (1.56) 24.4 (1.30) 8.3 (0.88) 2.9 (0.53) 9.1 (0.78)

... 100.0 5.8 (0.36) 94.2 (0.36) 100.0 65.6 (0.76) 15.2 (0.57) 6.2 (0.38) 2.2 (0.21) 10.7 (0.40)

... 100.0 8.8 (0.65) 91.2 (0.65) 100.0 55.8 (1.20) 21.4 (1.01) 8.6 (0.65) 3.7 (0.43) 10.5 (0.56)

... 100.0 7.8 (1.66) 92.2 (1.66) 100.0 56.3 (2.96) 18.2 (2.15) 10.5 (1.86) 4.2 (1.07) 10.8 (1.54)

... 100.0 4.7 (1.04) 95.3 (1.04) 100.0 54.4 (3.39) 19.3 (2.50) 9.7 (1.80) *5.1 (1.56) 11.4 (2.10)

... 100.0 11.3 (0.99) 88.7 (0.99) 100.0 50.3 (1.66) 21.1 (1.42) 10.2 (0.97) 5.3 (0.75) 13.1 (0.98)

... 100.0 6.9 (0.66) 93.1 (0.66) 100.0 53.5 (1.47) 21.3 (1.23) 9.4 (0.85) 3.5 (0.49) 12.3 (0.75)

... 100.0 5.8 (0.37) 94.2 (0.37) 100.0 67.8 (0.74) 14.8 (0.57) 5.7 (0.35) 2.0 (0.20) 9.8 (0.39)

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ributions (with standard errors) of unmet dental need in the past 12 months and age-adjusted percent distributions (with standard errors) of

for children aged 2–17 years, by selected characteristics: United States, 2010—Con.

Unmet dental need1 Time since last dental visit2

All

children

aged 2–17

years Yes No

All

children

aged 2–17

years

6 months

or less

More than

6 months

but not

more than

1 year

More than

1 year

but not

more than

2 years

More than

2 years

but not

more than

5 years

More than

5 years3

Percent distribution4 (standard error)

... 100.0 9.4 (0.60) 90.6 (0.60) 100.0 53.5 (1.17) 21.0 (0.89) 9.9 (0.64) 3.8 (0.40) 11.9 (0.56)

... 100.0 5.5 (0.35) 94.5 (0.35) 100.0 66.8 (0.74) 14.9 (0.59) 5.8 (0.37) 2.3 (0.22) 10.2 (0.40)

... 100.0 9.8 (0.95) 90.2 (0.95) 100.0 56.4 (1.60) 18.2 (1.21) 7.3 (0.86) 5.0 (0.74) 13.2 (1.00)

... 100.0 8.2 (0.88) 91.8 (0.88) 100.0 59.7 (1.50) 19.3 (1.25) 7.3 (0.79) 3.2 (0.51) 10.5 (0.77)

... 100.0 3.8 (0.68) 96.2 (0.68) 100.0 69.8 (1.61) 11.3 (1.15) 6.5 (0.92) 1.8 (0.43) 10.7 (0.95)

... 100.0 1.8 (0.37) 98.2 (0.37) 100.0 76.2 (1.09) 11.9 (0.86) 3.6 (0.48) *0.6 (0.20) 7.8 (0.62)

... 100.0 8.5 (0.76) 91.5 (0.76) 100.0 52.6 (1.48) 21.4 (1.16) 10.3 (0.88) 4.0 (0.53) 11.8 (0.77)

... 100.0 10.4 (0.75) 89.6 (0.75) 100.0 54.9 (1.37) 20.5 (1.14) 8.5 (0.74) 4.4 (0.57) 11.7 (0.73)

... 100.0 4.4 (0.35) 95.6 (0.35) 100.0 69.5 (0.78) 13.9 (0.60) 5.4 (0.39) 1.6 (0.19) 9.7 (0.42)

. . . 100.0 4.1 (0.35) 95.9 (0.35) 100.0 68.9 (0.78) 14.0 (0.59) 5.4 (0.37) 1.6 (0.20) 10.1 (0.45)

... 100.0 6.1 (0.50) 93.9 (0.50) 100.0 58.8 (1.10) 20.8 (0.90) 8.0 (0.58) 2.7 (0.36) 9.7 (0.50)

... 100.0 7.1 (1.75) 92.9 (1.75) 100.0 64.7 (3.40) 16.4 (2.71) *5.3 (1.70) *4.1 (1.81) 9.5 (1.47)

... 100.0 26.4 (1.96) 73.6 (1.96) 100.0 30.8 (1.94) 20.7 (1.66) 15.9 (1.41) 10.6 (1.20) 22.0 (1.41)

... 100.0 6.7 (0.40) 93.3 (0.40) 100.0 63.4 (0.80) 16.4 (0.60) 7.3 (0.43) 2.5 (0.24) 10.5 (0.42)

... 100.0 7.2 (0.60) 92.8 (0.60) 100.0 62.7 (1.22) 17.5 (0.89) 6.4 (0.58) 3.0 (0.37) 10.4 (0.55)

... 100.0 5.4 (0.71) 94.6 (0.71) 100.0 58.4 (1.75) 18.2 (1.40) 8.1 (0.90) 3.3 (0.54) 12.1 (0.95)

... 100.0 3.9 (0.60) 96.1 (0.60) 100.0 66.3 (1.59) 17.3 (1.14) 4.9 (0.58) 1.3 (0.34) 10.1 (0.83)

... 100.0 5.4 (0.65) 94.6 (0.65) 100.0 64.4 (1.40) 16.5 (1.10) 5.8 (0.64) 2.3 (0.35) 11.1 (0.67)

... 100.0 7.6 (0.51) 92.4 (0.51) 100.0 61.1 (1.02) 17.0 (0.75) 7.5 (0.56) 3.4 (0.36) 11.0 (0.52)

... 100.0 8.2 (0.65) 91.8 (0.65) 100.0 59.7 (1.35) 17.3 (0.98) 9.3 (0.74) 3.2 (0.41) 10.5 (0.63)

... 100.0 5.6 (0.31) 94.4 (0.31) 100.0 63.8 (0.69) 16.7 (0.53) 6.6 (0.35) 2.4 (0.20) 10.4 (0.34)

... 100.0 10.7 (0.86) 89.3 (0.86) 100.0 56.4 (1.56) 18.4 (1.16) 9.4 (0.92) 4.1 (0.54) 11.8 (0.95)

... 100.0 12.4 (2.41) 87.6 (2.41) 100.0 58.5 (3.75) 17.5 (2.87) 8.7 (2.06) *3.6 (1.37) 11.7 (2.21)

. . . 100.0 100.0 (0.00) – 100.0 38.5 (2.29) 16.9 (1.74) 18.2 (1.64) 11.9 (1.54) 14.6 (1.77)

... 100.0 – 100.0 (0.00) 100.0 64.2 (0.66) 17.0 (0.50) 6.3 (0.32) 2.1 (0.17) 10.4 (0.32)

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e standard error greater than 30% and should be used with caution as they do not meet standards of reliability or precision.

han 50% are indicated with a dagger, but are not shown.

MONTHS, was there any time when [child’s name] needed any of the following but didn’t get it because you couldn’t afford it: Dental care including (check-ups)?’’

en since anyone in the family last saw a dentist? Include all types of dentists, such as orthodontists, oral surgeons, and all other dental specialists, as well as dental hygienists.’’

een a dentist.

ed in the denominators when calculating percentages.

ildren with unknown family structure, parent’s education, family income, poverty status, health insurance, or current health status. Additionally, percentages may not add to totals because of rounding.
data on race and Hispanic or Latino origin (see Appendix II), the category ‘‘One race’’ refers to persons who indicated only a single race group. Persons who indicated a single race other than the groups

are not shown separately due to small sample sizes. Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin may be of any race or combination of races.

e race group. Only two combinations of multiple race groups are shown due to small sample sizes for other combinations.

y race or combination of races. Similarly, the category ‘‘Not Hispanic or Latino’’ refers to all persons who are not of Hispanic or Latino origin, regardless of race. The tables in this report use the current

Hispanic origin terms, and the text uses shorter versions of these terms for conciseness. For example, the category ‘‘Not Hispanic or Latino black or African American, single race’’ in the tables is referred

r and father’’ can include biological, adoptive, step, in-law, or foster relationships. Legal guardians are classified in ‘‘Neither mother nor father.’’

he higher level of education, regardless of that parent’s age.

chool equivalency diploma.

0 or more’’ include both persons reporting dollar amounts and persons reporting only that their incomes were within one of these two categories (see Appendix I). The indented categories include only those

the different income questions used in 2007, income estimates may not be comparable with those from earlier years.

e U.S. Census Bureau’s poverty thresholds for the previous calendar year. ‘‘Poor’’ persons are defined as below the poverty threshold. ‘‘Near poor’’ persons have incomes of 100% to less than 200% of the

es that are 200% of the poverty threshold or greater. Because of the different income questions used in 2007, poverty ratio estimates may not be comparable with those from earlier years.

sed on a hierarchy of mutually exclusive categories. Persons with more than one type of health insurance were assigned to the first appropriate category in the hierarchy. Persons under age 65 years and

rately due to the predominance of Medicare coverage in the older population. The category ‘‘Private’’ includes persons who had any type of private coverage either alone or in combination with other

and over, ‘‘Private’’ includes persons with only private or private in combination with Medicare. The category ‘‘Uninsured’’ includes persons who had no coverage as well as those who had only Indian

that paid for one type of service such as accidents or dental care (see Appendix II).

have a population size of 1 million or more; small MSAs have a population size of less than 1 million. ‘‘Not in MSA’’ consists of persons not living in a metropolitan statistical area.

ews of a sample of the civilian noninstitutionalized population. Estimates are age adjusted using the projected 2000 U.S. population as the standard population and using age groups 2–4 years, 5–11 years,

Table XV in Appendix III.

Survey, 2010.

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n

r pi i i=1

Est = n

� pi i=1

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Appendix I. Technical Notes on Methods

This report is one of a set of

statistical reports published by the staff

of the Centers for Disease Control and

Prevention’s National Center for Health

Statistics (NCHS). It is based on data

contained in the 2010 in-house Sample

Child, Household, Family, and Person

files, which are derived from the Sample

Child and Family Core components of

the National Health Interview Survey

(NHIS). All estimates were weighted

using the Sample Child record weight

except for ‘‘Respondent-assessed health

status’’ (in Tables 5, 6, and VIII),

‘‘Uninsured for health care,’’ ‘‘Unmet

medical need,’’ and ‘‘Delayed care due

to cost’’ (in Tables 15 and XIII) where

the person record weight was used. The

person record weight was used in order

to produce more precise estimates

because the data for these four variables

were collected for all children, not just

the sample child. Detailed sample design

information was used to produce the

most accurate variance estimates

possible. Note that estimates and

variances may differ depending on the

weight used.

All data used in the report are also

available from the public-use data files

with the exception of more detailed

information on race and Hispanic or

Latino origin, place of residence, and on

the sample design. These detailed

sample design variables, place of

residence variables, and detailed

information on race and Hispanic or

Latino origin cannot be made available

on the public-use files due to potential

disclosure of confidential information.

Standard errors, produced by using the

SUDAAN statistical package, are shown

for all percentages in the tables.

Estimates with a relative standard error

greater than 30% and less than or equal

to 50% are preceded by an asterisk (*)

and should be used with caution as they

do not meet the standards of reliability

or precision. Estimates with a relative

standard error greater than 50% are

indicated by a dagger (†) but not shown.

The relative standard errors are

calculated as follows:

Relative standard error = (SE/Est)100,

where SE is the standard error of the

estimate, and Est is the estimate

(percentage). The reliability of

frequencies and their corresponding

percentages are determined

independently, so it is possible for a

particular frequency to be reliable and

its associated percentage unreliable, and

vice versa. In most instances, however,

both estimates were reliable (or

unreliable) simultaneously.

Age Adjustment

Unless otherwise specified,

percentages shown in Tables 1–18 were

age adjusted using the projected 2000

U.S. population as the standard

population provided by the U.S. Census

Bureau (16,17). Age adjustment was

used to allow comparison among

various population subgroups that have

different age structures. This is

particularly important for demographic

characteristics such as race or ethnicity,

education, and marital status. It is also

helpful for other characteristics.

Age-adjusted rates are calculated by

the direct method as follows:

where ri = rate in age group i in the

population of interest,

pi = standard population in age

group i,

n = total number of age groups

used for age adjustment,

and

Est = age-adjusted rate.

The standard age distribution used for

age adjusting estimates from NHIS is

the projected 2000 U.S. population as

the standard population. Table I shows

the age distributions used in the

DESCRIPT procedure of SUDAAN to

perform age adjustment. Using different

age groups for age adjustment may

result in different estimates. For this

reason, age-adjusted estimates for health

Table I. Age distribution used in age

adjusting data shown in Tables 1–18:

Projected 2000 U.S. standard population

Standard population

Age in thousands

0–4 years ........... 18,987 

1–4 years ......... 15,192 

2–4 years ......... 11,433 

3–4 years ......... 7,660 

5–11 years .......... 28,178 

12–17 years ......... 23,618 

NOTE: Standard as specified in Shalala DE. HHS policy for

changing the population standard for age adjusting death

rates. Memorandum from the Secretary. August 26, 1998.

characteristics in this report may not

match age-adjusted estimates for the

same health characteristics in other

reports. Unadjusted estimates were also

calculated and are provided in Appendix

III.

For more information on the

derivation of age-adjustment weights for

use with NCHS survey data, see Klein

and Schoenborn (17). That report is

available through the NCHS home page

at http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/statnt/

statnt20.pdf. The year 2000 U.S.

standard resident population is available

through the U.S. Census Bureau home

page at http://www.census.gov/prod/1/

pop/p25-1130/p251130.pdf.

Treatment of Unknown

Values

In the tables, all unknown values

(respondents coded as ‘‘refused,’’ ‘‘don’t

know,’’ or ‘‘not ascertained’’) with

respect to each table’s variables of

interest were removed from the

denominators when calculating row

percentages. In most instances, the

overall number of unknowns is quite

small and would not have supported

disaggregation by the demographic

characteristics included in the table.

Because these unknowns are not shown

separately, users calculating their own

percentages based on the frequencies

and population counts presented in the

tables may obtain slightly different

results. To aid users’ understanding of

the data, weighted counts and
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Table II. Weighted counts and weighted percentages of children with unknown information for selected health variables: National Health 

Interview Survey, 2010 

Weighted count Percent of Reference

Variable (in thousands) children table

Ever had asthma (children under age 18 years) .......................................... 126 0.17 1,IV 

Taken prescription medicine for at least 3 months (children under age 18 years) ...................... 27 0.04 4,VII 

Interval since last contact with health professional (children under age 18 years) ...................... 565 0.76 13,14,XII 

Still has asthma (children under age 18 years) ........................................... 139 0.19 1 

Hay fever (children under age 18 years) ............................................... 139 0.19 2,V 

Respiratory allergies (children under age 18 years) ........................................ 264 0.35 2 

Digestive allergies (children under age 18 years).......................................... 137 0.18 2 

Skin allergies (children under age 18 years)............................................. 132 0.18 2 

Learning disability (children aged 3–17 years) ........................................... 87 0.14 3,VI 

Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (children aged 3–17 years) ............................... 115 0.19 3 

Respondent-assessed health status (children under age 18 years)............................... 24 0.03 5,6,VIII 

Health status compared to a year ago (children aged 1–17 years) ............................... 39 0.06 7,8,IX 

School days missed in the past 12 months (children aged 5–17 years) ............................ 473 0.89 9,10,X 

Has usual source of care (children under age 18 years) ..................................... 46 0.06 11,12,16,XI 

Location of usual source of care (children under age 18 years) ................................. 44 0.06 11,12 

Health insurance coverage (children under age 18 years) .................................... 363 0.49 15,XIII 

Unmet medical need (children under age 18 years) ........................................ 48 0.06 15 

Delayed medical care due to cost (children under age 18 years) ................................ 50 0.07 15 

Emergency room visits (children under age 18 years) ....................................... 371 0.50 16,XIV 

Unmet dental need (children aged 2–17 years) .......................................... 61 0.09 17,18,XV 

Time since last dental visit (children aged 2–17 years) ...................................... 571 0.86 17,18 

NOTE: Estimates are based on household interviews of a sample of the civilian noninstitutionalized population.

Interview Survey, 2010 

Table III. Weighted counts and weighted percentages of children under age 18 years with 

unknown information on selected sociodemographic characteristics: National Health weighted counts of children in the U.S.

Sample children1 All children2

status, as well as parent education,

Weighted count Weighted count

Variable (in thousands) Percent (in thousands) Percent

population with unknown values with

respect to family income and poverty

health insurance coverage, and current

health status.

Parent’s education3 ................. 

Family income .................... 

Poverty status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 

Health insurance coverage ............ 

Respondent-assessed health status....... 

2,662

1,879

4,596

190

0

3.57 3,077 4.12

2.52 2,636 3.53

6.16 6,815 9.13

0.26 363 0.49

0.00 24 0.03

1

Unknowns based on sample children are shown for selected variables in Tables 1–4, 7–14, 16–18, IV–VII, IX–XII, and XIV–XV. 

2

Unknowns based on all children are shown for selected variables in Tables 5, 6, 15, VIII, and XIII. 

3

Reflects the education level of the parent with the higher level of education, provided the parent(s) live(s) in the household. The 

NHIS does not obtain information pertaining to parents not living in the household. If both parents reside in the household but 

information on one parent’s education is unknown, then the other parent’s education is used. If both parents reside in the 

household and education is unknown for both, then parent’s education (with respect to the child) is unknown. 

NOTE: Estimates are based on household interviews of a sample of the civilian noninstitutionalized population. 

percentages of unknowns (with respect

to the variables of interest in each table)

are shown in Table II.

Unknowns with respect to the

demographic characteristics used in each

table are not shown due to small cell

counts. However, unknowns with respect income and may differ from other any more questions about their family

to both family income and poverty

status typically include a sizable number

of persons regardless of the health

outcome shown in the table. Missing

data on family income and personal

earnings in NHIS have been imputed by

NCHS analysts using multipleimputation methodology. Five ASCII

data sets containing imputed values for

the survey year and additional

information about the imputed income

files can be found at http://

www.cdc.gov/nchs/nhis.htm. However,

income and poverty estimates in this

publication are based only on reported

measures that are based on imputed data

(which were not available when this

report was prepared). Because it is

difficult to interpret the relationship

between ‘‘unknown’’ income (or poverty

status) and the health outcomes

displayed in the tables, counts of

persons in these unknown categories are

not shown in the tables. Table III shows

The ‘‘Income and Assets’’ section in

the Family Core of the NHIS instrument

allows respondents to report their family

income in several ways. Respondents

are first asked to provide their family’s

total combined income before taxes

from all sources for the previous

calendar year in a dollar amount (from

$0 up to $999,995). Any family income

responses greater than $999,995 are

entered as $999,996. From 1997–2006,

respondents who did not know or

refused to state an amount were then

asked if their family’s combined income

in the previous calendar year was

$20,000 or more or less than $20,000. If

they again refused to answer or said that

they did not know, they were not asked

income. Respondents who replied to the

‘‘above-below $20,000’’ question were

then handed a list of detailed income

categories (top-coded at $75,000 or

more) and asked to pick the interval

containing their best estimate of their

combined family income.

However, for survey year 2007, the

income follow-up questions were

changed. Modifications in the
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1997–2006 income follow-up questions

were explored because the 1997–2006

income follow-up questions had not

appreciably increased the analytic

usability of family income data or of the

poverty ratio in NHIS. During the

second quarter of 2006, a portion of the

NHIS sample participated in a field test

that evaluated an alternative way to ask

respondents about family income in an

attempt to decrease the frequency of

unknown responses to family income

and poverty status variables in NHIS.

Based on the results of the 2006 field

test, the NHIS family income questions

were modified starting with the first

quarter of 2007.

In the 2007–2010 NHIS,

respondents who did not know or

refused to state an income amount were

asked if their family’s combined income

in the previous calendar year was

$50,000 or more or less than $50,000. If

they again refused to answer, or said

that they did not know, they were not

asked any more questions about their

family’s income. If the respondent

indicated that the family’s income was

less than $50,000, at most two

additional follow-up questions were

asked: a) if the family income was less

than (or at least) $35,000, and if the

family income was less than $35,000

and b) if the family income was less

than the poverty threshold. The family’s

poverty threshold was prefilled by the

computer-assisted personal interviewing

instrument using information on the

family’s size collected earlier in the

interview.

If the respondent initially indicated

that the family income was $50,000 or

more, at most two additional follow-up

questions were asked: a) if the family

income was less than (or at least)

$100,000 and, if the family income was

less than $100,000, b) if the family

income was less than (or at least)

$75,000.

NHIS respondents thus fall into one

of four categories with respect to

income information: a) those who

supplied a dollar amount (83% for

sample children in 2010), b) those who

indicated a range for their income by

answering all of the applicable

follow-up questions (12% for sample

children), c) those who indicated a less

precise range for their family’s income

by only answering some of the

applicable follow-up questions (2% for

sample children), and d) those who

provided no income information (3% for

sample children) (unweighted results).

Respondents who stated that their

family income was below $35,000 are

included in the ‘‘Less than $35,000’’

category under ‘‘Family income’’ in the

tables in this report, along with

respondents who gave a dollar amount

or an interval estimate that was less than

$35,000. Likewise, respondents who

stated that their family income was at or

above $35,000 are included in the

‘‘$35,000 or more’’ category under

‘‘Family income,’’ along with

respondents who gave a dollar amount

or an interval estimate that was $35,000

or more. Note that the counts for the

detailed (indented) amounts do not sum

to the count shown for ‘‘$35,000 or

more’’ for this reason.

A poverty status variable was

created for all respondents. Poverty

status is the ratio of the family income

in the previous calendar year to the

appropriate 2009 poverty threshold

(given the family size and number of

children) defined by the U.S. Census

Bureau (19). Different poverty

thresholds were used in the creation of

the poverty ratios for respondents who

provided a dollar amount and

respondents who specified only an

income category in the follow-up

questions. In a small number of cases

(less than 0.5%), there may be

inconsistencies in the categorical

assignment of families in the detailed

poverty ratio variables, reflecting the

source of the income information. For

further information, data users should

consult the 2010 NHIS Survey

Description Document: ftp://ftp.cdc.gov/

pub/Health_Statistics/NCHS/

Dataset_Documentation/NHIS/2010/

srvydesc.pdf.

Children who are categorized as

‘‘poor’’ had a ratio less than 1.0, that is,

their family income was strictly below

the poverty threshold. The ‘‘near poor’’

category includes children with family

incomes of 100% to less than 200% of

the poverty threshold. Lastly, ‘‘not

poor’’ children have family incomes that

are 200% of the poverty threshold or

greater. The remaining groups of

respondents—those who did not supply

sufficient income information in the

follow-up questions to categorize as a

three-category poverty status variable, as

well as those who refused to provide

any income information—are, by

necessity, coded as ‘‘unknown’’ with

respect to poverty status. Family income

information is missing for 4% of all

children in the U.S. population and 3%

of all sample children; poverty status

information is missing for 10% of all

children in the U.S. population and 7%

of all sample children (unweighted

results). See Appendix Table II for the

weighted results.

Hypothesis Tests

Two-tailed tests of significance

were performed on all the comparisons

mentioned in the ‘‘Selected Highlights’’

section of this report (no adjustments

were made for multiple comparisons).

The test statistic, Z, used to determine

statistical significance of the difference

between two percentages was

|Xa – Xb

|

Z = ,

√S 2 + S 2

a b

where Xa and Xb are the two

percentages being compared, and Sa and

Sb are the SUDAAN-calculated standard

errors of those percentages. The critical

value used for two-sided tests at the

0.05 level of significance was 1.96.
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Appendix II. Definitions of Selected Terms

Sociodemographic Terms

Age—Recorded for each child at the

last birthday. Age is recorded in single

years and grouped using a variety of age

categories depending on the purpose of

the table.

Family income—Each member of a

family is classified according to the total

income of all family members. Family

members are all persons within the

household related to each other by

blood, marriage, cohabitation, or

adoption. The income recorded is the

total income received by all family

members in the previous calendar year.

Income from all sources, including

wages, salaries, military pay (when an

Armed Forces member lives in the

family), pensions, government

payments, child support or alimony,

dividends, and help from relatives, is

included. Unrelated individuals living in

the same household (e.g., roommates)

are considered to be separate families

and are classified according to their own

incomes.

Family structure—Describes the

parent(s) living in the household with

the sample child. Mother and father can

include biological, adoptive, step,

in-law, or foster parents. Legal

guardians are not classified as parents.

Health insurance coverage—

Describes health insurance coverage at

the time of interview. Respondents

reported whether they were covered by

private insurance (obtained through the

employer or workplace, purchased

directly, or through a local or

community program), Medicare,

Medigap (supplemental Medicare

coverage), Medicaid, Children’s Health

Insurance Program (CHIP), Indian

Health Service (IHS), military coverage

(including VA, TRICARE, or

CHAMP–VA), a state-sponsored health

plan, another government program, or

single-service plans.

For persons aged 64 years and

under, a health insurance hierarchy of

four mutually exclusive categories was

developed (20,21). Persons with more

than one type of health insurance were

assigned to the first appropriate category

in the hierarchy listed below:

Private coverage—Includes persons

who had any comprehensive private

insurance plan (including health

maintenance organizations and

preferred provider organizations).

These plans include those obtained

through an employer and those

purchased directly or through local

or community programs.

Medicaid—Includes persons who do

not have private coverage, but who

have Medicaid and/or other

state-sponsored health plans

including CHIP.

Other coverage—Includes persons

who do not have private or

Medicaid (or other public

coverage), but who have any type

of military health plan (includes

VA, TRICARE, and CHAMP–VA)

or Medicare. This category also

includes persons who are covered

by other government programs.

Uninsured—Includes persons who

have not indicated that they are

covered at the time of the interview

under private health insurance (from

employer or workplace, purchased

directly, or through a state, local

government, or community

program), Medicare, Medicaid,

CHIP, a state-sponsored health plan,

other government programs, or

military health plan (includes VA,

TRICARE, and CHAMP–VA). This

category also includes persons who

are only covered by IHS or only

have a plan that pays for one type

of service such as accidents or

dental care.

For 0.81% of all respondents

(unweighted), coverage status of those

who are insured and uninsured is

unknown. Weighted frequencies indicate

that 0.77% of the population aged 64

years and under fell into this

‘‘unknown’’ category.

Hispanic or Latino origin and

race—Hispanic origin and race are two

separate and distinct concepts. Thus,

Hispanic persons may be of any race.

Hispanic origin includes persons of

Mexican, Puerto Rican, Cuban, Central

and South American, or Spanish origins.

All tables show Mexican or MexicanAmerican persons as a subset of

Hispanic persons. Other groups are not

shown for reasons of confidentiality or

statistical reliability.

In the 1997 and 1998 Summary

Health Statistics reports, Hispanic

ethnicity was shown as a part of race or

ethnicity, which also included categories

for non-Hispanic white, non-Hispanic

black, and non-Hispanic other (some

tables showed Mexican-American

persons as a subset of Hispanic persons)

(22–27). Beginning in 1999, the

categories for race were expanded to be

consistent with the 1997 Office of

Management and Budget (OMB) federal

guidelines (19), and a distinction is now

made between the characteristics of race

and of Hispanic or Latino origin and

race. In addition to reporting estimates

according to race, estimates are reported

for groups classified by Hispanic or

Latino origin and race. ‘‘Hispanic or

Latino’’ includes a subset of ‘‘Mexican

or Mexican American.’’ ‘‘Not Hispanic

or Latino’’ is further divided into

‘‘White, single race’’ and ‘‘Black or

African American, single race.’’ Persons

in these categories indicated only a

single race group (see the definition of

race in this appendix for more

information). Estimates are not shown

for other ‘‘Not Hispanic or Latino single

race’’ persons or multiple race persons

due to statistical unreliability as

measured by the relative standard errors

of the estimates (but are included in the

total for ‘‘Not Hispanic or Latino’’).

The text in this report uses shorter

versions of the new OMB race and

Hispanic origin terms for conciseness,

and the tables use the complete terms.

For example, the category ‘‘Not

Hispanic or Latino, Black or African

American, single race’’ in the tables is

referred to as ‘‘non-Hispanic black’’ in

the text.

Parent education—Reflects the

highest grade in school completed by

the sample child’s mother and/or father

who are living in the household,
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regardless of that parent’s age. NHIS

does not obtain information pertaining

to parents not living in the household. If

both parents reside in the household, but

information on one parent’s education is

unknown, then the other parent’s

education is used. If both parents reside

in the household and education is

unknown for both, then parent education

(with respect to the child) is unknown.

Only years completed in a school

that advances a person toward an

elementary or high school diploma,

general educational development (GED)

high school equivalency diploma,

college, university, or professional

degree are included. Education in other

schools and home schooling are counted

only if the credits are accepted in a

regular school system.

Place of residence—Classified in

this report in three categories: large

metropolitan statistical area (MSA) of 1

million or more persons, small MSA of

less than 1 million persons, and not in

an MSA. Generally, an MSA consists of

a county or group of counties containing

at least one urbanized area of 50,000 or

more population. In addition to the

county or counties that contain all or

part of the urbanized area, an MSA may

contain other adjacent counties that are

economically and socially integrated

with the central city. The number of

adjacent counties included in an MSA is

not limited, and boundaries may cross

state lines.

OMB defines MSAs according to

published standards that are applied to

U.S. Census Bureau data. The definition

of an MSA is periodically reviewed. For

NHIS data for 1995–2005, the MSA

definitions were based on the June 1993

MSA definitions that resulted from

application of the 1990 OMB standards

to the 1990 census. Beginning in 2006,

the June 2003 metropolitan and

micropolitan statistical area definitions,

which resulted from application of the

2000 OMB standards to the U.S. Census

2000, are used for NCHS data. The

2000 criteria for designating MSAs

differ from the 1990 criteria in

substantial ways, including

simplification of the classification

criteria of MSAs as well as the addition

of a new category—micropolitan

statistical area—for some of the

nonmetropolitan counties. These changes

may lessen the comparability of

estimates by place of residence in

2006–2009 with estimates from earlier

years. Those who compare NHIS

frequencies across this transition in

OMB standards need to recognize that

some of the differences may be due to

change in the definitions of metropolitan

areas. In the tables for this report, place

of residence is based on variables in the

2010 in-house Household data file

indicating MSA status and MSA size.

These variables are collapsed into three

categories based on U.S. Census 2000

population: MSAs with a population of

1 million or more, MSAs with a

population of less than 1 million, and

areas that are not within an MSA. Areas

not in an MSA include both

micropolitan areas and areas outside the

core-based statistical areas. For

additional information about MSAs, see

the U.S. Census Bureau website at

http://www.census.gov/population/

metro/.

Poverty status—Based on family

income and family size using the U.S.

Census Bureau poverty thresholds.

‘‘Poor’’ persons are defined as persons

whose family incomes are below the

poverty threshold. ‘‘Near poor’’ persons

have family incomes of 100% to less

than 200% of the poverty threshold.

‘‘Not poor’’ persons have family

incomes that are 200% of the poverty

threshold or greater. More information

on the measurement of family income

and poverty status is available in

Appendix I.

Race—In the 1997 and 1998

Summary Health Statistics reports,

race/ethnicity consisted of four

categories: non-Hispanic white,

non-Hispanic black, non-Hispanic other,

and Hispanic (some tables showed

Mexican-American persons as a subset

of Hispanic persons) (23–27). Beginning

in 1999, the categories for race were

expanded to be consistent with the 1997

OMB federal guidelines (12), which

now distinguish persons of ‘‘One race’’

from persons of ‘‘Two or more races.’’

The category ‘‘One race’’ refers to

persons who indicated only a single race

group, and includes subcategories for

white; black or African American;

American Indian or Alaska Native;

Asian; and Native Hawaiian or other

Pacific Islander. The category ‘‘Two or

more races’’ refers to persons who

indicated more than one race group.

Estimates for multiple race combinations

can only be reported to the extent that

they meet the requirements for

confidentiality and statistical reliability.

In this report, three categories are shown

for multiple race individuals (a summary

category and two multiple race

categories: Black or African American

and white, and American Indian or

Alaska Native and white). Other

combinations are not shown separately

due to statistical unreliability as

measured by the relative standard errors

of the estimates (but are included in the

total for ‘‘Two or more races’’).

Prior to 2003, ‘‘other race’’ was a

separate race response on NHIS,

although it was not shown separately in

the tables of the Summary Health

Statistics reports. In the 2003 NHIS,

however, editing procedures were

changed to maintain consistency with

the U.S. Census Bureau procedures for

collecting and editing data on race and

ethnicity. As a result of these changes,

in cases where ‘‘other race’’ was

mentioned along with one or more

OMB race groups, the ‘‘other race’’

response is dropped, and the OMB race

group information is retained on the

NHIS data file. In cases where ‘‘other

race’’ was the only race response, it is

treated as missing and the race is

imputed. Although this change has

resulted in an increase in the number of

persons in the OMB race category

‘‘White’’ because this is numerically the

largest group, the change is not expected

to have a substantial effect on the

estimates in this report. More

information about the race or ethnicity

editing procedures used by the U.S.

Census Bureau can be found at the

following website: http://www.census.

gov/popest/data/historical/files/MRSF01-US1.pdf.

The text in this report uses shorter

versions of the new OMB race and

Hispanic origin terms for conciseness, and

the tables use the complete terms. For

example, the category ‘‘Not Hispanic or

Latino, Black or African American, single

race’’ in the tables is referred to as

‘‘non-Hispanic black’’ in the text.
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Region—In the geographic

classification of the U.S. population,

states are grouped into the four regions

used by the U.S. Census Bureau:

Region States included

Northeast Maine, Vermont, New

Hampshire, Massachusetts,

Connecticut, Rhode Island,

New York, New Jersey, and

Pennsylvania;

Midwest Ohio, Illinois, Indiana,

Michigan, Wisconsin,

Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri,

North Dakota, South Dakota,

Kansas, and Nebraska;

South Delaware, Maryland, District

of Columbia, West Virginia,

Virginia, Kentucky,

Tennessee, North Carolina,

South Carolina, Georgia,

Florida, Alabama,

Mississippi, Louisiana,

Oklahoma, Arkansas, and

Texas;

West Washington, Oregon,

California, Nevada, New

Mexico, Arizona, Idaho,

Utah, Colorado, Montana,

Wyoming, Alaska, and

Hawaii.

Health Characteristics or

Outcome Terms

Asthma—Includes smoker asthma,

bronchial asthma, and allergic asthma.

Ever had asthma is indicated whena

doctor or other health professional

reported to the family that the sample

child had asthma. Among them, children

still having asthma is indicated by

parent report.

Attention deficit hyperactivity

disorder (ADHD)—Indicated whena

doctor or other health professional

reported to the family that the sample

child has attention deficit hyperactivity

disorder or ADHD. ADHD includes

attention deficit disorder (ADD).

Contacts with health

professionals—A visit to or conversation

witha doctor or other health

professional by anyone in the family

about the health of the sample child.

Contacts include home visits, office

visits, or telephone calls for medical

advice, prescriptions, or test results.A

telephone call to schedule an

appointment is not included asa contact.

An emergency room visit is included as a contact, but overnight hospital stays

are excluded.

Doctor or other health

professional—Includes medical doctors

(MDs) and osteopathic physicians

(DOs), general practitioners, as well as

specialists, psychologists, nurses,

physical therapists, and chiropractors.

Health status—Obtained froma

question in the survey that asked

respondents, ‘‘Would you say your

health in general was excellent, very

good, good, fair, or poor?’’ Information

was obtained from all respondents, with

proxy responses allowed for adults not

taking part in the interview and all

children aged 17 years and under.

Hospital emergency room (ER)

visits—Includes visits toa hospital ER

only. Visits for emergency care received

ata health maintenance organization

(HMO), outpatient clinic, or urgent care

center are not included. Hospital ER

visits that resulted ina hospital

admission are included.

Prescription medicine—Includes

medication that can only be obtained

with the approval ofa licensed health

care provider.

Usual place of health care—Based

ona question that asked whether

respondents hada place that they

usually went to when they were sick or

needed advice about their health. These

places includea walk-in clinic, doctor

office, clinic, health center, HMO,

hospital emergency room or outpatient

clinic, ora military or Veterans’

Administration health care facility.
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Appendix III. Tables of Unadjusted (Crude) Estimates

Table IV. Frequencies and percentages (with standard errors) of ever having asthma and still having asthma for children under age 18

years, by selected characteristics: United States, 2010

Selected characteristic

All

children

under age

18 years

Ever told

had asthma1

Still have

asthma2

Ever told

had asthma1

Still have

asthma2

Number in thousands3 Percent4 (standard error)

Total5 (crude) ..............................

Total5 (age-adjusted) .........................

74,626

74,626

10,133

10,133

6,976

6,976

13.6 (0.39)

13.7 (0.39)

9.4 (0.33)

9.5 (0.33)

Sex

Male ...................................

Female . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

38,135

36,491

5,827

4,307

3,991

2,986

15.3 (0.57)

11.8 (0.52)

10.5 (0.48)

8.2 (0.43)

Age

0–4 years ................................

5–11 years................................

12–17 years ...............................

21,414

28,666

24,546

1,714

4,200

4,219

1,285

3,020

2,672

8.0 (0.60)

14.7 (0.67)

17.2 (0.75)

6.0 (0.54)

10.5 (0.56)

10.9 (0.60)

Race

One race6 ................................

White. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Black or African American . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

American Indian or Alaska Native ................

Asian. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander ...........

Two or more races7 ..........................

Black or African American and white ..............

American Indian or Alaska Native and white..........

71,490

56,170

11,030

768

3,354

168

3,136

1,373

473

9,581

6,747

2,331

*65

428

†

553

294

*70

6,605

4,544

1,742

*33

281

†

372

180

*59

13.4 (0.40)

12.0 (0.45)

21.2 (1.09)

*8.4 (3.02)

12.8 (1.67)

†

17.7 (2.31)

21.4 (2.97)

*14.8 (5.10)

9.3 (0.33)

8.1 (0.37)

15.8 (1.00)

*4.3 (2.01)

8.4 (1.39)

†

11.9 (2.18)

13.1 (2.86)

*12.4 (4.93)

Hispanic or Latino origin8 and race

Hispanic or Latino ...........................

Mexican or Mexican American . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Not Hispanic or Latino.........................

White, single race . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Black or African American, single race .............

17,167

11,590

57,460

40,766

10,430

2,099

1,243

8,034

4,936

2,206

1,385

793

5,591

3,347

1,654

12.2 (0.67)

10.7 (0.76)

14.0 (0.46)

12.1 (0.55)

21.2 (1.13)

8.1 (0.55)

6.9 (0.60)

9.8 (0.39)

8.2 (0.46)

15.9 (1.04)

Family structure9

Mother and father ...........................

Mother, no father . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Father, no mother ...........................

Neither mother nor father. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

51,329

18,026

2,835

2,436

5,954

3,367

303

509

4,028

2,414

191

344

11.6 (0.45)

18.7 (0.89)

10.7 (1.70)

21.0 (2.35)

7.9 (0.38)

13.4 (0.78)

6.8 (1.44)

14.2 (1.88)

Parent’s education10

Less than high school diploma ...................

High school diploma or GED11 ...................

More than high school diploma ...................

9,301

14,750

47,913

1,207

2,267

6,144

874

1,532

4,221

13.0 (1.22)

15.4 (0.96)

12.9 (0.47)

9.4 (1.12)

10.4 (0.82)

8.8 (0.38)

Family income12

Less than $35,000 ...........................

$35,000 or more ............................

$35,000–$49,999 ..........................

$50,000–$74,999 ..........................

$75,000–$99,999 ..........................

$100,000 or more ..........................

24,323

47,072

9,438

12,473

8,919

16,241

3,910

5,865

1,406

1,542

1,192

1,726

2,825

3,928

998

1,013

801

1,115

16.1 (0.74)

12.5 (0.48)

14.9 (1.13)

12.4 (0.86)

13.4 (1.18)

10.7 (0.76)

11.6 (0.68)

8.4 (0.39)

10.6 (0.97)

8.1 (0.74)

9.0 (0.98)

6.9 (0.58)

Poverty status13

Poor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Near poor ................................

Not poor .................................

15,701

15,562

38,768

2,586

2,344

4,679

1,898

1,641

3,109

16.5 (0.97)

15.1 (0.89)

12.1 (0.50)

12.1 (0.91)

10.6 (0.78)

8.0 (0.40)

See footnotes at end of table.
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Table IV. Frequencies and percentages (with standard errors) of ever having asthma and still having asthma for children under age 18

years, by selected characteristics: United States, 2010—Con.

All

children

under age Ever told Still have Ever told Still have

Selected characteristic 18 years had asthma1 asthma2 had asthma1 asthma2

Health insurance coverage14 Number in thousands3 Percent4 (standard error)

Private .................................. 40,015 4,822 3,251 12.1 (0.50) 8.1 (0.41)

Medicaid or other public ....................... 26,404 4,465 3,182 16.9 (0.71) 12.1 (0.64)

Other ................................... 2,140 236 160 11.0 (1.96) 7.5 (1.68)

Uninsured ................................ 5,877 598 374 10.2 (1.20) 6.4 (0.97)

Place of residence15

Large MSA ............................... 40,071 5,416 3,759 13.5 (0.54) 9.4 (0.46)

Small MSA. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23,245 3,085 2,107 13.3 (0.68) 9.1 (0.57)

Not in MSA ............................... 11,310 1,633 1,110 14.4 (1.17) 9.8 (1.01)

Region

Northeast ................................ 11,610 1,612 1,096 13.9 (0.95) 9.5 (0.75)

Midwest ................................. 17,664 2,431 1,789 13.8 (0.90) 10.2 (0.76)

South ................................... 26,791 3,957 2,647 14.8 (0.67) 9.9 (0.56)

West ................................... 18,561 2,134 1,444 11.5 (0.69) 7.8 (0.59)

Current health status

Excellent or very good ........................ 61,019 6,825 4,455 11.2 (0.39) 7.3 (0.31)

Good ................................... 11,915 2,667 1,972 22.4 (1.22) 16.6 (1.13)

Fair or poor ............................... 1,692 642 549 38.1 (3.86) 32.5 (3.57)

* Estimates preceded by an asterisk have a relative standard error greater than 30% and less than or equal to 50% and should be used with caution as they do not meet standards of reliability or 

precision. 

† Estimates with a relative standard error greater than 50% are indicated with a dagger, but are not shown. 

1

Based on the question, ‘‘Has a doctor or other health professional ever told you that [child’s name] had asthma?’’ 

2

Based on the question, ‘‘Does [child’s name] still have asthma?’’ 

3

Unknowns for the columns are not included in the frequencies (see Appendix I), but they are included in the ‘‘All children under age 18 years’’ column. 

4

Unknowns for the column variables are not included in the denominators when calculating percentages. 

5

Includes other races not shown separately and children with unknown family structure, parent’s education, family income, poverty status, health insurance, or current health status. Additionally, 

numbers within selected characteristics may not add to totals because of rounding. 

6

In accordance with the 1997 standards for federal data on race and Hispanic or Latino origin (see Appendix II), the category ‘‘One race’’ refers to persons who indicated only a single race group. 

Persons who indicated a single race other than the groups shown are included in the total for ‘‘One race’’ but not shown separately due to small sample sizes. Therefore, the frequencies for the 

category ‘‘One race’’ will be greater than the sum of the frequencies for the specific groups shown separately. Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin may be of any race or combination of races. 

7

Refers to all persons who indicated more than one race group. Only two combinations of multiple race groups are shown due to small sample sizes for other combinations. Therefore, the frequencies 

for the category ‘‘Two or more races’’ will be greater than the sum of the frequencies for the specific combinations shown separately. 

8

Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin may be of any race or combination of races. Similarly, the category ‘‘Not Hispanic or Latino’’ refers to all persons who are not of Hispanic or Latino origin, 

regardless of race. The tables in this report use the current (1997) Office of Management and Budget race and Hispanic origin terms, and the text uses shorter versions of these terms for conciseness. 

For example, the category ‘‘Not Hispanic or Latino black or African American, single race’’ in the tables is referred to as ‘‘non-Hispanic black’’ in the text. 

9

Refers to parents living in the household. ‘‘Mother and father’’ can include biological, adoptive, step, in-law, or foster relationships. Legal guardians are classified in ‘‘Neither mother nor father.’’ 

10Refers to the education level of the parent with the higher level of education, regardless of that parent’s age. 

11GED is General Educational Development high school equivalency diploma. 

12The categories ‘‘Less than $35,000’’ and ‘‘$35,000 or more’’ include both persons reporting dollar amounts and persons reporting only that their incomes were within one of these two categories (see 

Appendix I). The indented categories include only those persons who reported dollar amounts. Because of the different income questions used in 2007, income estimates may not be comparable with 

those from earlier years. 

13Based on family income and family size using the U.S. Census Bureau’s poverty thresholds for the previous calendar year. ‘‘Poor’’ persons are defined as below the poverty threshold. ‘‘Near poor’’ 

persons have incomes of 100% to less than 200% of the poverty threshold. ‘‘Not poor’’ persons have incomes that are 200% of the poverty threshold or greater. Because of the different income 

questions used in 2007, poverty ratio estimates may not be comparable with those from earlier years. 

14Classification of health insurance coverage is based on a hierarchy of mutually exclusive categories. Persons with more than one type of health insurance were assigned to the first appropriate 

category in the hierarchy. Persons under age 65 years and those aged 65 years and over were classified separately due to the predominance of Medicare coverage in the older population. The 

category ‘‘Private’’ includes persons who had any type of private coverage either alone or in combination with other coverage. For example, for persons aged 65 years and over, ‘‘Private’’ includes 

persons with only private or private in combination with Medicare. The category ‘‘Uninsured’’ includes persons who had no coverage as well as those who had only Indian Health Service coverage or 

had only a private plan that paid for one type of service such as accidents or dental care (see Appendix II). 

15MSA is metropolitan statistical area. Large MSAs have a population size of 1 million or more; small MSAs have a population size of less than 1 million. ‘‘Not in MSA’’ consists of persons not living in 

a metropolitan statistical area. 

NOTE: Estimates are based on household interviews of a sample of the civilian noninstitutionalized population.

SOURCE: CDC/NCHS, National Health Interview Survey, 2010.
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Table V. Frequencies and percentages (with standard errors) of hay fever, respiratory allergies, food allergies, and skin allergies in the past

12 months for children under age 18 years, by selected characteristics: United States, 2010

Selected characteristic

All children

under age

18 years

Hay

fever1

Respiratory

allergies1

Food

allergies1

Skin

allergies1

Hay

fever1

Respiratory

allergies1

Food

allergies1

Skin

allergies1

Number in thousands2 Percent3 (standard error)

Total4 (crude) .........................

Total4 (age-adjusted) ....................

74,626

74,626

7,085

7,085

8,581

8,581

3,443

3,443

9,400

9,400

9.5 (0.37)

9.6 (0.37)

11.5 (0.37)

11.6 (0.37)

4.6 (0.23)

4.6 (0.23)

12.6 (0.41)

12.6 (0.41)

Sex

Male. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Female . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

38,135

36,491

3,973

3,111

4,769

3,812

1,778

1,665

4,653

4,747

10.4 (0.53)

8.5 (0.49)

12.6 (0.54)

10.5 (0.52)

4.7 (0.33)

4.6 (0.34)

12.2 (0.55)

13.0 (0.58)

Age

0–4 years ...........................

5–11 years ...........................

12–17 years ..........................

21,414

28,666

24,546

969

2,877

3,239

1,734

3,653

3,193

1,092

1,259

1,092

2,974

3,955

2,471

4.5 (0.43)

10.1 (0.59)

13.2 (0.70)

8.1 (0.57)

12.8 (0.64)

13.1 (0.66)

5.1 (0.49)

4.4 (0.37)

4.5 (0.40)

13.9 (0.77)

13.8 (0.68)

10.1 (0.63)

Race

One race5 ...........................

White . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Black or African American . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

American Indian or Alaska Native ...........

Asian . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander ......

Two or more races6 .....................

Black or African American and white. . . . . . . . . .

American Indian or Alaska Native and white .....

71,490

56,170

11,030

768

3,354

168

3,136

1,373

473

6,720

5,619

727

*72

293

†

364

136

*72

8,143

6,659

1,167

*70

236

†

438

181

*65

3,227

2,288

680

†

223

†

216

98

†

8,897

6,646

1,853

*47

336

†

503

227

*72

9.4 (0.37)

10.0 (0.45)

6.6 (0.65)

*9.4 (3.31)

8.8 (1.43)

†

11.7 (1.77)

9.9 (2.19)

*15.4 (5.95)

11.4 (0.37)

11.9 (0.44)

10.6 (0.79)

*9.1 (3.04)

7.1 (1.27)

†

14.0 (1.83)

13.2 (2.83)

*13.9 (5.17)

4.5 (0.24)

4.1 (0.25)

6.2 (0.74)

†

6.7 (1.20)

†

6.9 (1.42)

7.1 (1.94)

†

12.5 (0.42)

11.9 (0.50)

16.8 (1.03)

*6.1 (2.51)

10.0 (1.36)

†

16.0 (1.99)

16.5 (2.77)

*15.3 (5.00)

Hispanic or Latino origin7 and race

Hispanic or Latino ......................

Mexican or Mexican American .............

Not Hispanic or Latino ....................

White, single race . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Black or African American, single race ........

17,167

11,590

57,460

40,766

10,430

1,168

787

5,917

4,623

657

1,422

935

7,159

5,375

1,130

491

269

2,951

1,888

651

1,688

1,020

7,712

5,142

1,779

6.8 (0.53)

6.8 (0.66)

10.3 (0.45)

11.4 (0.57)

6.3 (0.65)

8.3 (0.54)

8.1 (0.69)

12.5 (0.45)

13.2 (0.57)

10.8 (0.82)

2.9 (0.34)

2.3 (0.37)

5.1 (0.29)

4.6 (0.33)

6.2 (0.78)

9.9 (0.60)

8.8 (0.68)

13.4 (0.50)

12.6 (0.63)

17.1 (1.07)

Family structure8

Mother and father. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Mother, no father . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Father, no mother. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Neither mother nor father . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

51,329

18,026

2,835

2,436

5,077

1,576

218

213

5,876

2,177

255

272

2,480

795

*104

64

6,240

2,629

243

288

9.9 (0.47)

8.8 (0.63)

7.8 (1.50)

8.8 (1.71)

11.5 (0.45)

12.1 (0.72)

9.1 (1.58)

11.2 (1.82)

4.8 (0.30)

4.4 (0.43)

3.7 (1.09)

2.6 (0.77)

12.2 (0.50)

14.6 (0.77)

8.6 (1.78)

11.9 (2.23)

Parent’s education9

Less than high school diploma...............

High school diploma or GED10...............

More than high school diploma ..............

9,301

14,750

47,913

481

1,078

5,304

642

1,482

6,185

196

589

2,581

905

1,661

6,540

5.2 (0.74)

7.3 (0.64)

11.1 (0.50)

6.9 (0.75)

10.1 (0.78)

13.0 (0.50)

2.1 (0.41)

4.0 (0.48)

5.4 (0.32)

9.8 (1.07)

11.3 (0.85)

13.7 (0.51)

Family income11

Less than $35,000 ......................

$35,000 or more .......................

$35,000–$49,999 .....................

$50,000–$74,999 .....................

$75,000–$99,999 .....................

$100,000 or more .....................

24,323

47,072

9,438

12,473

8,919

16,241

1,669

5,250

838

1,254

1,056

2,101

2,483

5,853

1,213

1,562

1,132

1,946

845

2,463

524

581

507

851

3,117

6,019

1,170

1,657

1,125

2,068

6.9 (0.49)

11.2 (0.51)

8.9 (0.87)

10.1 (0.87)

11.9 (1.16)

13.0 (0.92)

10.2 (0.59)

12.5 (0.50)

12.9 (1.21)

12.6 (0.90)

12.7 (1.19)

12.0 (0.81)

3.5 (0.32)

5.2 (0.32)

5.6 (0.66)

4.7 (0.60)

5.7 (0.84)

5.2 (0.56)

12.8 (0.70)

12.8 (0.50)

12.4 (1.05)

13.3 (1.00)

12.6 (1.14)

12.8 (0.87)

Poverty status12

Poor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Near poor ...........................

Not poor ............................

15,701

15,562

38,768

957

1,261

4,590

1,557

1,839

4,848

513

757

2,040

1,971

2,029

5,008

6.1 (0.60)

8.1 (0.69)

11.9 (0.57)

10.0 (0.78)

11.8 (0.85)

12.6 (0.53)

3.3 (0.40)

4.9 (0.52)

5.3 (0.35)

12.6 (0.89)

13.1 (0.88)

12.9 (0.55)

Health insurance coverage13

Private .............................

Medicaid or other public. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Uninsured ...........................

40,015

26,404

2,140

5,877

4,498

1,824

249

483

4,952

2,783

276

557

2,080

999

138

225

5,192

3,303

346

545

11.3 (0.54)

6.9 (0.48)

11.6 (2.32)

8.3 (1.10)

12.4 (0.52)

10.6 (0.59)

13.0 (2.53)

9.5 (1.13)

5.2 (0.36)

3.8 (0.32)

6.5 (1.68)

3.8 (0.82)

13.0 (0.57)

12.5 (0.63)

16.2 (2.35)

9.3 (1.15)

See footnotes at end of table.
Series 10, No. 250 [ Page 57

Table V. Frequencies and percentages (with standard errors) of hay fever, respiratory allergies, food allergies, and skin allergies in the past

12 months for children under age 18 years, by selected characteristics: United States, 2010—Con.

All children

under age Hay Respiratory Food Skin Hay Respiratory Food Skin

Selected characteristic 18 years fever1 allergies1 allergies1 allergies1 fever1 allergies1 allergies1 allergies1

Place of residence14 Number in thousands2 Percent3 (standard error)

Large MSA. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40,071 3,949 4,225 1,869 4,817 9.9 (0.51) 10.6 (0.49) 4.7 (0.32) 12.0 (0.53) 

Small MSA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23,245 2,225 2,997 1,102 3,180 9.6 (0.70) 12.9 (0.75) 4.8 (0.45) 13.7 (0.81) 

Not in MSA .......................... 11,310 910 1,359 472 1,403 8.0 (0.72) 12.0 (0.87) 4.2 (0.49) 12.4 (1.00) 

Region 

Northeast............................ 11,610 970 1,153 641 1,347 8.4 (0.92) 10.0 (0.87) 5.5 (0.65) 11.6 (0.98) 

Midwest. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17,664 1,717 2,145 714 2,166 9.7 (0.83) 12.2 (0.85) 4.1 (0.44) 12.3 (0.89) 

South . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26,791 2,560 3,807 1,300 3,628 9.6 (0.62) 14.2 (0.66) 4.9 (0.41) 13.6 (0.69) 

West. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18,561 1,837 1,476 787 2,259 9.9 (0.70) 8.0 (0.56) 4.2 (0.43) 12.2 (0.80) 

Current health status

Excellent or very good.................... 61,019 5,636 6,593 2,618 7,065 9.3 (0.41) 10.8 (0.40) 4.3 (0.25) 11.6 (0.42)

Good .............................. 11,915 1,243 1,656 653 1,965 10.4 (0.88) 13.9 (1.01) 5.5 (0.61) 16.5 (1.20)

Fair or poor .......................... 1,692 205 331 171 369 12.1 (2.42) 19.7 (2.77) 10.1 (2.06) 21.9 (3.20)

* Estimates preceded by an asterisk have a relative standard error greater than 30% and less than or equal to 50% and should be used with caution as they do not meet standards of reliability or

precision.

† Estimates with a relative standard error greater than 50% are indicated with a dagger, but are not shown.

1

Based on the following questions: ‘‘DURING THE PAST 12 MONTHS, has [child’s name] had any of the following conditions? Hay fever? Any kind of respiratory allergy? Any kind of food or digestive 

allergy? Eczema or any kind of skin allergy?’’ See Appendix II for more detailed definitions of selected terms used in this report. A child may be counted in more than one category. 

2

Unknowns for the columns are not included in the frequencies (see Appendix I), but they are included in the ‘‘All children under age 18 years’’ column. 

3

Unknowns for the column variables are not included in the denominators when calculating percentages. 

4

Includes other races not shown separately and children with unknown family structure, parent’s education, family income, poverty status, health insurance, or current health status. Additionally, 

numbers within selected characteristics may not add to totals because of rounding. 

5

In accordance with the 1997 standards for federal data on race and Hispanic or Latino origin (see Appendix II), the category ‘‘One race’’ refers to persons who indicated only a single race group. 

Persons who indicated a single race other than the groups shown are included in the total for ‘‘One race’’ but are not shown separately due to small sample sizes. Therefore, the frequencies for the 

category ‘‘One race’’ will be greater than the sum of the frequencies for the specific groups shown separately. Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin may be of any race or combination of races. 

6

Refers to all persons who indicated more than one race group. Only two combinations of multiple race groups are shown due to small sample sizes for other combinations. Therefore, the frequencies 

for the category ‘‘Two or more races’’ will be greater than the sum of the frequencies for the specific combinations shown separately. 

7

Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin may be of any race or combination of races. Similarly, the category ‘‘Not Hispanic or Latino’’ refers to all persons who are not of Hispanic or Latino origin, 

regardless of race. The tables in this report use the current (1997) Office of Management and Budget race and Hispanic origin terms, and the text uses shorter versions of these terms for 

conciseness. For example, the category ‘‘Not Hispanic or Latino black or African American, single race’’ in the tables is referred to as ‘‘non-Hispanic black’’ in the text. 

8

Refers to parents living in the household. ‘‘Mother and father’’ can include biological, adoptive, step, in-law, or foster relationships. Legal guardians are classified in ‘‘Neither mother nor father.’’ 

9

Refers to the education level of the parent with the higher level of education, regardless of that parent’s age. 

10GED is General Educational Development high school equivalency diploma. 

11The categories ‘‘Less than $35,000’’ and ‘‘$35,000 or more’’ include both persons reporting dollar amounts and persons reporting only that their incomes were within one of these two categories (see 

Appendix I). The indented categories include only those persons who reported dollar amounts. Because of the different income questions used in 2007, income estimates may not be comparable with 

those from earlier years. 

12Based on family income and family size using the U.S. Census Bureau’s poverty thresholds for the previous calendar year. ‘‘Poor’’ persons are defined as below the poverty threshold. ‘‘Near poor’’ 

persons have incomes of 100% to less than 200% of the poverty threshold. ‘‘Not poor’’ persons have incomes that are 200% of the poverty threshold or greater. Because of the different income 

questions used in 2007, poverty ratio estimates may not be comparable with those from earlier years. 

13Classification of health insurance coverage is based on a hierarchy of mutually exclusive categories. Persons with more than one type of health insurance were assigned to the first appropriate 

category in the hierarchy. Persons under age 65 years and those aged 65 years and over were classified separately due to the predominance of Medicare coverage in the older population. The 

category ‘‘Private’’ includes persons who had any type of private coverage either alone or in combination with other coverage. For example, for persons aged 65 years and over, ‘‘Private’’ includes 

persons with only private or private in combination with Medicare. The category ‘‘Uninsured’’ includes persons who had no coverage as well as those who had only Indian Health Service coverage or 

had only a private plan that paid for one type of service such as accidents or dental care (see Appendix II). 

14MSA is metropolitan statistical area. Large MSAs have a population size of 1 million or more; small MSAs have a population size of less than 1 million. ‘‘Not in MSA’’ consists of persons not living in

a metropolitan statistical area.

NOTE: Estimates are based on household interviews of a sample of the civilian noninstitutionalized population.

SOURCE: CDC/NCHS, National Health Interview Survey, 2010.
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Table VI. Frequencies and percentages (with standard errors) of ever having been told of having a learning disability or attention deficit

hyperactivity disorder for children aged 3–17 years, by selected characteristics: United States, 2010

Ever told had

Selected characteristic

All

children

aged

3–17 years

Learning

disability1

Attention

deficit

hyperactivity

disorder2

Learning

disability1

Attention

deficit

hyperactivity

disorder2

Number in thousands3 Percent4 (standard error)

Total5 (crude) ..............................

Total5 (age-adjusted) .........................

61,655

61,655

4,838

4,838

5,161

5,161

7.9 (0.36)

7.9 (0.36)

8.4 (0.36)

8.4 (0.35)

Sex

Male ...................................

Female . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

31,519

30,137

2,917

1,921

3,511

1,649

9.3 (0.49)

6.4 (0.47)

11.2 (0.55)

5.5 (0.44)

Age

3–4 years ................................

5–11 years................................

12–17 years ...............................

8,443

28,666

24,546

267

2,291

2,280

139

2,181

2,840

3.2 (0.54)

8.0 (0.53)

9.3 (0.55)

1.7 (0.47)

7.6 (0.51)

11.6 (0.61)

Race

One race6 ................................

White. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Black or African American . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

American Indian or Alaska Native ................

Asian. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander ...........

Two or more races7 ..........................

Black or African American and white ..............

American Indian or Alaska Native and white..........

59,155

46,607

9,106

541

2,746

155

2,500

1,082

425

4,598

3,532

904

*57

95

†

240

142

*40

4,948

3,920

939

*43

*38

†

213

144

†

7.8 (0.36)

7.6 (0.41)

9.9 (0.89)

*10.5 (3.65)

3.5 (0.88)

†

9.6 (1.89)

13.1 (3.37)

*9.4 (3.59)

8.4 (0.37)

8.4 (0.43)

10.3 (0.95)

*8.0 (3.37)

*1.4 (0.43)

†

8.5 (1.75)

13.3 (3.12)

†

Hispanic or Latino origin8 and race

Hispanic or Latino ...........................

Mexican or Mexican American . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Not Hispanic or Latino.........................

White, single race . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Black or African American, single race .............

13,846

9,480

47,809

34,175

8,625

895

607

3,942

2,765

860

589

319

4,572

3,391

917

6.5 (0.56)

6.4 (0.71)

8.3 (0.43)

8.1 (0.52)

10.0 (0.92)

4.3 (0.45)

3.4 (0.52)

9.6 (0.44)

9.9 (0.55)

10.7 (0.98)

Family structure9

Mother and father ...........................

Mother, no father . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Father, no mother ...........................

Neither mother nor father. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

41,691

15,226

2,632

2,107

2,479

1,812

245

301

2,679

1,908

284

289

6.0 (0.37)

11.9 (0.80)

9.3 (1.67)

14.3 (2.43)

6.4 (0.38)

12.6 (0.81)

10.9 (1.82)

13.8 (2.28)

Parent’s education10

Less than high school diploma ...................

High school diploma or GED11 ...................

More than high school diploma ...................

7,540

11,984

39,818

697

1,172

2,646

651

1,154

3,048

9.2 (0.90)

9.8 (0.87)

6.7 (0.41)

8.7 (1.04)

9.6 (0.85)

7.7 (0.42)

Family income12

Less than $35,000 ...........................

$35,000 or more ............................

$35,000–$49,999 ..........................

$50,000–$74,999 ..........................

$75,000–$99,999 ..........................

$100,000 or more ..........................

19,385

39,525

7,766

10,236

7,398

14,125

2,328

2,348

519

576

458

795

2,262

2,741

507

782

532

920

12.0 (0.79)

6.0 (0.38)

6.7 (0.79)

5.6 (0.69)

6.2 (0.86)

5.6 (0.63)

11.7 (0.72)

6.9 (0.40)

6.5 (0.83)

7.6 (0.84)

7.2 (0.97)

6.5 (0.61)

Poverty status13

Poor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Near poor ................................

Not poor .................................

12,418

12,814

32,679

1,578

1,100

1,973

1,564

1,055

2,329

12.7 (0.98)

8.6 (0.80)

6.0 (0.42)

12.6 (0.97)

8.2 (0.81)

7.1 (0.44)

Health insurance coverage14

Private . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Medicaid or other public .......................

Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Uninsured ................................

33,807

21,056

1,690

4,958

1,961

2,442

150

277

2,175

2,506

179

301

5.8 (0.40)

11.6 (0.77)

8.9 (2.12)

5.6 (0.91)

6.4 (0.42)

11.9 (0.74)

10.6 (2.43)

6.1 (1.01)

See footnotes at end of table.
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Table VI. Frequencies and percentages (with standard errors) of ever having been told of having a learning disability or attention deficit

hyperactivity disorder for children aged 3–17 years, by selected characteristics: United States, 2010—Con.

Ever told had

All Attention Attention

children deficit deficit

aged Learning hyperactivity Learning hyperactivity

Selected characteristic 3–17 years disability1 disorder2 disability1 disorder2

Place of residence15 Number in thousands3 Percent4 (standard error)

Large MSA ............................... 33,220 2,342 2,424 7.1 (0.44) 7.3 (0.46)

Small MSA. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19,009 1,515 1,715 8.0 (0.59) 9.0 (0.62)

Not in MSA ............................... 9,427 980 1,022 10.4 (1.20) 10.9 (1.15)

Region

Northeast ................................ 9,677 886 714 9.2 (1.11) 7.4 (0.82)

Midwest ................................. 14,868 1,100 1,372 7.4 (0.78) 9.2 (0.81)

South ................................... 21,875 1,865 2,284 8.5 (0.58) 10.5 (0.65)

West ................................... 15,236 986 790 6.5 (0.57) 5.2 (0.56)

Current health status

Excellent or very good ........................ 49,917 2,817 3,408 5.7 (0.34) 6.8 (0.37)

Good ................................... 10,262 1,602 1,476 15.6 (1.07) 14.4 (1.12)

Fair or poor ............................... 1,476 419 276 28.4 (3.67) 18.7 (3.13)

* Estimates preceded by an asterisk have a relative standard error greater than 30% and less than or equal to 50% and should be used with caution as they do not meet standards of reliability or 

precision. 

† Estimates with a relative standard error greater than 50% are indicated with a dagger, but are not shown. 

1

Based on the question, ‘‘Has a representative from a school or a health professional ever told you that [child’s name] had a learning disability?’’ 

2

Based on the question, ‘‘Has a doctor or health professional ever told you that [child’s name] had attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) or attention deficit disorder (ADD)?’’ 

3

Unknowns for the columns are not included in the frequencies (see Appendix I), but they are included in the ‘‘All children aged 3–17 years’’ column. 

4

Unknowns for the column variables are not included in the denominators when calculating percentages. 

5

Includes other races not shown separately and children with unknown family structure, parent’s education, family income, poverty status, health insurance, or current health status. Additionally, 

numbers within selected characteristics may not add to totals because of rounding. 

6

In accordance with the 1997 standards for federal data on race and Hispanic or Latino origin (see Appendix II), the category ‘‘One race’’ refers to persons who indicated only a single race group. 

Persons who indicated a single race other than the groups shown are included in the total for ‘‘One race’’ but are not shown separately due to small sample sizes. Therefore, the frequencies for the 

category ‘‘One race’’ will be greater than the sum of the frequencies for the specific groups shown separately. Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin may be of any race or combination of races. 

7

Refers to all persons who indicated more than one race group. Only two combinations of multiple race groups are shown due to small sample sizes for other combinations. Therefore, the frequencies 

for the category ‘‘Two or more races’’ will be greater than the sum of the frequencies for the specific combinations shown separately. 

8

Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin may be of any race or combination of races. Similarly, the category ‘‘Not Hispanic or Latino’’ refers to all persons who are not of Hispanic or Latino origin, 

regardless of race. The tables in this report use the current (1997) Office of Management and Budget race and Hispanic origin terms, and the text uses shorter versions of these terms for conciseness. 

For example, the category ‘‘Not Hispanic or Latino black or African American, single race’’ in the tables is referred to as ‘‘non-Hispanic black’’ in the text. 

9

Refers to parents living in the household. ‘‘Mother and father’’ can include biological, adoptive, step, in-law, or foster relationships. Legal guardians are classified in ‘‘Neither mother nor father.’’ 

10Refers to the education level of the parent with the higher level of education, regardless of that parent’s age. 

11GED is General Educational Development high school equivalency diploma. 

12The categories ‘‘Less than $35,000’’ and ‘‘$35,000 or more’’ include both persons reporting dollar amounts and persons reporting only that their incomes were within one of these two categories (see 

Appendix I). The indented categories include only those persons who reported dollar amounts. Because of the different income questions used in 2007, income estimates may not be comparable with 

those from earlier years. 

13Based on family income and family size using the U.S. Census Bureau’s poverty thresholds for the previous calendar year. ‘‘Poor’’ persons are defined as below the poverty threshold. ‘‘Near poor’’ 

persons have incomes of 100% to less than 200% of the poverty threshold. ‘‘Not poor’’ persons have incomes that are 200% of the poverty threshold or greater. Because of the different income 

questions used in 2007, poverty ratio estimates may not be comparable with those from earlier years. 

14Classification of health insurance coverage is based on a hierarchy of mutually exclusive categories. Persons with more than one type of health insurance were assigned to the first appropriate 

category in the hierarchy. Persons under age 65 years and those aged 65 years and over were classified separately due to the predominance of Medicare coverage in the older population. The 

category ‘‘Private’’ includes persons who had any type of private coverage either alone or in combination with other coverage. For example, for persons aged 65 years and over, ‘‘Private’’ includes 

persons with only private or private in combination with Medicare. The category ‘‘Uninsured’’ includes persons who had no coverage as well as those who had only Indian Health Service coverage or 

had only a private plan that paid for one type of service such as accidents or dental care (see Appendix II). 

15MSA is metropolitan statistical area. Large MSAs have a population size of 1 million or more; small MSAs have a population size of less than 1 million. ‘‘Not in MSA’’ consists of persons not living in 

a metropolitan statistical area. 

NOTE: Estimates are based on household interviews of a sample of the civilian noninstitutionalized population.

SOURCE: CDC/NCHS, National Health Interview Survey, 2010.
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Table VII. Frequencies and percentages (with standard errors) of having a problem for which prescription medication has been taken

regularly for at least 3 months for children under age 18 years, by selected characteristics: United States, 2010

Selected characteristic

All

children

under age

18 years

Prescription

medication taken

regularly for

at least

3 months1

Prescription

medication taken

regularly for

at least

3 months1

Number in thousands2 Percent3 (standard error)

Total4 (crude) ............................................

Total4 (age-adjusted) .......................................

74,626

74,626

10,082

10,082

13.5 (0.38)

13.7 (0.38)

Sex

Male . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Female . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

38,135

36,491

5,861

4,221

15.4 (0.57)

11.6 (0.52)

Age

0–4 years ...............................................

5–11 years ..............................................

12–17 years .............................................

21,414

28,666

24,546

1,526

4,126

4,430

7.1 (0.53)

14.4 (0.64)

18.1 (0.73)

Race

One race5 ..............................................

White . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Black or African American ...................................

American Indian or Alaska Native...............................

Asian . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander ..........................

Two or more races6 ........................................

Black or African American and white . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

American Indian or Alaska Native and white ........................

71,490

56,170

11,030

768

3,354

168

3,136

1,373

473

9,619

7,707

1,642

*60

206

†

463

286

*41

13.5 (0.39)

13.7 (0.45)

14.9 (1.06)

*7.9 (2.83)

6.1 (0.97)

†

14.8 (2.00)

20.8 (3.55)

*8.6 (3.39)

Hispanic or Latino origin7 and race

Hispanic or Latino..........................................

Mexican or Mexican American. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Not Hispanic or Latino .......................................

White, single race . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Black or African American, single race............................

17,167

11,590

57,460

40,766

10,430

1,483

831

8,600

6,369

1,583

8.6 (0.58)

7.2 (0.65)

15.0 (0.46)

15.6 (0.58)

15.2 (1.10)

Family structure8

Mother and father . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Mother, no father . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Father, no mother . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Neither mother nor father . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

51,329

18,026

2,835

2,436

6,319

3,061

274

428

12.3 (0.46)

17.0 (0.87)

9.7 (1.63)

17.6 (2.05)

Parent’s education9

Less than high school diploma ..................................

High school diploma or GED10 ..................................

More than high school .......................................

9,301

14,750

47,913

935

2,008

6,691

10.1 (1.04)

13.6 (0.84)

14.0 (0.48)

Family income11

Less than $35,000 .........................................

$35,000 or more ..........................................

$35,000–$49,999.........................................

$50,000–$74,999.........................................

$75,000–$99,999.........................................

$100,000 or more ........................................

24,323

47,072

9,438

12,473

8,919

16,241

3,624

6,184

1,152

1,482

1,201

2,349

14.9 (0.71)

13.1 (0.49)

12.2 (1.05)

11.9 (0.94)

13.5 (1.22)

14.5 (0.87)

Poverty status12

Poor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Near poor...............................................

Not poor ...............................................

15,701

15,562

38,768

2,421

1,916

5,305

15.4 (0.92)

12.3 (0.82)

13.7 (0.54)

Health insurance coverage13

Private. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Medicaid or other public . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Other .................................................

Uninsured...............................................

40,015

26,404

2,140

5,877

5,302

4,015

368

373

13.3 (0.52)

15.2 (0.72)

17.2 (2.40)

6.3 (0.96)

See footnotes at end of table.
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Table VII. Frequencies and percentages (with standard errors) of having a problem for which prescription medication has been taken

regularly for at least 3 months for children under age 18 years, by selected characteristics: United States, 2010—Con.

Prescription Prescription

All medication taken medication taken

children regularly for regularly for

under age at least at least

Selected characteristic 18 years 3 months1 3 months1

Place of residence14 Number in thousands2 Percent3 (standard error)

Large MSA .............................................. 40,071 4,860 12.1 (0.49)

Small MSA .............................................. 23,245 3,441 14.8 (0.71)

Not in MSA.............................................. 11,310 1,781 15.7 (1.15)

Region

Northeast ............................................... 11,610 1,495 12.9 (1.02)

Midwest ................................................ 17,664 2,770 15.7 (0.83)

South ................................................. 26,791 4,225 15.8 (0.68)

West .................................................. 18,561 1,592 8.6 (0.62)

Current health status

Excellent or very good ....................................... 61,019 6,633 10.9 (0.39)

Good ................................................. 11,915 2,649 22.2 (1.22)

Fair or poor.............................................. 1,692 800 47.4 (3.82)

* Estimates preceded by an asterisk have a relative standard error greater than 30% and less than or equal to 50% and should be used with caution as they do not meet standards of reliability or 

precision. 

† Estimates with a relative standard error greater than 50% are indicated with a dagger, but are not shown. 

1

Based on the question, ‘‘Does [child’s name] now have a problem for which [he/she] has regularly taken prescription medication for at least three months?’’ 

2

Unknowns for the columns are not included in the frequencies (see Appendix I), but they are included in the ‘‘All children under age 18 years’’ column. 

3

Unknowns for the column variables are not included in the denominators when calculating percentages. 

4

Includes other races not shown separately and children with unknown family structure, parent’s education, family income, poverty status, health insurance, or current health status. Additionally, 

numbers within selected characteristics may not add to totals because of rounding. 

5

In accordance with the 1997 standards for federal data on race and Hispanic or Latino origin (see Appendix II), the category ‘‘One race’’ refers to persons who indicated only a single race group. 

Persons who indicated a single race other than the groups shown are included in the total for ‘‘One race’’ but are not shown separately due to small sample sizes. Therefore, the frequencies for the 

category ‘‘One race’’ will be greater than the sum of the frequencies for the specific groups shown separately. Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin may be of any race or combination of races. 

6

Refers to all persons who indicated more than one race group. Only two combinations of multiple race groups are shown due to small sample sizes for other combinations. Therefore, the frequencies 

for the category ‘‘Two or more races’’ will be greater than the sum of the frequencies for the specific combinations shown separately. 

7

Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin may be of any race or combination of races. Similarly, the category ‘‘Not Hispanic or Latino’’ refers to all persons who are not of Hispanic or Latino origin, 

regardless of race. The tables in this report use the current (1997) Office of Management and Budget race and Hispanic origin terms, and the text uses shorter versions of these terms for 

conciseness. For example, the category ‘‘Not Hispanic or Latino black or African American, single race’’ in the tables is referred to as ‘‘non-Hispanic black’’ in the text. 

8

Refers to parents living in the household. ‘‘Mother and father’’ can include biological, adoptive, step, in-law, or foster relationships. Legal guardians are classified in ‘‘Neither mother nor father.’’ 

9

Refers to the education level of the parent with the higher level of education, regardless of that parent’s age. 

10GED is General Educational Development high school equivalency diploma. 

11The categories ‘‘Less than $35,000’’ and ‘‘$35,000 or more’’ include both persons reporting dollar amounts and persons reporting only that their incomes were within one of these two categories (see 

Appendix I). The indented categories include only those persons who reported dollar amounts. Because of the different income questions used in 2007, income estimates may not be comparable with 

those from earlier years. 

12Based on family income and family size using the U.S. Census Bureau’s poverty thresholds for the previous calendar year. ‘‘Poor’’ persons are defined as below the poverty threshold. ‘‘Near poor’’ 

persons have incomes of 100% to less than 200% of the poverty threshold. ‘‘Not poor’’ persons have incomes that are 200% of the poverty threshold or greater. Because of the different income 

questions used in 2007, poverty ratio estimates may not be comparable with those from earlier years. 

13Classification of health insurance coverage is based on a hierarchy of mutually exclusive categories. Persons with more than one type of health insurance were assigned to the first appropriate 

category in the hierarchy. Persons under age 65 years and those aged 65 years and over were classified separately due to the predominance of Medicare coverage in the older population. The 

category ‘‘Private’’ includes persons who had any type of private coverage either alone or in combination with other coverage. For example, for persons aged 65 years and over, ‘‘Private’’ includes 

persons with only private or private in combination with Medicare. The category ‘‘Uninsured’’ includes persons who had no coverage as well as those who had only Indian Health Service coverage or 

had only a private plan that paid for one type of service such as accidents or dental care (see Appendix II). 

14MSA is metropolitan statistical area. Large MSAs have a population size of 1 million or more; small MSAs have a population size of less than 1 million. ‘‘Not in MSA’’ consists of persons not living in 

a metropolitan statistical area. 

NOTE: Estimates are based on household interviews of a sample of the civilian noninstitutionalized population.

SOURCE: CDC/NCHS, National Health Interview Survey, 2010.
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Table VIII. Percent distributions (with standard errors) of respondent-assessed health status for children under age 18 years, by selected

characteristics: United States, 2010

All children Respondent-assessed health status1

under age

Selected characteristic 18 years Excellent Very good Good Fair or poor

Percent distribution2

Total3 (crude) .............................. 100.0 55.1 (0.56) 27.0 (0.46) 15.8 (0.40) 2.0 (0.12)

Total3 (age-adjusted) ......................... 100.0 55.0 (0.56) 27.0 (0.46) 15.9 (0.40) 2.0 (0.12)

Sex

Male ................................... 100.0 54.8 (0.65) 26.9 (0.56) 16.1 (0.46) 2.1 (0.15)

Female .................................. 100.0 55.4 (0.67) 27.1 (0.59) 15.6 (0.47) 1.9 (0.16)

Age

0–4 years ................................ 100.0 57.5 (0.84) 26.6 (0.76) 14.3 (0.57) 1.6 (0.20)

5–11 years................................ 100.0 54.4 (0.74) 27.7 (0.65) 15.8 (0.53) 2.1 (0.19)

12–17 years ............................... 100.0 53.8 (0.80) 26.7 (0.65) 17.3 (0.57) 2.2 (0.19)

Race

One race4 ................................ 100.0 55.0 (0.57) 27.1 (0.47) 15.8 (0.40) 2.0 (0.12)

White. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.0 57.7 (0.66) 26.7 (0.52) 14.0 (0.45) 1.6 (0.13)

Black or African American ..................... 100.0 44.0 (1.22) 28.0 (1.10) 24.2 (1.01) 3.9 (0.42)

American Indian or Alaska Native ................ 100.0 38.1 (8.08) *38.1 (11.81) 22.0 (6.28) †

Asian. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.0 50.6 (1.95) 30.3 (1.87) 17.3 (1.53) 1.8 (0.47)

Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander ........... 100.0 48.6 (11.56) *22.7 (10.31) 27.6 (7.39) †

Two or more races5 .......................... 100.0 56.9 (2.41) 24.3 (1.99) 16.1 (1.65) 2.7 (0.62)

Black or African American and white .............. 100.0 53.2 (3.56) 27.0 (3.14) 17.3 (2.66) *2.5 (0.77)

American Indian or Alaska Native and white.......... 100.0 51.7 (6.20) 24.3 (5.76) 20.5 (4.53) *3.5 (1.48)

Hispanic or Latino origin6 and race

Hispanic or Latino ........................... 100.0 47.4 (1.03) 29.0 (0.84) 20.8 (0.79) 2.8 (0.28)

Mexican or Mexican American .................. 100.0 45.7 (1.23) 29.2 (1.05) 22.3 (0.95) 2.8 (0.37)

Not Hispanic or Latino......................... 100.0 57.4 (0.64) 26.4 (0.55) 14.4 (0.45) 1.8 (0.13)

White, single race .......................... 100.0 61.5 (0.78) 25.8 (0.63) 11.4 (0.50) 1.2 (0.14)

Black or African American, single race ............. 100.0 43.9 (1.25) 27.9 (1.14) 24.3 (1.05) 3.9 (0.44)

Family structure7

Mother and father ........................... 100.0 58.8 (0.65) 26.7 (0.57) 13.1 (0.41) 1.4 (0.11)

Mother, no father ............................ 100.0 45.9 (1.00) 27.9 (0.90) 22.6 (0.82) 3.7 (0.35)

Father, no mother ........................... 100.0 53.5 (2.55) 29.2 (2.36) 15.2 (1.70) *2.2 (0.66)

Neither mother nor father. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.0 46.0 (2.58) 26.1 (2.26) 24.7 (2.09) 3.3 (0.66)

Parent’s education8

Less than high school diploma ................... 100.0 41.1 (1.48) 27.9 (1.52) 26.4 (1.19) 4.5 (0.50)

High school diploma or GED9 .................... 100.0 46.8 (1.14) 29.0 (1.00) 21.5 (0.96) 2.7 (0.33)

More than high school......................... 100.0 61.2 (0.65) 26.2 (0.54) 11.5 (0.43) 1.2 (0.10)

Family income10

Less than $35,000 ........................... 100.0 43.3 (0.89) 29.3 (0.90) 23.3 (0.76) 4.1 (0.31)

$35,000 or more ............................ 100.0 60.9 (0.67) 26.0 (0.58) 12.0 (0.42) 1.1 (0.10)

$35,000–$49,999 .......................... 100.0 50.5 (1.47) 28.8 (1.28) 18.6 (1.09) 2.2 (0.34)

$50,000–$74,999 .......................... 100.0 55.4 (1.37) 28.2 (1.24) 15.1 (0.91) 1.3 (0.20)

$75,000–$99,999 .......................... 100.0 60.2 (1.49) 28.7 (1.41) 10.6 (0.91) 0.4 (0.12)

$100,000 or more .......................... 100.0 71.7 (1.05) 21.2 (0.94) 6.5 (0.56) 0.6 (0.11)

Poverty status11

Poor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.0 42.6 (1.11) 28.1 (1.09) 24.9 (0.95) 4.4 (0.41)

Near poor ................................ 100.0 46.9 (1.17) 29.7 (1.06) 20.6 (0.91) 2.8 (0.29)

Not poor ................................. 100.0 64.0 (0.69) 25.5 (0.62) 9.7 (0.40) 0.8 (0.09)

Health insurance coverage12

Private .................................. 100.0 62.9 (0.69) 26.4 (0.63) 9.9 (0.41) 0.8 (0.09)

Medicaid or other public ....................... 100.0 44.5 (0.87) 27.5 (0.73) 24.1 (0.74) 3.9 (0.29)

Other ................................... 100.0 58.1 (2.89) 25.8 (2.46) 13.4 (1.95) 2.6 (0.71)

Uninsured ................................ 100.0 49.4 (1.97) 29.0 (1.99) 19.8 (1.35) 1.8 (0.35)

See footnotes at end of table.
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Table VIII. Percent distributions (with standard errors) of respondent-assessed health status for children under age 18 years, by selected

characteristics: United States, 2010—Con.

All children Respondent-assessed health status1

under age

Selected characteristic 18 years Excellent Very good Good Fair or poor

Place of residence13 Percent distribution2

Large MSA ............................... 100.0 56.2 (0.73) 26.1 (0.61) 15.7 (0.51) 2.0 (0.16)

Small MSA. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.0 55.3 (1.08) 27.0 (0.89) 15.6 (0.78) 2.1 (0.24)

Not in MSA ............................... 100.0 50.7 (1.43) 30.2 (1.21) 17.0 (1.00) 2.1 (0.33)

Region

Northeast ................................ 100.0 55.4 (1.37) 27.3 (1.11) 15.7 (0.99) 1.6 (0.23)

Midwest ................................. 100.0 55.3 (1.14) 28.1 (1.07) 14.7 (0.80) 1.8 (0.26)

South ................................... 100.0 54.9 (0.88) 26.2 (0.70) 16.6 (0.68) 2.4 (0.23)

West ................................... 100.0 55.1 (1.22) 27.0 (0.97) 16.0 (0.79) 2.0 (0.21)

* Estimates preceded by an asterisk have a relative standard error greater than 30% and less than or equal to 50% and should be used with caution as they do not meet standards of reliability or 

precision. 

† Estimates with a relative standard error greater than 50% are indicated with a dagger, but are not shown. 

1

Based on the following question in the family core section of the survey: ‘‘Would you say [subject’s name] health in general was excellent, very good, good, fair, or poor?’’ 

2

Unknowns for the column variables are not included in the denominators when calculating percentages. 

3

Includes other races not shown separately and children with unknown family structure, parent’s education, family income, poverty status, or health insurance. Additionally, percentages may not add to 

totals because of rounding. 

4

In accordance with the 1997 standards for federal data on race and Hispanic or Latino origin (see Appendix II), the category ‘‘One race’’ refers to persons who indicated only a single race group. 

Persons who indicated a single race other than the groups shown are included in the total for ‘‘One race’’ but are not shown separately due to small sample sizes. Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin 

may be of any race or combination of races. 

5

Refers to all persons who indicated more than one race group. Only two combinations of multiple race groups are shown due to small sample sizes for other combinations. 

6

Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin may be of any race or combination of races. Similarly, the category ‘‘Not Hispanic or Latino’’ refers to all persons who are not of Hispanic or Latino origin, 

regardless of race. The tables in this report use the current (1997) Office of Management and Budget race and Hispanic origin terms, and the text uses shorter versions of these terms for conciseness. 

For example, the category ‘‘Not Hispanic or Latino black or African American, single race’’ in the tables is referred to as ‘‘non-Hispanic black’’ in the text. 

7

Refers to parents living in the household. ‘‘Mother and father’’ can include biological, adoptive, step, in-law, or foster relationships. Legal guardians are classified in ‘‘Neither mother nor father.’’ 

8

Refers to the education level of the parent with the higher level of education, regardless of that parent’s age. 

9

GED is General Educational Development high school equivalency diploma. 

10The categories ‘‘Less than $35,000’’ and ‘‘$35,000 or more’’ include both persons reporting dollar amounts and persons reporting only that their incomes were within one of these two categories (see 

Appendix I). The indented categories include only those persons who reported dollar amounts. Because of the different income questions used in 2007, income estimates may not be comparable with 

those from earlier years. 

11Based on family income and family size using the U.S. Census Bureau’s poverty thresholds for the previous calendar year. ‘‘Poor’’ persons are defined as below the poverty threshold. ‘‘Near poor’’ 

persons have incomes of 100% to less than 200% of the poverty threshold. ‘‘Not poor’’ persons have incomes that are 200% of the poverty threshold or greater. Because of the different income 

questions used in 2007, poverty ratio estimates may not be comparable with those from earlier years. 

12Classification of health insurance coverage is based on a hierarchy of mutually exclusive categories. Persons with more than one type of health insurance were assigned to the first appropriate 

category in the hierarchy. Persons under age 65 years and those aged 65 years and over were classified separately due to the predominance of Medicare coverage in the older population. The 

category ‘‘Private’’ includes persons who had any type of private coverage either alone or in combination with other coverage. For example, for persons aged 65 years and over, ‘‘Private’’ includes 

persons with only private or private in combination with Medicare. The category ‘‘Uninsured’’ includes persons who had no coverage as well as those who had only Indian Health Service coverage or 

had only a private plan that paid for one type of service such as accidents or dental care (see Appendix II). 

13MSA is metropolitan statistical area. Large MSAs have a population size of 1 million or more; small MSAs have a population size of less than 1 million. ‘‘Not in MSA’’ consists of persons not living in 

a metropolitan statistical area. 

NOTES: Estimates are based on household interviews of a sample of the civilian noninstitutionalized population. This table differs from most other detailed tables in this report in that the estimates 

were based on responses about all children in the family, not only the sample child. These data came from the Person File and were weighted using the Person weight. 

SOURCE: CDC/NCHS, National Health Interview Survey, 2010.
standard errors) of health status compared with a year ago given current health status for children aged 1–17 years, by selected

Current health status1

Excellent or very good Good Fair or poor

Better

than last

year

About the

same aslast year

Worse

than

last year

Better

than

last year

About the

same aslast year

Worse

than

last year

Better

than last

year

About the

same aslast year

Worse

than

last year

Percent distribution2 (standard error)

...........

...........

19.919.6

(0.51)(0.51)

79.279.5

(0.52)(0.51)

0.9 (0.11)0.9 (0.11)

27.1 (1.27)27.5 (1.28)

69.969.6

(1.32)(1.34)

3.0 (0.52)2.9 (0.51)

30.631.1

(3.53)(3.57)

55.655.4

(3.98)(4.01)

13.8 (2.77)13.5 (2.72)

...........

. . . . . . . . . . .

21.318.4

(0.76)(0.68)

77.680.9

(0.77)(0.68)

1.1 (0.18)0.7 (0.14)

27.1 (1.65)27.1 (1.88)

70.369.5

(1.73)(1.98)

2.6 (0.63)3.4 (0.86)

34.826.4

(4.90)(5.10)

52.558.7

(5.31)(5.71)

12.7 (3.74)14.9 (4.06)

...........

...........

...........

26.419.315.7

(1.20)(0.81)(0.73)

72.979.883.4

(1.21)(0.83)(0.74)

0.7 (0.18)1.0 (0.21)1.0 (0.18)

35.7 (3.14)28.0 (2.03)21.5 (1.85)

62.169.674.5

(3.19)(2.05)(1.99)

*2.3 (0.91)

2.4 (0.64)4.0 (1.06)

34.836.522.1

(8.45)(5.93)(5.10)

51.754.658.9

(8.63)(6.48)(5.93)

*13.6 (6.18)

*8.9 (3.44)

19.0 (4.94)

...........

. . . . . . . . . . .

. . . . . . . . . . .

...........

. . . . . . . . . . .

...........

...........

...........

ite..........

19.9 (0.53)18.8 (0.58)23.1 (1.52)36.0 (10.71)24.6 (2.23)

*49.2 (17.73)

20.0 (2.28)22.2 (3.73)24.0 (6.28)

79.2 (0.53)80.3 (0.59)76.2 (1.53)62.3 (10.39)74.9 (2.26)

*50.8 (17.73)

79.4 (2.29)77.8 (3.73)74.2 (6.36)

0.9 (0.12)0.9 (0.13)

*0.7 (0.27)

†

†

–

*0.7 (0.30)

–†

27.4 (1.29)26.2 (1.54)

29.7 (2.65)

*27.9 (9.17)

32.3 (5.00)

†

20.3 (5.48)

*13.8 (5.32)

†

69.6 (1.35)69.8 (1.66)69.9 (2.65)72.1 (9.17)

64.7 (5.10)

*70.0 (26.33)

77.8 (5.53)84.4 (5.55)73.9 (16.60)

3.0 (0.54)4.0 (0.76)

†–

†

–

††–

30.5 (3.52)33.2 (4.71)22.4 (5.19)81.3 (19.02)

*39.6 (15.83)

–

†††

56.2 (4.04)49.2 (5.39)70.8 (6.04)

†

60.4 (15.83)

100.0 (0.00)

*47.2 (17.67)*51.1 (24.69)

78.7 (17.48)

13.3 (2.78)17.6 (3.85)

†–

–

–

††–

race

...........

. . . . . . . . . . .

...........

. . . . . . . . . . .

. . . ........

28.529.717.515.7

22.4

(1.14)(1.40)(0.58)(0.65)

(1.57)

70.069.381.783.5

76.9

(1.15)(1.41)(0.59)(0.66)

(1.59)

1.4 (0.28)

*1.1 (0.33)

0.7 (0.12)0.8 (0.15)

*0.7 (0.29)

30.7 (2.13)

30.7 (2.44)25.6 (1.57)22.5 (2.06)

30.5 (2.76)

67.268.271.072.3

69.1

(2.21)(2.51)(1.66)(2.29)

(2.76)

2.1 (0.62)

*1.1 (0.42)

3.3 (0.70)5.2 (1.19)

†

40.941.325.829.1

19.6

(5.73)(7.19)(4.40)(6.85)

(5.11)

50.349.858.047.5

73.1

(6.39)(7.69)(4.98)(7.90)

(6.16)

*8.8 (3.68)

†

16.1 (3.68)23.4 (6.12)

†

...........

. . . . . . . . . . .

...........

. . . . . . . . . . .

19.3

22.0

17.122.2

(0.61)

(1.11)

(2.28)(2.97)

79.976.682.677.4

(0.62)(1.13)(2.29)(2.97)

0.8 (0.13)1.4 (0.30)

††

26.1 (1.70)28.0 (2.13)28.1 (5.80)32.5 (5.32)

71.168.370.866.2

(1.80)(2.24)(5.84)(5.34)

2.8 (0.71)3.6 (0.94)

††

34.6 (4.95)26.1 (5.63)

†

*34.7 (11.87)

49.1 (5.45)64.1 (6.18)

74.1 (14.36)

*44.2 (13.67)

16.2 (4.08)

*9.8 (3.82)

††

...........

...........

...........

30.522.017.6

(1.88)(1.19)(0.60)

67.777.581.6

(1.89)(1.20)(0.61)

1.8 (0.50)

*0.6 (0.21)

0.9 (0.14)

33.2 (2.79)25.0 (2.33)25.4 (1.89)

65.672.470.5

(2.82)(2.51)(1.98)

*1.2 (0.52)*2.7 (1.05)

4.1 (0.89)

43.031.821.1

(7.31)(8.07)(4.53)

51.455.959.3

(7.33)(8.82)(6.09)

†

*12.3 (5.11)

19.5 (5.07)

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standard errors) of health status compared with a year ago given current health status for children aged 1–17 years, by selected

—Con.

Current health status1

Excellent or very good Good Fair or poor

Better

than last

year

About the

same aslast year

Worse

than

last year

Better

than

last year

About the

same aslast year

Worse

than

last year

Better

than last

year

About the

same aslast year

Worse

than

last year

Percent distribution2 (standard error)

...........

...........

.................................

...........

25.2 (1.05)17.9 (0.59)24.3 (1.58)17.7 (1.15)15.9 (1.28)16.0 (0.98)

73.5 (1.05)81.3 (0.60)75.1 (1.59)81.3 (1.19)83.4 (1.31)83.4 (0.99)

1.3 (0.25)

0.7 (0.13)

*0.7 (0.32)*1.0 (0.31)*0.6 (0.24)*0.6 (0.19)

28.9 (1.84)25.6 (1.90)26.8 (3.23)24.4 (3.26)27.0 (4.47)24.2 (3.99)

68.8 (1.90)70.7 (1.99)71.8 (3.28)70.4 (3.43)69.2 (4.71)70.8 (4.62)

2.3 (0.65)3.8 (0.86)

†

*5.1 (1.70)

†

*5.0 (2.13)

26.7 (4.14)34.0 (6.59)40.3 (10.84)

*32.9 (11.33)

†

*18.5 (8.87)

58.9 (5.02)52.3 (6.68)59.7 (10.84)

48.0 (11.75)

†

50.5 (14.45)

14.4 (3.68)

*13.7 (4.30)

–

*19.1 (8.91)

†

*31.1 (13.82)

. . . . . . . . . . .

...........

...........

26.6 (1.46)24.0 (1.25)16.7 (0.61)

71.7 (1.47)75.1 (1.26)82.6 (0.62)

1.7 (0.36)

*0.8 (0.29)

0.7 (0.13)

31.0 (2.42)26.2 (2.45)24.4 (2.14)

66.2 (2.50)72.1 (2.50)71.0 (2.29)

*2.8 (0.90)*1.8 (0.66)

4.6 (1.18)

27.431.233.1

(5.26)(6.46)(8.02)

63.253.744.0

(6.14)(7.08)(7.96)

*9.4 (3.74)

*15.1 (5.57)

22.9 (6.85)

2

...........

...........

...........

...........

17.2 (0.64)25.2 (0.97)15.4 (2.62)20.7 (2.47)

82.0 (0.65)73.6 (0.98)83.4 (2.57)78.9 (2.47)

0.8 (0.15)1.2 (0.23)

††

23.3 (2.08)30.2 (1.85)32.7 (8.05)22.3 (3.41)

72.3 (2.29)67.8 (1.89)67.3 (8.05)73.0 (3.58)

4.3 (1.12)2.0 (0.58)

–

*4.7 (1.84)

27.4 (6.88)30.3 (4.42)

*59.6 (18.60)*24.4 (10.96)

50.3 (7.83)58.0 (5.15)

*40.4 (18.60)

63.3 (12.56)

22.3 (6.64)

11.7 (3.31)

–†

...........

. . . . . . . . . . .

...........

19.8 (0.68)20.4 (1.01)19.0 (1.33)

79.3 (0.69)78.6 (1.01)80.5 (1.35)

0.9 (0.15)1.0 (0.22)

*0.5 (0.24)

27.4 (1.61)27.0 (2.52)26.4 (3.08)

69.8 (1.73)69.8 (2.60)70.5 (3.04)

2.8 (0.77)3.2 (0.88)

*3.1 (1.18)

26.7 (4.10)32.5 (6.41)

39.8 (11.06)

57.6 (5.01)54.1 (7.42)

51.8 (11.68)

15.7 (4.07)

*13.4 (4.97)

†

...........

...........

...........

...........

16.5 (1.28)

16.8 (0.95)22.5 (0.91)21.2 (1.06)

82.0 (1.29)82.5 (0.97)76.8 (0.92)77.9 (1.06)

1.5 (0.37)

*0.6 (0.21)

0.7 (0.17)0.9 (0.23)

21.8 (2.98)24.4 (2.61)29.7 (2.22)29.1 (2.46)

74.5 (3.14)71.2 (2.91)68.2 (2.26)68.5 (2.51)

*3.7 (1.33)*4.5 (1.68)

2.2 (0.61)

*2.5 (0.82)

35.7

*14.5

31.641.3

(8.69)(6.70)

(5.30)(7.71)

55.872.552.845.1

(9.81)(8.73)(6.12)(7.25)

††

15.6 (4.28)

*13.6 (5.71)

e standard error greater than 30% and less than or equal to 50% and should be used with caution as they do not meet standards of reliability or precision.

han 50% are indicated with a dagger, but are not shown.

core section of the survey: ‘‘Would you say [subject’s name] health in general was excellent, very good, good, fair, or poor?’’ and the following question from the sample child section: ‘‘Compared with 12

s better, worse, or about the same?’’

ed in the denominators when calculating percents. This table consists of conditional percents: the total number of children in excellent or very good health (shown in Table 7) serves as the denominator for

number of children in good health is the denominator for the percents in columns 4–6, while the total number of children in fair or poor health is the denominator for the percents in columns 7–9.

ildren with unknown family structure, parent’s education, family income, poverty status, or health insurance. Additionally, percentages may not add to totals because of rounding.

data on race and Hispanic or Latino origin (see Appendix II), the category ‘‘One race’’ refers to persons who indicated only a single race group. Persons who indicated a single race other than the groups

are not shown separately due to small sample sizes. Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin may be of any race or combination of races.

e race group. Only two combinations of multiple race groups are shown due to small sample sizes for other combinations.

y race or combination of races. Similarly, the category ‘‘Not Hispanic or Latino’’ refers to all persons who are not of Hispanic or Latino origin, regardless of race. The tables in this report use the current

Hispanic origin terms, and the text uses shorter versions of these terms for conciseness. For example, the category ‘‘Not Hispanic or Latino black or African American, single race’’ in the tables is referred

and father’’ can include biological, adoptive, step, in-law, or foster relationships. Legal guardians are classified in ‘‘Neither mother nor father.’’

e higher level of education, regardless of that parent’s age.

hool equivalency diploma.

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0 or more’’ include both persons reporting dollar amounts and persons reporting only that their incomes were within one of these two categories (see Appendix I). The indented categories include only those

the different income questions used in 2007, income estimates may not be comparable with those from earlier years.

e U.S. Census Bureau’s poverty thresholds for the previous calendar year. ‘‘Poor’’ persons are defined as below the poverty threshold. ‘‘Near poor’’ persons have incomes of 100% to less than 200% of the

es that are 200% of the poverty threshold or greater. Because of the different income questions used in 2007, poverty ratio estimates may not be comparable with those from earlier years.

sed on a hierarchy of mutually exclusive categories. Persons with more than one type of health insurance were assigned to the first appropriate category in the hierarchy. Persons under age 65 years and

rately due to the predominance of Medicare coverage in the older population. The category ‘‘Private’’ includes persons who had any type of private coverage either alone or in combination with other

and over, ‘‘Private’’ includes persons with only private or private in combination with Medicare. The category ‘‘Uninsured’’ includes persons who had no coverage as well as those who had only Indian

that paid for one type of service such as accidents or dental care (see Appendix II).

have a population size of 1 million or more; small MSAs have a population size of less than 1 million. ‘‘Not in MSA’’ consists of persons not living in a metropolitan statistical area.

ws of a sample of the civilian noninstitutionalized population.

urvey, 2010.

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standard errors) of number of school days missed in the past 12 months because of illness or injury for children aged 5–17 years, by selected

All Number of school days missed in past 12 months1

children

aged Did not go

tic 5–17 years None 1–2 days 3–5 days 6–10 days 11 or more days to school

Percent distribution2 (standard error)

................ 100.0 26.8 (0.59) 27.8 (0.63) 27.5 (0.63) 11.3 (0.44) 5.9 (0.35) 0.7 (0.12)

................ 100.0 26.8 (0.59) 27.9 (0.63) 27.5 (0.63) 11.3 (0.44) 5.9 (0.35) 0.7 (0.12)

................ 100.0 27.8 (0.82) 26.9 (0.86) 26.9 (0.86) 11.8 (0.61) 6.0 (0.49) 0.6 (0.15)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.0 25.7 (0.82) 28.8 (0.92) 28.2 (0.91) 10.8 (0.64) 5.7 (0.48) 0.8 (0.16)

................ 100.0 26.4 (0.82) 28.9 (0.85) 28.1 (0.87) 10.3 (0.58) 5.2 (0.44) 1.1 (0.20)

................ 100.0 27.3 (0.84) 26.6 (0.89) 26.8 (0.89) 12.4 (0.67) 6.7 (0.53) *0.2 (0.09)

................ 100.0 27.0 (0.60) 27.7 (0.64) 27.5 (0.65) 11.3 (0.44) 5.8 (0.35) 0.7 (0.12)

................ 100.0 24.5 (0.67) 28.2 (0.74) 28.4 (0.77) 12.0 (0.53) 6.2 (0.41) 0.7 (0.15)

................ 100.0 35.2 (1.54) 23.6 (1.39) 26.9 (1.52) 9.3 (0.97) 4.5 (0.69) 0.5 (0.14)

................ 100.0 39.9 (6.36) 28.4 (6.15) 17.4 (4.15) † *5.0 (2.48) †

................ 100.0 39.1 (2.73) 33.5 (2.65) 16.8 (1.78) 7.2 (1.34) *3.0 (0.98) †

................ 100.0 † † † † † –

................ 100.0 21.9 (2.64) 30.9 (2.96) 27.7 (2.72) 11.3 (1.97) 7.3 (1.68) †

................ 100.0 20.0 (3.84) 25.2 (3.85) 31.4 (4.25) 12.6 (3.07) *8.7 (2.80) †

ite .............. 100.0 *10.6 (4.36) 36.8 (8.81) 31.8 (8.18) *10.9 (4.07) † –

and race

................ 100.0 35.3 (1.23) 24.5 (1.07) 26.5 (1.10) 8.4 (0.68) 4.8 (0.55) *0.5 (0.27)

................ 100.0 34.5 (1.50) 25.1 (1.36) 27.5 (1.39) 8.3 (0.85) 4.0 (0.60) †

................ 100.0 24.4 (0.68) 28.8 (0.77) 27.8 (0.75) 12.1 (0.54) 6.2 (0.42) 0.7 (0.13)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.0 20.8 (0.80) 29.4 (0.95) 29.0 (0.96) 13.3 (0.68) 6.7 (0.51) 0.8 (0.18)

................ 100.0 35.1 (1.57) 24.0 (1.43) 26.7 (1.56) 9.1 (1.00) 4.6 (0.73) 0.5 (0.14)

................ 100.0 27.0 (0.74) 29.1 (0.79) 27.2 (0.77) 11.1 (0.54) 4.9 (0.40) 0.7 (0.13)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.0 25.1 (1.13) 24.8 (1.11) 28.6 (1.18) 12.0 (0.84) 8.7 (0.82) *0.7 (0.23)

................ 100.0 30.7 (2.86) 30.0 (3.19) 27.0 (3.02) 9.2 (1.70) *2.9 (0.89) †

................ 100.0 29.2 (3.07) 23.1 (2.86) 25.8 (2.92) 12.8 (2.61) 7.5 (1.71) †

8

................ 100.0 35.0 (1.74) 24.0 (1.60) 24.6 (1.68) 8.8 (0.98) 6.7 (0.95) *1.0 (0.35)

................ 100.0 28.5 (1.40) 23.9 (1.36) 28.3 (1.39) 11.2 (0.99) 7.6 (0.92) *0.6 (0.23)

................ 100.0 24.5 (0.72) 30.0 (0.81) 28.0 (0.80) 11.7 (0.55) 5.2 (0.40) 0.6 (0.15)

................ 100.0 29.5 (1.05) 23.0 (0.98) 25.8 (1.07) 12.0 (0.85) 8.8 (0.76) 0.9 (0.23)

................ 100.0 24.7 (0.74) 30.3 (0.83) 28.5 (0.77) 11.2 (0.54) 4.7 (0.36) 0.6 (0.13)

................ 100.0 28.3 (1.60) 28.7 (1.60) 25.7 (1.64) 11.4 (1.24) 5.2 (0.80) *0.8 (0.35)

................ 100.0 25.8 (1.53) 26.6 (1.46) 30.2 (1.58) 10.8 (0.99) 5.7 (0.80) *0.9 (0.31)

................ 100.0 21.8 (1.58) 32.0 (1.94) 28.6 (1.80) 13.1 (1.40) 4.3 (0.77) †

................ 100.0 23.5 (1.26) 33.1 (1.38) 28.7 (1.35) 10.5 (0.93) 3.8 (0.59) *0.5 (0.18)

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standard errors) of number of school days missed in the past 12 months because of illness or injury for children aged 5–17 years, by selected

—Con.

All Number of school days missed in past 12 months1

children

aged Did not go

tic 5–17 years None 1–2 days 3–5 days 6–10 days 11 or more days to school

Percent distribution2 (standard error)

................ 100.0 28.0 (1.33) 22.9 (1.35) 27.6 (1.38) 11.4 (1.04) 9.3 (1.03) *0.8 (0.27)

................ 100.0 30.7 (1.46) 24.5 (1.26) 24.3 (1.36) 12.5 (1.04) 6.9 (0.81) *1.2 (0.38)

................ 100.0 23.8 (0.82) 31.3 (0.90) 29.0 (0.85) 11.0 (0.59) 4.4 (0.38) 0.5 (0.12)

age12

................ 100.0 24.5 (0.80) 31.0 (0.90) 28.7 (0.86) 10.9 (0.58) 4.5 (0.41) 0.5 (0.14)

................ 100.0 29.0 (1.08) 23.2 (1.01) 26.0 (1.08) 12.2 (0.80) 8.6 (0.72) 1.0 (0.22)

................ 100.0 26.6 (3.21) 27.5 (3.63) 26.0 (3.79) 12.1 (2.93) 7.9 (2.28) –

................ 100.0 33.5 (2.09) 25.1 (1.80) 26.3 (1.85) 10.2 (1.32) 3.9 (0.80) †

3

................ 100.0 29.6 (0.83) 26.8 (0.82) 27.4 (0.85) 10.9 (0.60) 4.9 (0.43) 0.5 (0.13)

................ 100.0 24.3 (1.05) 28.6 (1.12) 28.0 (1.15) 11.3 (0.72) 6.8 (0.67) 1.0 (0.28)

................ 100.0 22.0 (1.47) 30.1 (1.73) 27.0 (1.65) 12.7 (1.35) 7.4 (0.98) *0.9 (0.26)

................ 100.0 26.7 (1.55) 27.0 (1.50) 26.2 (1.60) 12.1 (1.13) 7.2 (0.94) *0.8 (0.30)

................ 100.0 22.3 (1.18) 30.5 (1.45) 29.1 (1.42) 11.1 (0.90) 6.3 (0.77) *0.7 (0.27)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.0 29.2 (1.04) 26.8 (1.07) 26.9 (0.99) 11.3 (0.77) 5.2 (0.55) 0.6 (0.14)

................ 100.0 27.9 (1.06) 27.2 (1.11) 27.7 (1.24) 10.9 (0.80) 5.6 (0.62) *0.7 (0.27)

s

................ 100.0 27.0 (0.68) 29.5 (0.72) 27.9 (0.71) 10.5 (0.49) 4.4 (0.33) 0.6 (0.13)

................ 100.0 27.3 (1.48) 21.7 (1.35) 26.3 (1.46) 13.9 (1.11) 9.9 (1.10) *0.9 (0.32)

................ 100.0 18.0 (3.17) 14.2 (3.28) 21.8 (3.85) 18.2 (3.34) 26.9 (4.05) †

e standard error greater than 30% and less than or equal to 50% and should be used with caution as they do not meet standards of reliability or precision.

han 50% are indicated with a dagger, but are not shown.

MONTHS, that is since [12 month reference date], about how many days did [child’s name] miss school because of illness or injury?’’

ed in the denominators when calculating percentages.

ildren with unknown family structure, parent’s education, family income, poverty status, health insurance, or current health status. Additionally, percentages may not add to totals because of rounding.

data on race and Hispanic or Latino origin (see Appendix II), the category ‘‘One race’’ refers to persons who indicated only a single race group. Persons who indicated a single race other than the groups

are not shown separately due to small sample sizes. Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin may be of any race or combination of races.

e race group. Only two combinations of multiple race groups are shown due to small sample sizes for other combinations.

y race or combination of races. Similarly, the category ‘‘Not Hispanic or Latino’’ refers to all persons who are not of Hispanic or Latino origin, regardless of race. The tables in this report use the current

Hispanic origin terms, and the text uses shorter versions of these terms for conciseness. For example, the category ‘‘Not Hispanic or Latino black or African American, single race’’ in the tables is referred

and father’’ can include biological, adoptive, step, in-law, or foster relationships. Legal guardians are classified in ‘‘Neither mother nor father.’’

e higher level of education, regardless of that parent’s age.

hool equivalency diploma.

0 or more’’ include both persons reporting dollar amounts and persons reporting only that their incomes were within one of these two categories (see Appendix I). The indented categories include only those

the different income questions used in 2007, income estimates may not be comparable with those from earlier years.

e U.S. Census Bureau’s poverty thresholds for the previous calendar year. ‘‘Poor’’ persons are defined as below the poverty threshold. ‘‘Near poor’’ persons have incomes of 100% to less than 200% of the

es that are 200% of the poverty threshold or greater. Because of the different income questions used in 2007, poverty ratio estimates may not be comparable with those from earlier years.

sed on a hierarchy of mutually exclusive categories. Persons with more than one type of health insurance were assigned to the first appropriate category in the hierarchy. Persons under age 65 years and

rately due to the predominance of Medicare coverage in the older population. The category ‘‘Private’’ includes persons who had any type of private coverage either alone or in combination with other

and over, ‘‘Private’’ includes persons with only private or private in combination with Medicare. The category ‘‘Uninsured’’ includes persons who had no coverage as well as those who had only Indian

that paid for one type of service such as accidents or dental care (see Appendix II).

have a population size of 1 million or more; small MSAs have a population size of less than 1 million. ‘‘Not in MSA’’ consists of persons not living in a metropolitan statistical area.

ws of a sample of the civilian noninstitutionalized population.

Survey, 2010.

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d errors) of having a usual place of health care and percent distributions (with standard errors) of usual place of health care for children with a

en under age 18 years, by selected characteristics: United States, 2010

Has usual place of health care1 All children Location of usual place of health care2

under age

18 years Doesn’t go

with a usual to one

place of Doctor’s Emergency Hospital Some other place most

No Yes health care Clinic office room outpatient place often

Percent distibution3 (standard error)

........... 4.9 (0.25) 95.1 (0.25) 100.0 23.7 (0.62) 74.2 (0.64) 0.6 (0.08) 0.9 (0.11) 0.3 (0.07) 0.2 (0.05)

........... 4.9 (0.25) 95.1 (0.25) 100.0 23.6 (0.62) 74.3 (0.63) 0.6 (0.08) 0.9 (0.11) 0.3 (0.07) 0.3 (0.05)

........... 4.9 (0.33) 95.1 (0.33) 100.0 23.5 (0.75) 74.6 (0.76) 0.6 (0.11) 0.9 (0.15) *0.2 (0.06) 0.2 (0.07)

........... 4.9 (0.34) 95.1 (0.34) 100.0 24.0 (0.80) 73.9 (0.83) 0.6 (0.12) 0.9 (0.16) 0.4 (0.13) *0.3 (0.08)

........... 3.2 (0.37) 96.8 (0.37) 100.0 26.7 (1.19) 71.3 (1.19) 0.6 (0.16) 1.0 (0.19) † *0.2 (0.08)

........... 4.6 (0.41) 95.4 (0.41) 100.0 22.1 (0.84) 76.3 (0.87) 0.5 (0.11) 0.7 (0.14) *0.3 (0.11) *0.1 (0.06)

........... 6.7 (0.44) 93.3 (0.44) 100.0 23.0 (0.88) 74.4 (0.92) 0.7 (0.17) 1.1 (0.25) *0.3 (0.12) 0.5 (0.13)

........... 4.9 (0.25) 95.1 (0.25) 100.0 23.9 (0.64) 74.1 (0.66) 0.6 (0.08) 1.0 (0.12) 0.3 (0.07) 0.2 (0.05)

. . . . . . . . . . . 4.7 (0.28) 95.3 (0.28) 100.0 22.8 (0.70) 75.4 (0.71) 0.6 (0.10) 0.7 (0.12) *0.3 (0.08) 0.2 (0.06)

........... 5.0 (0.59) 95.0 (0.59) 100.0 27.3 (1.33) 69.2 (1.39) 0.8 (0.22) 2.1 (0.41) *0.4 (0.18) †

........... *8.5 (2.80) 91.5 (2.80) 100.0 57.3 (9.88) 40.8 (9.72) – † – †

. . . . . . . . . . . 6.7 (0.96) 93.3 (0.96) 100.0 21.1 (1.91) 76.2 (2.01) † *1.4 (0.44) – *1.2 (0.51)

........... † 92.7 (5.55) 100.0 *44.9 (16.75) *55.1 (16.75) – – – –

........... 4.6 (1.13) 95.4 (1.13) 100.0 20.6 (2.19) 77.1 (2.30) † † † †

........... *3.2 (1.30) 96.8 (1.30) 100.0 19.1 (2.89) 78.3 (3.11) † † † †

ite.......... † 91.2 (4.39) 100.0 38.9 (7.52) 57.8 (7.89) – – † †

race

........... 8.8 (0.64) 91.2 (0.64) 100.0 39.1 (1.26) 58.1 (1.25) 1.0 (0.22) 1.0 (0.18) *0.4 (0.16) 0.5 (0.13)

........... 10.2 (0.83) 89.8 (0.83) 100.0 43.2 (1.59) 54.3 (1.57) *0.9 (0.27) 0.8 (0.21) † *0.5 (0.14)

........... 3.7 (0.24) 96.3 (0.24) 100.0 19.4 (0.69) 78.8 (0.71) 0.4 (0.09) 0.9 (0.14) 0.3 (0.08) 0.2 (0.06)

........... 3.1 (0.27) 96.9 (0.27) 100.0 16.9 (0.78) 81.7 (0.80) 0.4 (0.10) 0.6 (0.15) *0.3 (0.10) *0.1 (0.06)

. . . ........ 4.9 (0.60) 95.1 (0.60) 100.0 26.5 (1.37) 70.0 (1.43) 0.8 (0.23) 2.1 (0.43) *0.4 (0.19) †

........... 4.5 (0.31) 95.5 (0.31) 100.0 21.2 (0.73) 76.9 (0.74) 0.4 (0.08) 0.7 (0.12) 0.4 (0.10) 0.3 (0.07)

........... 5.6 (0.48) 94.4 (0.48) 100.0 29.9 (1.06) 67.7 (1.08) 0.8 (0.21) 1.2 (0.24) † *0.2 (0.07)

........... 5.0 (0.85) 95.0 (0.85) 100.0 23.5 (2.49) 73.4 (2.65) † *1.8 (0.69) – †

. . . . . . . . . . . 6.5 (1.27) 93.5 (1.27) 100.0 31.4 (3.29) 65.1 (3.29) † † – †

........... 9.7 (0.90) 90.3 (0.90) 100.0 45.9 (1.99) 51.0 (2.01) 1.3 (0.37) 1.0 (0.31) † *0.3 (0.15)

........... 6.6 (0.59) 93.4 (0.59) 100.0 28.7 (1.27) 69.1 (1.31) 0.8 (0.21) 0.8 (0.16) *0.5 (0.19) *0.1 (0.06)

........... 3.4 (0.25) 96.6 (0.25) 100.0 17.8 (0.64) 80.5 (0.66) 0.3 (0.08) 0.9 (0.14) 0.3 (0.07) 0.3 (0.07)

........... 7.0 (0.50) 93.0 (0.50) 100.0 36.0 (1.14) 60.9 (1.15) 0.9 (0.18) 1.5 (0.23) *0.3 (0.14) 0.4 (0.12)

........... 3.6 (0.28) 96.4 (0.28) 100.0 17.7 (0.70) 80.7 (0.72) 0.4 (0.09) 0.7 (0.13) 0.3 (0.08) *0.2 (0.05)

........... 6.5 (0.73) 93.5 (0.73) 100.0 27.7 (1.51) 69.5 (1.55) 1.5 (0.37) 0.7 (0.21) † †

........... 4.7 (0.61) 95.3 (0.61) 100.0 20.4 (1.23) 77.6 (1.28) † *1.1 (0.34) *0.5 (0.20) †

........... 2.4 (0.52) 97.6 (0.52) 100.0 14.9 (1.24) 83.9 (1.29) † *0.7 (0.33) † †

........... 1.8 (0.33) 98.2 (0.33) 100.0 11.8 (0.99) 87.4 (1.01) † *0.3 (0.13) † †

Series 10, No. 250[ Page 69
d errors) of having a usual place of health care and percent distributions (with standard errors) of usual place of health care for children with a

en under age 18 years, by selected characteristics: United States, 2010—Con.

Has usual place of health care1 All children Location of usual place of health care2

under age

18 years Doesn’t go

with a usual to one

place of Doctor’s Emergency Hospital Some other place most

No Yes health care Clinic office room outpatient place often

Percent distibution3 (standard error)

. . . . . . . . . . . 6.8 (0.61) 93.2 (0.61) 100.0 38.8 (1.48) 58.3 (1.46) 0.8 (0.20) 1.6 (0.32) † *0.3 (0.11)

........... 7.0 (0.63) 93.0 (0.63) 100.0 29.6 (1.30) 67.5 (1.33) 1.2 (0.27) 0.9 (0.22) *0.4 (0.16) *0.4 (0.16)

........... 3.0 (0.26) 97.0 (0.26) 100.0 15.4 (0.73) 83.4 (0.74) 0.2 (0.05) 0.5 (0.11) *0.3 (0.08) *0.2 (0.06)

3

........... 2.6 (0.26) 97.4 (0.26) 100.0 13.9 (0.68) 85.4 (0.69) *0.2 (0.07) 0.3 (0.08) *0.2 (0.06) *0.1 (0.04)

........... 3.7 (0.34) 96.3 (0.34) 100.0 35.1 (1.04) 62.6 (1.04) 0.6 (0.14) 1.4 (0.22) † *0.2 (0.09)

........... *3.2 (1.44) 96.8 (1.44) 100.0 34.1 (3.31) 57.4 (3.53) † 6.2 (1.78) † –

........... 26.3 (1.73) 73.7 (1.73) 100.0 40.5 (2.73) 49.9 (2.68) 3.6 (0.77) *1.3 (0.64) *2.6 (0.90) 2.0 (0.55)

........... 5.0 (0.33) 95.0 (0.33) 100.0 21.1 (0.71) 76.5 (0.74) 0.8 (0.12) 1.1 (0.15) *0.2 (0.08) 0.3 (0.08)

. . . . . . . . . . . 5.0 (0.45) 95.0 (0.45) 100.0 23.8 (1.26) 74.4 (1.30) *0.4 (0.14) 0.9 (0.21) *0.3 (0.12) *0.2 (0.08)

........... 4.4 (0.65) 95.6 (0.65) 100.0 32.8 (2.06) 65.8 (2.02) *0.2 (0.09) † *0.6 (0.29) †

........... 2.1 (0.46) 97.9 (0.46) 100.0 14.6 (1.16) 83.5 (1.24) *0.3 (0.09) 1.3 (0.32) † †

........... 3.5 (0.40) 96.5 (0.40) 100.0 29.3 (1.41) 68.9 (1.41) *0.6 (0.19) 0.8 (0.21) † †

........... 5.8 (0.43) 94.2 (0.43) 100.0 19.1 (0.89) 78.7 (0.94) 0.7 (0.15) 0.8 (0.20) *0.3 (0.12) 0.4 (0.12)

........... 6.6 (0.60) 93.4 (0.60) 100.0 31.0 (1.45) 66.8 (1.43) 0.6 (0.17) 1.0 (0.21) *0.4 (0.16) *0.3 (0.11)

........... 4.6 (0.27) 95.4 (0.27) 100.0 22.3 (0.67) 75.9 (0.68) 0.5 (0.07) 0.7 (0.11) 0.3 (0.08) 0.2 (0.06)

........... 6.3 (0.66) 93.7 (0.66) 100.0 30.2 (1.36) 66.4 (1.42) 1.0 (0.29) 1.9 (0.39) † *0.4 (0.14)

........... *5.5 (1.66) 94.5 (1.66) 100.0 28.3 (3.42) 67.3 (3.65) † † † –

e standard error greater than 30% and less than or equal to 50% and should be used with caution as they do not meet standards of reliability or precision.

han 50% are indicated with a dagger, but are not shown.

’s name] USUALLY goes when [he/she] is sick or you need advice about [his/her] health?’’

hat kind of place does [child’s name] go to most often-clinic or health center, doctor’s office or HMO, hospital emergency room, hospital outpatient department or some other place?’’

ed in the denominators when calculating percentages.

ildren with unknown family structure, parent’s education, family income, poverty status, health insurance, or current health status. Additionally, percentages may not add to totals because of rounding.

data on race and Hispanic or Latino origin (see Appendix II), the category ‘‘One race’’ refers to persons who indicated only a single race group. Persons who indicated a single race other than the groups

are not shown separately due to small sample sizes. Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin may be of any race or combination of races.

e race group. Only two combinations of multiple race groups are shown due to small sample sizes for other combinations.

y race or combination of races. Similarly, the category ‘‘Not Hispanic or Latino’’ refers to all persons who are not of Hispanic or Latino origin, regardless of race. The tables in this report use the current

Hispanic origin terms, and the text uses shorter versions of these terms for conciseness. For example, the category ‘‘Not Hispanic or Latino black or African American, single race’’ in the tables is referred

and father’’ can include biological, adoptive, step, in-law, or foster relationships. Legal guardians are classified in ‘‘Neither mother nor father.’’

e higher level of education, regardless of that parent’s age.

chool equivalency diploma.

0 or more’’ include both persons reporting dollar amounts and persons reporting only that their incomes were within one of these two categories (see Appendix I). The indented categories include only those

the different income questions used in 2007, income estimates may not be comparable with those from earlier years.

e U.S. Census Bureau’s poverty thresholds for the previous calendar year. ‘‘Poor’’ persons are defined as below the poverty threshold. ‘‘Near poor’’ persons have incomes of 100% to less than 200% of the

es that are 200% of the poverty threshold or greater. Because of the different income questions used in 2007, poverty ratio estimates may not be comparable with those from earlier years.

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sed on a hierarchy of mutually exclusive categories. Persons with more than one type of health insurance were assigned to the first appropriate category in the hierarchy. Persons under age 65 years and

rately due to the predominance of Medicare coverage in the older population. The category ‘‘Private’’ includes persons who had any type of private coverage either alone or in combination with other

and over, ‘‘Private’’ includes persons with only private or private in combination with Medicare. The category ‘‘Uninsured’’ includes persons who had no coverage as well as those who had only Indian

that paid for one type of service such as accidents or dental care (see Appendix II).

have a population size of 1 million or more; small MSAs have a population size of less than 1 million. ‘‘Not in MSA’’ consists of persons not living in a metropolitan statistical area.

ws of a sample of the civilian noninstitutionalized population.

Survey, 2010.

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Table XII. Percent distributions (with standard errors) of length of time since last contact with a health care professional for children under

age 18 years, by selected characteristics: United States, 2010

Time since last contact with a health care professional1

More than

All 6 months More than 1

children but not year but not More than 2

under age 6 months more than more than years but not More than

Selected characteristic 18 years or less 1 year 2 years more than 5 years 5 years2

Percent distribution3 (standard error)

Total4 (crude) .............................. 100.0 75.0 (0.52) 17.1 (0.46) 4.7 (0.23) 1.3 (0.13) 1.8 (0.16)

Total4 (age-adjusted) ......................... 100.0 74.7 (0.53) 17.3 (0.46) 4.8 (0.24) 1.4 (0.13) 1.8 (0.16)

Sex

Male ................................... 100.0 74.3 (0.72) 17.8 (0.63) 4.7 (0.33) 1.4 (0.18) 1.8 (0.20)

Female .................................. 100.0 75.8 (0.75) 16.4 (0.65) 4.8 (0.36) 1.2 (0.20) 1.8 (0.22)

Age

0–4 years ................................ 100.0 86.2 (0.76) 10.5 (0.68) 1.3 (0.20) † 1.8 (0.27)

5–11 years................................ 100.0 71.1 (0.93) 20.2 (0.82) 5.9 (0.43) 1.2 (0.22) 1.5 (0.25)

12–17 years ............................... 100.0 69.8 (0.92) 19.2 (0.80) 6.4 (0.45) 2.4 (0.29) 2.1 (0.25)

Race

One race5 ................................ 100.0 74.9 (0.54) 17.2 (0.47) 4.7 (0.24) 1.3 (0.13) 1.9 (0.16)

White. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.0 75.8 (0.62) 16.7 (0.53) 4.5 (0.27) 1.2 (0.15) 1.8 (0.18)

Black or African American ..................... 100.0 72.0 (1.32) 19.6 (1.18) 5.5 (0.69) 1.3 (0.32) 1.6 (0.36)

American Indian or Alaska Native ................ 100.0 72.5 (6.59) *14.1 (4.46) *10.0 (3.59) † †

Asian. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.0 69.5 (1.97) 19.7 (1.94) 5.6 (1.11) 2.6 (0.77) 2.7 (0.78)

Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander ........... 100.0 58.8 (12.60) † † † –

Two or more races6 .......................... 100.0 79.0 (2.07) 14.0 (1.79) 4.8 (1.16) † †

Black or African American and white .............. 100.0 78.3 (3.27) 17.4 (2.99) *3.4 (1.31) † †

American Indian or Alaska Native and white.......... 100.0 83.3 (4.65) † *12.0 (4.51) † –

Hispanic or Latino origin7 and race

Hispanic or Latino ........................... 100.0 71.8 (0.93) 16.4 (0.77) 5.9 (0.48) 1.9 (0.30) 4.0 (0.48)

Mexican or Mexican American .................. 100.0 68.9 (1.20) 17.0 (0.99) 7.2 (0.66) 2.3 (0.40) 4.5 (0.65)

Not Hispanic or Latino......................... 100.0 76.0 (0.61) 17.3 (0.55) 4.4 (0.27) 1.2 (0.15) 1.1 (0.14)

White, single race .......................... 100.0 77.5 (0.75) 16.7 (0.66) 3.8 (0.32) 1.0 (0.17) 1.0 (0.15)

Black or African American, single race ............. 100.0 71.7 (1.37) 19.9 (1.23) 5.5 (0.71) 1.3 (0.34) 1.5 (0.36)

Family structure8

Mother and father ........................... 100.0 76.1 (0.62) 16.7 (0.54) 4.2 (0.26) 1.2 (0.15) 1.9 (0.19)

Mother, no father ............................ 100.0 73.0 (1.05) 18.3 (0.96) 5.8 (0.56) 1.2 (0.23) 1.7 (0.26)

Father, no mother ........................... 100.0 66.2 (3.00) 21.4 (2.48) 7.8 (1.58) *2.7 (0.94) *1.8 (0.88)

Neither mother nor father. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.0 77.8 (2.51) 12.3 (1.82) 5.4 (1.47) *3.1 (1.10) *1.4 (0.56)

Parent’s education9

Less than high school diploma ................... 100.0 68.5 (1.44) 17.1 (1.21) 7.3 (0.81) 2.6 (0.47) 4.4 (0.61)

High school diploma or GED10 ................... 100.0 72.7 (1.19) 18.0 (1.00) 5.5 (0.62) 1.6 (0.35) 2.2 (0.34)

More than high school......................... 100.0 77.0 (0.64) 17.0 (0.58) 3.9 (0.27) 0.9 (0.13) 1.2 (0.16)

Family income11

Less than $35,000 ........................... 100.0 74.0 (0.89) 15.9 (0.75) 5.8 (0.45) 1.6 (0.24) 2.7 (0.30)

$35,000 or more ............................ 100.0 75.6 (0.68) 17.7 (0.60) 4.1 (0.30) 1.2 (0.16) 1.3 (0.17)

$35,000–$49,999 .......................... 100.0 70.7 (1.55) 20.3 (1.43) 5.2 (0.69) 2.0 (0.43) 1.7 (0.37)

$50,000–$74,999 .......................... 100.0 73.7 (1.32) 17.6 (1.09) 5.3 (0.68) 1.7 (0.42) 1.7 (0.40)

$75,000–$99,999 .......................... 100.0 76.9 (1.43) 17.8 (1.30) 3.9 (0.75) *0.4 (0.15) *1.0 (0.33)

$100,000 or more .......................... 100.0 79.2 (1.04) 16.3 (0.95) 2.7 (0.38) 0.8 (0.22) 1.0 (0.27)

Poverty status12

Poor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.0 74.7 (1.13) 15.4 (0.98) 5.5 (0.57) 1.6 (0.29) 2.7 (0.37)

Near poor ................................ 100.0 70.1 (1.20) 18.8 (1.02) 6.5 (0.67) 2.4 (0.43) 2.2 (0.36)

Not poor ................................. 100.0 77.3 (0.69) 17.1 (0.61) 3.6 (0.28) 0.8 (0.13) 1.2 (0.17)

Health insurance coverage13

Private .................................. 100.0 77.1 (0.71) 17.1 (0.63) 3.9 (0.29) 0.7 (0.14) 1.1 (0.16)

Medicaid or other public ....................... 100.0 76.7 (0.89) 15.9 (0.78) 4.4 (0.41) 0.8 (0.16) 2.2 (0.27)

Other ................................... 100.0 76.8 (3.28) 17.4 (2.99) *4.2 (1.73) † *1.1 (0.47)

Uninsured ................................ 100.0 52.3 (2.18) 22.6 (1.64) 12.1 (1.18) 7.8 (1.11) 5.3 (0.78)

See footnotes at end of table.
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Table XII. Percent distributions (with standard errors) of length of time since last contact with a health care professional for children under

age 18 years, by selected characteristics: United States, 2010—Con.

Time since last contact with a health care professional1

More than

All 6 months More than 1

children but not year but not More than 2

under age 6 months more than more than years but not More than

Selected characteristic 18 years or less 1 year 2 years more than 5 years 5 years2

Place of residence14 Percent distribution3 (standard error)

Large MSA ............................... 100.0 75.1 (0.67) 17.1 (0.62) 4.2 (0.28) 1.3 (0.18) 2.3 (0.23)

Small MSA. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.0 74.5 (1.04) 17.8 (0.89) 5.2 (0.48) 1.2 (0.22) 1.3 (0.23)

Not in MSA ............................... 100.0 75.9 (1.34) 15.6 (1.04) 5.6 (0.64) 1.6 (0.37) *1.2 (0.47)

Region

Northeast ................................ 100.0 79.9 (1.15) 15.2 (1.03) 2.2 (0.53) *0.4 (0.19) 2.3 (0.44)

Midwest ................................. 100.0 74.2 (1.23) 19.7 (1.11) 4.1 (0.46) 1.0 (0.23) 1.2 (0.23)

South ................................... 100.0 76.8 (0.83) 15.2 (0.69) 4.9 (0.41) 1.4 (0.23) 1.7 (0.24)

West ................................... 100.0 70.2 (1.04) 18.6 (0.91) 6.7 (0.47) 2.1 (0.31) 2.3 (0.39)

Current health status

Excellent or very good ........................ 100.0 74.8 (0.58) 17.8 (0.51) 4.5 (0.25) 1.2 (0.14) 1.6 (0.16)

Good ................................... 100.0 74.0 (1.27) 15.1 (1.00) 6.2 (0.73) 2.0 (0.39) 2.6 (0.46)

Fair or poor ............................... 100.0 88.6 (2.22) 7.6 (1.93) † † *2.1 (0.88)

† Estimates with a relative standard error greater than 50% are indicated with a dagger, but are not shown.

* Estimates preceded by an asterisk have a relative standard error greater than 30% and less than or equal to 50% and should be used with caution as they do not meet standards of reliability or

precision.

– Quantity zero.

1

Based on the question, ‘‘About how long has it been since anyone in the family last saw or talked to a doctor or other health care professional about [child’s name]’s health? Include doctors seen 

while [he/she] was a patient in a hospital.’’ 

2

This category includes a small number of children who have never seen a doctor. 

3

Unknowns for the column variables are not included in the denominators when calculating percentages. 

4

Includes other races not shown separately and children with unknown family structure, parent’s education, family income, poverty status, health insurance, or current health status. Additionally, 

percentages may not add to totals because of rounding 

5

In accordance with the 1997 standards for federal data on race and Hispanic or Latino origin (see Appendix II), the category ‘‘One race’’ refers to persons who indicated only a single race group. 

Persons who indicated a single race other than the groups shown are included in the total for ‘‘One race’’ but are not shown separately due to small sample sizes. Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin 

may be of any race or combination of races. 

6

Refers to all persons who indicated more than one race group. Only two combinations of multiple race groups are shown due to small sample sizes for other combinations. 

7

Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin may be of any race or combination of races. Similarly, the category ‘‘Not Hispanic or Latino’’ refers to all persons who are not of Hispanic or Latino origin, 

regardless of race. The tables in this report use the current (1997) Office of Management and Budget race and Hispanic origin terms, and the text uses shorter versions of these terms for conciseness. 

For example, the category ‘‘Not Hispanic or Latino black or African American, single race’’ in the tables is referred to as ‘‘non-Hispanic black’’ in the text. 

8

Refers to parents living in the household. ‘‘Mother and father’’ can include biological, adoptive, step, in-law, or foster relationships. Legal guardians are classified in ‘‘Neither mother nor father.’’ 

9

Refers to the education level of the parent with the higher level of education, regardless of that parent’s age. 

10GED is General Educational Development high school equivalency diploma. 

11The categories ‘‘Less than $35,000’’ and ‘‘$35,000 or more’’ include both persons reporting dollar amounts and persons reporting only that their incomes were within one of these two categories (see 

Appendix I). The indented categories include only those persons who reported dollar amounts. Because of the different income questions used in 2007, income estimates may not be comparable with 

those from earlier years. 

12Based on family income and family size using the U.S. Census Bureau’s poverty thresholds for the previous calendar year. ‘‘Poor’’ persons are defined as below the poverty threshold. ‘‘Near poor’’ 

persons have incomes of 100% to less than 200% of the poverty threshold. ‘‘Not poor’’ persons have incomes that are 200% of the poverty threshold or greater. Because of the different income 

questions used in 2007, poverty ratio estimates may not be comparable with those from earlier years. 

13Classification of health insurance coverage is based on a hierarchy of mutually exclusive categories. Persons with more than one type of health insurance were assigned to the first appropriate 

category in the hierarchy. Persons under age 65 years and those aged 65 years and over were classified separately due to the predominance of Medicare coverage in the older population. The 

category ‘‘Private’’ includes persons who had any type of private coverage either alone or in combination with other coverage. For example, for persons aged 65 years and over, ‘‘Private’’ includes 

persons with only private or private in combination with Medicare. The category ‘‘Uninsured’’ includes persons who had no coverage as well as those who had only Indian Health Service coverage or 

had only a private plan that paid for one type of service such as accidents or dental care (see Appendix II). 

14MSA is metropolitan statistical area. Large MSAs have a population size of 1 million or more; small MSAs have a population size of less than 1 million. ‘‘Not in MSA’’ consists of persons not living in 

a metropolitan statistical area. 

NOTE: Estimates are based on household interviews of a sample of the civilian noninstitutionalized population.

SOURCE: CDC/NCHS, National Health Interview Survey, 2010.
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Table XIII. Frequencies and percentages (with standard errors) of selected measures of health care access for children under age 18 years,

by selected characteristics: United States, 2010

Selected characteristic

All

children

under age

18 years

Uninsured

for health

care1

Selected measures of health care access

Unmet

medical

need2

Delayed

care due

to cost3

Uninsured

for health

care1

Unmet

medical

need2

Delayed

care due

to cost3

Number in thousands4 Percent5 (standard error)

Total6 (crude) ..............................

Total6 (age-adjusted) .........................

74,625

74,625

5,791

5,791

1,581

1,581

2,938

2,938

7.8 (0.30)

7.8 (0.30)

2.1 (0.13)

2.1 (0.13)

3.9 (0.19)

4.0 (0.20)

Sex

Male ...................................

Female . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

38,134

36,491

3,037

2,754

849

732

1,506

1,432

8.0 (0.37)

7.6 (0.34)

2.2 (0.18)

2.0 (0.16)

4.0 (0.24)

3.9 (0.25)

Age

0–4 years ................................

5–11 years................................

12–17 years ...............................

21,485

28,972

24,168

1,324

2,102

2,364

325

602

654

659

1,164

1,115

6.2 (0.45)

7.3 (0.40)

9.8 (0.45)

1.5 (0.17)

2.1 (0.19)

2.7 (0.23)

3.1 (0.26)

4.0 (0.28)

4.6 (0.31)

Race

One race7 ................................

White. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Black or African American . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

American Indian or Alaska Native ................

Asian. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander ...........

Two or more races8 ..........................

Black or African American and white ..............

American Indian or Alaska Native and white..........

71,622

56,223

11,085

772

3,374

168

3,003

1,306

497

5,591

4,391

698

†

271

†

199

95

*44

1,528

1,172

294

†

41

†

53

*29

†

2,802

2,274

391

†

76

†

136

78

†

7.8 (0.31)

7.8 (0.32)

6.4 (0.62)

*27.7 (9.66)

8.1 (1.01)

†

6.7 (1.17)

7.3 (2.05)

*8.9 (2.93)

2.1 (0.14)

2.1 (0.15)

2.7 (0.35)

†

1.2 (0.33)

†

1.8 (0.43)

*2.2 (0.76)

†

3.9 (0.20)

4.0 (0.23)

3.5 (0.40)

†

2.3 (0.46)

†

4.5 (0.87)

5.9 (1.62)

†

Hispanic or Latino origin9 and race

Hispanic or Latino ...........................

Mexican or Mexican American . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Not Hispanic or Latino.........................

White, single race . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Black or African American, single race .............

17,166

11,629

57,459

40,804

10,480

2,221

1,704

3,570

2,340

663

444

329

1,136

749

285

787

562

2,151

1,543

374

13.0 (0.65)

14.7 (0.84)

6.2 (0.34)

5.8 (0.34)

6.4 (0.65)

2.6 (0.27)

2.8 (0.35)

2.0 (0.15)

1.8 (0.18)

2.7 (0.37)

4.6 (0.39)

4.8 (0.49)

3.7 (0.22)

3.8 (0.27)

3.6 (0.42)

Family structure10

Mother and father ...........................

Mother, no father . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Father, no mother ...........................

Neither mother nor father. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

51,483

17,915

2,745

2,482

3,744

1,426

317

303

957

488

89

*47

1,873

862

118

86

7.3 (0.37)

8.0 (0.51)

11.6 (1.47)

12.4 (1.58)

1.9 (0.16)

2.7 (0.26)

3.2 (0.87)

*1.9 (0.65)

3.6 (0.23)

4.8 (0.37)

4.3 (0.98)

3.5 (0.83)

Parent’s education11

Less than high school diploma ...................

High school diploma or GED12 ...................

More than high school.........................

9,348

14,745

47,454

1,383

1,649

2,385

243

409

880

351

630

1,870

14.8 (1.26)

11.2 (0.73)

5.0 (0.27)

2.6 (0.38)

2.8 (0.34)

1.9 (0.16)

3.8 (0.44)

4.3 (0.43)

3.9 (0.25)

Family income13

Less than $35,000 ...........................

$35,000 or more ............................

$35,000–$49,999 ..........................

$50,000–$74,999 ..........................

$75,000–$99,999 ..........................

$100,000 or more ..........................

23,698

45,422

9,210

12,151

8,492

15,570

2,688

2,709

1,065

963

354

327

641

874

327

315

117

116

1,058

1,743

595

611

241

295

11.4 (0.68)

6.0 (0.31)

11.6 (0.86)

8.0 (0.70)

4.2 (0.65)

2.1 (0.31)

2.7 (0.24)

1.9 (0.18)

3.5 (0.49)

2.6 (0.43)

1.4 (0.35)

0.7 (0.18)

4.5 (0.33)

3.8 (0.25)

6.5 (0.68)

5.0 (0.55)

2.8 (0.49)

1.9 (0.31)

Poverty status14

Poor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Near poor ................................

Not poor .................................

15,355

15,119

37,335

1,576

1,914

1,723

342

564

552

540

999

1,181

10.3 (0.93)

12.7 (0.75)

4.6 (0.30)

2.2 (0.27)

3.7 (0.39)

1.5 (0.16)

3.5 (0.36)

6.6 (0.54)

3.2 (0.25)

Health insurance coverage15

Private . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Medicaid or other public .......................

Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Uninsured ................................

40,184

26,156

2,131

5,791

–

–

–

5,791

419

374

†

764

1,175

557

†

1,172

–

–

–

100.0 (0.00)

1.0 (0.12)

1.4 (0.17)

†

13.2 (1.13)

2.9 (0.24)

2.1 (0.22)

†

20.3 (1.48)

Place of residence16

Large MSA ...............................

Small MSA. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Not in MSA ...............................

40,084

23,248

11,293

3,035

1,788

968

929

451

201

1,697

909

332

7.6 (0.37)

7.7 (0.66)

8.6 (0.83)

2.3 (0.19)

1.9 (0.24)

1.8 (0.30)

4.2 (0.27)

3.9 (0.37)

2.9 (0.42)

See footnotes at end of table.
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Table XIII. Frequencies and percentages (with standard errors) of selected measures of health care access for children under age 18 years,

by selected characteristics: United States, 2010—Con.

Selected measures of health care access

All

children Uninsured Unmet Delayed Uninsured Unmet Delayed

under age for health medical care due for health medical care due

Selected characteristic 18 years care1 need2 to cost3 care1 need2 to cost3

Region Number in thousands4 Percent5 (standard error)

Northeast ................................ 11,620 509 148 314 4.4 (0.55) 1.3 (0.24) 2.7 (0.38)

Midwest ................................. 17,472 859 253 535 4.9 (0.43) 1.5 (0.22) 3.1 (0.36)

South ................................... 26,939 2,591 691 1,225 9.7 (0.52) 2.6 (0.24) 4.6 (0.34)

West ................................... 18,594 1,831 488 863 9.9 (0.77) 2.6 (0.31) 4.6 (0.43)

Current health status

Excellent or very good ........................ 61,275 4,538 1,074 2,115 7.4 (0.33) 1.8 (0.13) 3.5 (0.19)

Good ................................... 11,822 1,147 426 701 9.8 (0.71) 3.6 (0.43) 5.9 (0.56)

Fair or poor ............................... 1,504 105 81 122 7.0 (1.32) 5.4 (1.10) 8.1 (1.57)

† Estimates with a relative standard error greater than 50% are indicated with a dagger, but are not shown. 

* Estimates preceded by an asterisk have a relative standard error greater than 30% and less than or equal to 50% and should be used with caution as they do not meet standards of reliability or 

precision. 

– Quantity zero. 

1

Based on the following question in the family core section of the survey: ‘‘[Are you/Is anyone] covered by health insurance or some other kind of health care plan?’’ 

2

Based on the following question in the family core section of the survey: ‘‘DURING THE PAST 12 MONTHS, was there any time when [you/someone in the family] needed medical care, but did not 

get it because [you/the family] couldn’t afford it?’’ 

3

Based on the following question in the family core section of the survey: ‘‘DURING THE PAST 12 MONTHS, [have/has] [you/anyone in the family] delayed seeking medical care because of worry 

about the cost?’’ 

4

Unknowns for the columns are not included in the frequencies (see Appendix I), but they are included in the ‘‘All children under age 18 years’’ column. 

5

Unknowns for the column variables are not included in the denominators when calculating percentages. 

6

Includes other races not shown separately and children with unknown family structure, parent’s education, family income, poverty status, health insurance, or current health status. Additionally, 

numbers within selected characteristics may not add to totals because of rounding. 

7

In accordance with the 1997 standards for federal data on race and Hispanic or Latino origin (see Appendix II), the category ‘‘One race’’ refers to persons who indicated only a single race group. 

Persons who indicated a single race other than the groups shown are included in the total for ‘‘One race’’ but are not shown separately due to small sample sizes. Therefore, the frequencies for the 

category ‘‘One race’’ will be greater than the sum of the frequencies for the specific groups shown separately. Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin may be of any race or combination of races. 

8

Refers to all persons who indicated more than one race group. Only two combinations of multiple race groups are shown due to small sample sizes for other combinations. Therefore, the frequencies 

for the category ‘‘2 or more races’’ will be greater than the sum of the frequencies for the specific combinations shown separately. 

9

Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin may be of any race or combination of races. Similarly, the category ‘‘Not Hispanic or Latino’’ refers to all persons who are not of Hispanic or Latino origin, 

regardless of race. The tables in this report use the current (1997) Office of Management and Budget race and Hispanic origin terms, and the text uses shorter versions of these terms for 

conciseness. For example, the category ‘‘Not Hispanic or Latino black or African American, single race’’ in the tables is referred to as ‘‘non-Hispanic black’’ in the text. 

10Refers to parents living in the household. ‘‘Mother and father’’ can include biological, adoptive, step, in-law, or foster relationships. Legal guardians are classified in ‘‘Neither mother nor father. 

11Refers to the education level of the parent with the higher level of education, regardless of that parent’s age. 

12GED is General Educational Development high school equivalency diploma. 

13The categories ‘‘Less than $35,000’’ and ‘‘$35,000 or more’’ include both persons reporting dollar amounts and persons reporting only that their incomes were within one of these two categories (see 

Appendix I). The indented categories include only those persons who reported dollar amounts. Because of the different income questions used in 2007, income estimates may not be comparable with 

those from earlier years. 

14Based on family income and family size using the U.S. Census Bureau’s poverty thresholds for the previous calendar year. ‘‘Poor’’ persons are defined as below the poverty threshold. ‘‘Near poor’’ 

persons have incomes of 100% to less than 200% of the poverty threshold. ‘‘Not poor’’ persons have incomes that are 200% of the poverty threshold or greater. Because of the different income 

questions used in 2007, poverty ratio estimates may not be comparable with those from earlier years. 

15Classification of health insurance coverage is based on a hierarchy of mutually exclusive categories. Persons with more than one type of health insurance were assigned to the first appropriate 

category in the hierarchy. Persons under age 65 years and those aged 65 years and over were classified separately due to the predominance of Medicare coverage in the older population. The 

category ‘‘Private’’ includes persons who had any type of private coverage either alone or in combination with other coverage. For example, for persons aged 65 years and over, ‘‘Private’’ includes 

persons with only private or private in combination with Medicare. The category ‘‘Uninsured’’ includes persons who had no coverage as well as those who had only Indian Health Service coverage or 

had only a private plan that paid for one type of service such as accidents or dental care (see Appendix II). 

16MSA is metropolitan statistical area. Large MSAs have a population size of 1 million or more; small MSAs have a population size of less than 1 million. ‘‘Not in MSA’’ consists of persons not living in 

a metropolitan statistical area. 

NOTES: Estimates are based on household interviews of a sample of the civilian noninstitutionalized population. This table differs from most other detailed tables in this report in that the estimates 

were based on responses about all children in the family, not only the sample child. These data came from the Person File and were weighted using the Person weight. The estimates of ‘‘All children 

under age 18 years’’ in this table differ slightly from estimates of ‘‘All children under age 18 years’’ in the other detailed tables that were based on the Sample Child File and were weighted using the 

Sample Child weight. 

SOURCE: CDC/NCHS, National Health Interview Survey, 2010.
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Table XIV. Frequencies and percentages (with standard errors) of emergency room visits in the past 12 months for children under age 18

years, by selected characteristics: United States, 2010

Selected characteristic

All

children

under age

18 years None One

Emergency room visits in the past 12 months1

Two

or more None One

Two

or more

Number in thousands2 Percent3 (standard error)

Total4 (crude) ..............................

Total4 (age-adjusted) .........................

74,626

74,626

57,824

57,824

10,165

10,165

6,266

6,266

77.9

78.0

(0.51)

(0.50)

13.7 (0.39)

13.6 (0.38)

8.4 (0.36)

8.4 (0.35)

Sex

Male ...................................

Female . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

38,135

36,491

29,087

28,737

5,584

4,581

3,234

3,032

76.7

79.1

(0.68)

(0.73)

14.7 (0.56)

12.6 (0.54)

8.5 (0.47)

8.3 (0.51)

Age

0–4 years ................................

5–11 years................................

12–17 years ...............................

21,414

28,666

24,546

15,299

22,740

19,785

3,642

3,726

2,797

2,347

2,070

1,849

71.9

79.7

81.0

(0.94)

(0.78)

(0.81)

17.1 (0.79)

13.1 (0.63)

11.4 (0.64)

11.0 (0.66)

7.3 (0.52)

7.6 (0.54)

Race

One race5 ................................

White. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Black or African American . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

American Indian or Alaska Native ................

Asian. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander ...........

Two or more races6 ..........................

Black or African American and white ..............

American Indian or Alaska Native and white..........

71,490

56,170

11,030

768

3,354

168

3,136

1,373

473

55,557

44,059

7,915

607

2,848

129

2,267

901

338

9,639

7,617

1,642

*114

259

†

527

263

*85

5,946

4,242

1,379

*47

245

†

320

187

*50

78.1 (0.51)

78.8 (0.57)

72.4 (1.28)

79.1 (3.84)

85.0 (1.70)

76.4 (18.21)

72.8 (2.40)

66.7 (3.81)

71.6 (6.74)

13.5 (0.39)

13.6 (0.45)

15.0 (0.96)

14.9 (3.58)

7.7 (1.16)

†

16.9 (2.12)

19.4 (3.17)

*17.9 (6.47)

8.4 (0.36)

7.6 (0.40)

12.6 (0.97)

*6.1 (2.46)

7.3 (1.36)

†

10.3 (1.69)

13.9 (3.12)

*10.5 (3.45)

Hispanic or Latino origin7 and race

Hispanic or Latino ...........................

Mexican or Mexican American . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Not Hispanic or Latino.........................

White, single race . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Black or African American, single race .............

17,167

11,590

57,460

40,766

10,430

13,062

9,144

44,762

32,288

7,531

2,582

1,591

7,584

5,293

1,544

1,464

828

4,802

2,981

1,270

76.4

79.1

78.3

79.6

72.8

(0.88)

(1.01)

(0.60)

(0.71)

(1.32)

15.1 (0.72)

13.8 (0.84)

13.3 (0.46)

13.0 (0.56)

14.9 (0.98)

8.6 (0.60)

7.2 (0.68)

8.4 (0.42)

7.4 (0.49)

12.3 (0.99)

Family structure8

Mother and father ...........................

Mother, no father . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Father, no mother ...........................

Neither mother nor father. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

51,329

18,026

2,835

2,436

40,998

12,780

2,174

1,872

6,441

2,879

517

327

3,735

2,231

97

203

80.1

71.4

78.0

77.9

(0.59)

(1.08)

(2.35)

(2.61)

12.6 (0.46)

16.1 (0.87)

18.5 (2.27)

13.6 (2.11)

7.3 (0.40)

12.5 (0.77)

3.5 (0.96)

8.5 (1.83)

Parent’s education9

Less than high school diploma ...................

High school diploma or GED10 ...................

More than high school.........................

9,301

14,750

47,913

6,839

10,591

38,318

1,484

2,377

5,972

943

1,655

3,460

73.8

72.4

80.2

(1.45)

(1.28)

(0.59)

16.0 (1.21)

16.3 (0.99)

12.5 (0.45)

10.2 (0.96)

11.3 (0.92)

7.2 (0.40)

Family income11

Less than $35,000 ...........................

$35,000 or more ............................

$35,000–$49,999 ..........................

$50,000–$74,999 ..........................

$75,000–$99,999 ..........................

$100,000 or more ..........................

24,323

47,072

9,438

12,473

8,919

16,241

16,972

38,184

7,157

10,065

7,318

13,644

4,235

5,644

1,336

1,600

1,000

1,709

2,975

3,050

897

763

558

832

70.2

81.5

76.2

81.0

82.5

84.3

(0.94)

(0.59)

(1.37)

(1.15)

(1.33)

(0.92)

17.5 (0.74)

12.0 (0.48)

14.2 (1.13)

12.9 (0.97)

11.3 (1.09)

10.6 (0.78)

12.3 (0.70)

6.5 (0.39)

9.6 (0.98)

6.1 (0.71)

6.3 (0.85)

5.1 (0.58)

Poverty status12

Poor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Near poor ................................

Not poor .................................

15,701

15,562

38,768

10,792

11,483

31,978

2,739

2,447

4,470

2,091

1,542

2,169

69.1

74.2

82.8

(1.29)

(1.16)

(0.60)

17.5 (1.04)

15.8 (0.94)

11.6 (0.51)

13.4 (0.95)

10.0 (0.79)

5.6 (0.36)

Health insurance coverage13

Private . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Medicaid or other public .......................

Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Uninsured ................................

40,015

26,404

2,140

5,877

33,059

18,367

1,565

4,704

4,607

4,498

354

666

2,197

3,371

211

467

82.9

70.0

73.5

80.6

(0.61)

(0.99)

(2.82)

(1.63)

11.6 (0.51)

17.1 (0.75)

16.6 (2.30)

11.4 (1.29)

5.5 (0.39)

12.8 (0.70)

9.9 (2.16)

8.0 (1.07)

See footnotes at end of table.
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Table XIV. Frequencies and percentages (with standard errors) of emergency room visits in the past 12 months for children under age 18

years, by selected characteristics: United States, 2010—Con.

All Emergency room visits in the past 12 months1

children

under age Two Two

Selected characteristic 18 years None One or more None One or more

Place of residence14 Number in thousands2 Percent3 (standard error)

Large MSA ............................... 40,071 31,334 5,335 3,147 78.7 (0.67) 13.4 (0.55) 7.9 (0.44)

Small MSA. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23,245 17,972 3,156 2,070 77.5 (0.96) 13.6 (0.64) 8.9 (0.72)

Not in MSA ............................... 11,310 8,518 1,674 1,049 75.8 (1.37) 14.9 (1.08) 9.3 (0.93)

Region

Northeast ................................ 11,610 8,968 1,674 903 77.7 (1.19) 14.5 (1.02) 7.8 (0.77)

Midwest ................................. 17,664 13,435 2,499 1,592 76.7 (1.18) 14.3 (0.87) 9.1 (0.79)

South ................................... 26,791 20,432 3,794 2,437 76.6 (0.87) 14.2 (0.64) 9.1 (0.62)

West ................................... 18,561 14,989 2,199 1,334 80.9 (0.87) 11.9 (0.68) 7.2 (0.68)

Current health status

Excellent or very good ........................ 61,019 48,589 7,976 4,158 80.0 (0.53) 13.1 (0.41) 6.8 (0.35)

Good ................................... 11,915 8,438 1,916 1,504 71.2 (1.48) 16.2 (1.15) 12.7 (1.02)

Fair or poor ............................... 1,692 797 274 604 47.6 (3.91) 16.4 (2.85) 36.1 (3.84)

* Estimates preceded by an asterisk have a relative standard error greater than 30% and less than or equal to 50% and should be used with caution as they do not meet standards of reliability or

precision.

† Estimates with a relative standard error greater than 50% are indicated with a dagger, but are not shown.

1

Based on the following question in the sample child core section of the survey: ‘‘DURING THE PAST 12 MONTHS, how many times has [child’s name] gone to a hospital emergency room about 

[his/her] health? (This includes emergency room visits that resulted in a hospital admission.)’’ 

2

Unknowns for the columns are not included in the frequencies (see Appendix I), but they are included in the ‘‘All children under age 18 years’’ column. 

3

Unknowns for the column variables are not included in the denominators when calculating percentages. 

4

Includes other races not shown separately and children with unknown family structure, parent’s education, family income, poverty status, health insurance, or current health status. Additionally, 

percentages may not add to totals because of rounding. 

5

In accordance with the 1997 standards for federal data on race and Hispanic or Latino origin (see Appendix II), the category ‘‘One race’’ refers to persons who indicated only a single race group. 

Persons who indicated a single race other than the groups shown are included in the total for ‘‘One race’’ but are not shown separately due to small sample sizes. Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin 

may be of any race or combination of races. 

6

Refers to all persons who indicated more than one race group. Only two combinations of multiple race groups are shown due to small sample sizes for other combinations. 

7

Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin may be of any race or combination of races. Similarly, the category ‘‘Not Hispanic or Latino’’ refers to all persons who are not of Hispanic or Latino origin, 

regardless of race. The tables in this report use the current (1997) Office of Management and Budget race and Hispanic origin terms, and the text uses shorter versions of these terms for conciseness. 

For example, the category ‘‘Not Hispanic or Latino black or African American, single race’’ in the tables is referred to as ‘‘non-Hispanic black’’ in the text. 

8

Refers to parents living in the household. ‘‘Mother and father’’ can include biological, adoptive, step, in-law, or foster relationships. Legal guardians are classified in ‘‘Neither mother nor father.’’ 

9

Refers to the education level of the parent with the higher level of education, regardless of that parent’s age. 

10GED is General Educational Development high school equivalency diploma. 

11The categories ‘‘Less than $35,000’’ and ‘‘$35,000 or more’’ include both persons reporting dollar amounts and persons reporting only that their incomes were within one of these two categories (see 

Appendix I). The indented categories include only those persons who reported dollar amounts. Because of the different income questions used in 2007, income estimates may not be comparable with 

those from earlier years. 

12Based on family income and family size using the U.S. Census Bureau’s poverty thresholds for the previous calendar year. ‘‘Poor’’ persons are defined as below the poverty threshold. ‘‘Near poor’’ 

persons have incomes of 100% to less than 200% of the poverty threshold. ‘‘Not poor’’ persons have incomes that are 200% of the poverty threshold or greater. Because of the different income 

questions used in 2007, poverty ratio estimates may not be comparable with those from earlier years. 

13Classification of health insurance coverage is based on a hierarchy of mutually exclusive categories. Persons with more than one type of health insurance were assigned to the first appropriate 

category in the hierarchy. Persons under age 65 years and those aged 65 years and over were classified separately due to the predominance of Medicare coverage in the older population. The 

category ‘‘Private’’ includes persons who had any type of private coverage either alone or in combination with other coverage. For example, for persons aged 65 years and over, ‘‘Private’’ includes 

persons with only private or private in combination with Medicare. The category ‘‘Uninsured’’ includes persons who had no coverage as well as those who had only Indian Health Service coverage or 

had only a private plan that paid for one type of service such as accidents or dental care (see Appendix II). 

14MSA is metropolitan statistical area. Large MSAs have a population size of 1 million or more; small MSAs have a population size of less than 1 million. ‘‘Not in MSA’’ consists of persons not living in 

a metropolitan statistical area. 

NOTE: Estimates are based on household interviews of a sample of the civilian noninstitutionalized population.

SOURCE: CDC/NCHS, National Health Interview Survey, 2010.
h standard errors) of unmet dental need in the past 12 months and percent distributions (with standard errors) of length of time since last

years, by selected characteristics: United States, 2010

Unmet dental need1 Time since last dental visit2

All

children aged

2–17 years Yes No

All

children aged

2–17 years

6 months

or less

More than 6

months but not

more than 1 year

More than 1

year but not

more than 2 years

More than 2

years but not

more than 5 years

More than

5 years3

Percent distribution4 (standard error)

........... 100.0 6.6 (0.30) 93.4 (0.30) 100.0 62.0 (0.68) 16.9 (0.48) 7.1 (0.32) 2.7 (0.19) 11.3 (0.42)

........... 100.0 6.6 (0.31) 93.4 (0.31) 100.0 62.4 (0.64) 17.0 (0.48) 7.1 (0.32) 2.8 (0.19) 10.7 (0.32)

........... 100.0 6.4 (0.39) 93.6 (0.39) 100.0 61.0 (0.88) 17.3 (0.65) 7.3 (0.43) 3.1 (0.27) 11.4 (0.57)

........... 100.0 6.8 (0.43) 93.2 (0.43) 100.0 63.0 (0.91) 16.5 (0.67) 6.8 (0.45) 2.4 (0.26) 11.2 (0.56)

........... 100.0 4.0 (0.61) 96.0 (0.61) 100.0 40.5 (1.36) 11.8 (0.86) 2.8 (0.45) *0.9 (0.26) 44.1 (1.40)

........... 100.0 6.5 (0.47) 93.5 (0.47) 100.0 68.3 (0.96) 18.2 (0.77) 7.2 (0.50) 2.0 (0.26) 4.3 (0.39)

........... 100.0 8.0 (0.50) 92.0 (0.50) 100.0 66.0 (0.97) 18.1 (0.76) 9.2 (0.56) 4.6 (0.39) 2.2 (0.25)

........... 100.0 6.5 (0.30) 93.5 (0.30) 100.0 62.1 (0.68) 16.8 (0.48) 7.1 (0.33) 2.7 (0.19) 11.2 (0.43)

. . . . . . . . . . . 100.0 6.6 (0.36) 93.4 (0.36) 100.0 63.7 (0.77) 15.5 (0.54) 6.8 (0.37) 2.6 (0.21) 11.4 (0.50)

........... 100.0 6.7 (0.70) 93.3 (0.70) 100.0 54.9 (1.51) 24.1 (1.24) 8.6 (0.87) 2.9 (0.51) 9.6 (0.89)

........... 100.0 *4.5 (2.11) 95.5 (2.11) 100.0 54.8 (6.74) 18.5 (4.89) *12.3 (5.29) † *10.7 (4.16)

. . . . . . . . . . . 100.0 5.1 (1.00) 94.9 (1.00) 100.0 61.1 (2.44) 13.7 (1.48) 6.8 (1.41) 3.6 (0.98) 14.7 (1.70)

........... 100.0 † 92.1 (5.96) 100.0 *47.4 (19.36) *43.7 (19.70) † † †

........... 100.0 7.7 (1.53) 92.3 (1.53) 100.0 59.0 (2.80) 19.0 (2.23) 6.3 (1.35) *2.9 (0.88) 12.9 (1.82)

........... 100.0 8.7 (2.17) 91.3 (2.17) 100.0 55.2 (4.45) 23.3 (3.98) 5.5 (1.55) *2.2 (1.04) 13.9 (2.88)

e .......... 100.0 † 90.6 (5.03) 100.0 54.1 (7.37) *15.9 (4.99) *17.9 (6.46) † †

race

........... 100.0 9.4 (0.62) 90.6 (0.62) 100.0 56.1 (1.17) 18.6 (0.90) 8.7 (0.67) 3.6 (0.42) 13.0 (0.77)

........... 100.0 9.8 (0.76) 90.2 (0.76) 100.0 55.6 (1.46) 19.3 (1.13) 8.7 (0.83) 3.9 (0.55) 12.4 (0.92)

........... 100.0 5.7 (0.34) 94.3 (0.34) 100.0 63.7 (0.80) 16.4 (0.56) 6.6 (0.36) 2.5 (0.21) 10.8 (0.50)

........... 100.0 5.6 (0.42) 94.4 (0.42) 100.0 66.6 (0.94) 14.3 (0.66) 6.0 (0.43) 2.3 (0.25) 10.8 (0.63)

. . . ........ 100.0 6.3 (0.70) 93.7 (0.70) 100.0 54.9 (1.59) 24.3 (1.30) 8.3 (0.88) 2.8 (0.53) 9.6 (0.92)

........... 100.0 5.7 (0.36) 94.3 (0.36) 100.0 64.7 (0.81) 15.1 (0.56) 6.1 (0.37) 2.2 (0.20) 12.0 (0.55)

........... 100.0 8.8 (0.65) 91.2 (0.65) 100.0 55.9 (1.22) 21.4 (1.02) 8.6 (0.66) 3.7 (0.43) 10.3 (0.65)

........... 100.0 8.3 (1.73) 91.7 (1.73) 100.0 58.2 (2.96) 18.7 (2.16) 11.2 (1.94) 4.7 (1.24) 7.3 (1.20)

. . . . . . . . . . . 100.0 5.2 (1.14) 94.8 (1.14) 100.0 55.6 (3.26) 19.7 (2.57) 10.6 (1.93) *5.1 (1.58) 8.9 (1.89)

........... 100.0 11.0 (0.97) 89.0 (0.97) 100.0 50.1 (1.68) 20.9 (1.42) 9.9 (0.96) 5.0 (0.71) 14.2 (1.22)

........... 100.0 6.7 (0.65) 93.3 (0.65) 100.0 52.9 (1.48) 21.1 (1.22) 9.1 (0.83) 3.4 (0.49) 13.5 (0.93)

........... 100.0 5.8 (0.37) 94.2 (0.37) 100.0 67.4 (0.79) 14.8 (0.57) 5.6 (0.35) 2.0 (0.20) 10.2 (0.50)

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h standard errors) of unmet dental need in the past 12 months and percent distributions (with standard errors) of length of time since last

years, by selected characteristics: United States, 2010—Con.

Unmet dental need1 Time since last dental visit2

All All More than 6 More than 1 More than 2

children aged children aged 6 months months but not year but not years but not More than

2–17 years Yes No 2–17 years or less more than 1 year more than 2 years more than 5 years 5 years3

Percent distribution4 (standard error)

........... 100.0 9.1 (0.59) 90.9 (0.59) 100.0 52.9 (1.19) 20.6 (0.88) 9.6 (0.63) 3.5 (0.38) 13.4 (0.71)

........... 100.0 5.5 (0.35) 94.5 (0.35) 100.0 66.6 (0.78) 14.9 (0.59) 5.8 (0.38) 2.3 (0.22) 10.4 (0.51)

........... 100.0 9.8 (0.95) 90.2 (0.95) 100.0 55.2 (1.68) 18.0 (1.20) 7.1 (0.84) 4.8 (0.72) 15.0 (1.28)

........... 100.0 8.2 (0.87) 91.8 (0.87) 100.0 59.4 (1.54) 19.2 (1.24) 7.3 (0.79) 3.1 (0.51) 10.9 (1.01)

........... 100.0 3.9 (0.68) 96.1 (0.68) 100.0 70.0 (1.69) 11.3 (1.15) 6.6 (0.98) 1.8 (0.43) 10.3 (1.18)

........... 100.0 1.9 (0.38) 98.1 (0.38) 100.0 76.4 (1.14) 11.9 (0.86) 3.6 (0.49) *0.6 (0.19) 7.4 (0.70)

. . . . . . . . . . . 100.0 8.2 (0.72) 91.8 (0.72) 100.0 52.2 (1.50) 21.0 (1.14) 9.8 (0.85) 3.6 (0.48) 13.5 (1.01)

........... 100.0 10.3 (0.74) 89.7 (0.74) 100.0 54.1 (1.37) 20.2 (1.12) 8.3 (0.73) 4.2 (0.54) 13.3 (0.89)

........... 100.0 4.4 (0.35) 95.6 (0.35) 100.0 69.6 (0.82) 13.9 (0.60) 5.4 (0.40) 1.6 (0.19) 9.4 (0.52)

4

........... 100.0 4.1 (0.35) 95.9 (0.35) 100.0 69.0 (0.83) 14.1 (0.59) 5.4 (0.38) 1.6 (0.20) 9.8 (0.54)

........... 100.0 5.8 (0.49) 94.2 (0.49) 100.0 57.8 (1.11) 20.5 (0.88) 7.6 (0.56) 2.5 (0.32) 11.7 (0.68)

. . . . . . . . . . . 100.0 6.8 (1.72) 93.2 (1.72) 100.0 63.9 (3.76) 16.1 (2.64) *5.1 (1.62) *3.9 (1.66) 11.1 (2.46)

........... 100.0 26.6 (1.90) 73.4 (1.90) 100.0 30.9 (1.94) 21.1 (1.70) 16.8 (1.47) 11.3 (1.28) 19.9 (1.50)

........... 100.0 6.6 (0.40) 93.4 (0.40) 100.0 62.9 (0.84) 16.3 (0.60) 7.2 (0.42) 2.5 (0.24) 11.2 (0.53)

. . . . . . . . . . . 100.0 7.1 (0.60) 92.9 (0.60) 100.0 62.2 (1.28) 17.4 (0.88) 6.3 (0.57) 3.0 (0.37) 11.1 (0.77)

........... 100.0 5.3 (0.70) 94.7 (0.70) 100.0 58.3 (1.82) 18.1 (1.38) 8.0 (0.91) 3.2 (0.54) 12.3 (1.18)

........... 100.0 3.9 (0.61) 96.1 (0.61) 100.0 66.4 (1.64) 17.3 (1.13) 5.0 (0.59) 1.4 (0.35) 9.8 (0.96)

........... 100.0 5.4 (0.65) 94.6 (0.65) 100.0 64.3 (1.55) 16.4 (1.10) 5.8 (0.64) 2.2 (0.35) 11.3 (1.01)

. . . . . . . . . . . 100.0 7.6 (0.50) 92.4 (0.50) 100.0 60.5 (1.06) 16.9 (0.75) 7.4 (0.55) 3.4 (0.36) 11.8 (0.65)

........... 100.0 8.0 (0.64) 92.0 (0.64) 100.0 59.0 (1.38) 17.1 (0.95) 9.1 (0.72) 3.2 (0.40) 11.6 (0.79)

........... 100.0 5.6 (0.30) 94.4 (0.30) 100.0 63.2 (0.73) 16.6 (0.52) 6.5 (0.35) 2.4 (0.20) 11.3 (0.45)

. . . . . . . . . . . 100.0 10.7 (0.86) 89.3 (0.86) 100.0 56.5 (1.59) 18.4 (1.15) 9.5 (0.93) 4.3 (0.57) 11.3 (1.07)

........... 100.0 12.5 (2.41) 87.5 (2.41) 100.0 58.2 (3.92) 18.0 (3.06) 8.7 (2.03) *3.6 (1.35) 11.5 (2.44)

........... 100.0 100.0 (0.00) – 100.0 38.7 (2.23) 17.2 (1.70) 19.0 (1.69) 12.7 (1.60) 12.4 (1.70)

. . . . . . . . . . . 100.0 – 100.0 (0.00) 100.0 63.6 (0.70) 16.9 (0.49) 6.2 (0.31) 2.0 (0.17) 11.2 (0.43)

e standard error greater than 30% and less than or equal to 50% and should be used with caution as they do not meet standards of reliability or precision.

han 50% are indicated with a dagger, but are not shown.

MONTHS, was there any time when [child’s name] needed any of the following but didn’t get it because you couldn’t afford it: Dental care including (check-ups)?’’

en since anyone in the family last saw a dentist? Include all types of dentists, such as orthodontists, oral surgeons, and all other dental specialists, as well as dental hygienists.’’

een a dentist.

ed in the denominators when calculating percentages.

ildren with unknown family structure, parent’s education, family income, poverty status, health insurance, or current health status. Additionally, percentages may not add to totals because of rounding.

data on race and Hispanic or Latino origin (see Appendix II), the category ‘‘One race’’ refers to persons who indicated only a single race group. Persons who indicated a single race other than the groups

are not shown separately due to small sample sizes. Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin may be of any race or combination of races.

e race group. Only two combinations of multiple race groups are shown due to small sample sizes for other combinations.

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y race or combination of races. Similarly, the category ‘‘Not Hispanic or Latino’’ refers to all persons who are not of Hispanic or Latino origin, regardless of race. The tables in this report use the current

Hispanic origin terms, and the text uses shorter versions of these terms for conciseness. For example, the category ‘‘Not Hispanic or Latino black or African American, single race’’ in the tables is referred

and father’’ can include biological, adoptive, step, in-law, or foster relationships. Legal guardians are classified in ‘‘Neither mother nor father.’’

he higher level of education, regardless of that parent’s age.

chool equivalency diploma.

0 or more’’ include both persons reporting dollar amounts and persons reporting only that their incomes were within one of these two categories (see Appendix I). The indented categories include only those

the different income questions used in 2007, income estimates may not be comparable with those from earlier years.

e U.S. Census Bureau’s poverty thresholds for the previous calendar year. ‘‘Poor’’ persons are defined as below the poverty threshold. ‘‘Near poor’’ persons have incomes of 100% to less than 200% of the

es that are 200% of the poverty threshold or greater. Because of the different income questions used in 2007, poverty ratio estimates may not be comparable with those from earlier years.

sed on a hierarchy of mutually exclusive categories. Persons with more than one type of health insurance were assigned to the first appropriate category in the hierarchy. Persons under age 65 years and

rately due to the predominance of Medicare coverage in the older population. The category ‘‘Private’’ includes persons who had any type of private coverage either alone or in combination with other

and over, ‘‘Private’’ includes persons with only private or private in combination with Medicare. The category ‘‘Uninsured’’ includes persons who had no coverage as well as those who had only Indian

that paid for one type of service such as accidents or dental care (see Appendix II).

have a population size of 1 million or more; small MSAs have a population size of less than 1 million. ‘‘Not in MSA’’ consists of persons not living in a metropolitan statistical area.

ws of a sample of the civilian noninstitutionalized population.

Survey, 2010.

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