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Table 2 Medical and oral health status of US children 0-17 years old (N = 90,117) by race/ethnicity (2007 NSCH)

From: Trends in racial/ethnic disparities in medical and oral health, access to care, and use of services in US children: has anything changed over the years?

 

Mean or Proportion for Each Racial/Ethnic Group

 

Medical/Oral Health Status Measure

White N = 61377

Latino N = 11523

African-American N = 8873

Asian/Pacific Islander N = 2771

American Indians/Alaska Natives N = 1244

Multiracial N = 4329

P

Health statusa (%)

      

<.0001

Excellent

68.8

46.5

53.1

59.3

58.7

65.6

 

Very good

22.2

21.9

27.4

26.0

26.8

22.3

 

Good

7.3

23.6

15.2

11.7

10.8

9.7

 

Fair

1.4

7.2

3.9

2.6

3.0

2.1

 

Poor

0.3

0.9

0.5

0.3

0.7

0.4

 

BMIb class (%)

      

<.0001

Underweight

5.1

4.6

4.7

12.3

3.7

3.9

 

Normal

68.1

54.5

54.2

66.6

58.1

62.1

 

Overweightc

14.0

17.5

17.3

11.3

15.2

19.8

 

Obesed

12.9

23.4

23.8

9.9

23.0

14.3

 

Needs more medical care than others (%)

12.5

10.9

12.8

6.0

16.5

13.4

<.0001

Has limited abilities (%)

5.4

5.8

9.9

4.4

10.1

7.2

<.0001

Needs/gets special therapye (%)

7.2

6.7

7.9

3.8

9.0

7.0

.0008

Emotional, developmental, or behavioral problems needing treatment or counseling (%)

7.1

6.2

8.7

2.5

12.1

8.2

<.0001

Learning disability (%)

10.1

11.4

12.4

3.1

14.6

10.6

<0001

Asthma (%)

12.4

12.4

19.6

12.1

16.2

18.0

<0001

Hearing/vision problems (%)

4.7

4.6

3.4

2.9

5.3

5.0

.03

ADHD (%)

9.5

5.1

9.6

2.0

11.7

12.0

<.0001

Depression/anxiety (%)

6.8

5.8

5.2

1.7

10.7

8.8

.0001

Behavior problems (%)

4.0

3.7

7.7

1.9

9.4

4.4

<.0001

Bone/joint/muscle problems (%)

3.3

3.1

2.7

2.5

4.1

3.0

.45

Diabetes (%)

0.

0.4

0.6

0.2

1.2

0.4

.03

Developmental delay (%)

4.9

4.5

5.5

2.0

5.4

6.2

.01

Respiratory allergies (%)

18.6

10.9

16.8

11.5

14.7

19.3

<0001

Digestive allergies (%)

4.9

3.6

5.8

5.0

6.0

6.2

.02

Skin allergies (%)

11.5

9.5

18.6

10.7

10.1

15.4

<0001

Headaches (%)

5.5

4.1

6.2

2.7

8.2

6.4

.0013

Speech problems (%)

6.3

5.8

6.8

2.9

6.5

6.1

.12

≥ 3 ear infections in last 12 mos (%)

6.4

7.0

5.1

2.9

6.8

7.1

.0001

Teeth conditiona (%)

      

<.0001

Excellent

54.3

31.2

37.9

49.8

42.6

54.9

 

Very good

26.2

18.1

24.7

29.3

24.5

22.1

 

Good

15.2

31.1

28.2

20.7

25.6

18.2

 

Fair

3.6

16.4

7.2

8.2

5.2

4.2

 

Poor

0.8

3.2

2.1

2.0

2.1

0.7

 
  1. Data source: non-public data set of 2007 National Survey of Childhood Health.
  2. aBy parental report.
  3. bBMI = body mass index; cBMI = 85-94% for age and gender; dBMI ≥95% for age and gender.
  4. eIncludes physical, occupational, or speech therapy.