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HC4.A Oral Health: Percentage of children ages 2–17 with a dental visit in the past year, 1997–2006

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Characteristic 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
Ages 2–17
Total 72.7 73.5 72.6 74.1 73.3 74.2 75.0 76.4 76.2 75.7
Poverty statusa
Below 100% poverty 62.0 63.5 58.4 62.4 61.3 64.4 65.8 65.5 66.2 67.5
100–199% poverty 62.5 62.2 62.9 66.1 64.1 66.9 66.6 69.0 68.6 68.4
200% poverty or above 80.1 80.6 79.8 80.2 79.7 79.6 80.8 82.2 82.0 81.5
Type of insuranceb
Private insurancec 78.5 78.7 78.4 79.8 79.1 80.0 80.1 82.2 82.1 82.4
Public insurancec, d 69.6 68.5 65.3 68.6 66.3 68.6 71.0 71.1 71.4 71.2
No insurance 46.7 49.2 46.9 50.6 49.2 50.2 51.0 49.0 49.5 48.8
Race or Hispanic origine
White, non-Hispanic 76.4 77.1 77.0 78.9 78.0 79.4 79.4 80.9 80.4 79.6
Black, non-Hispanic 68.8 69.8 67.7 70.0 68.0 68.6 70.6 72.9 72.7 72.4
American Indian or Alaska Native 66.8 72.6 58.2 71.3 73.1 66.6 69.9 70.3 74.8 72.0
Asian 69.9 67.9 69.6 72.8 74.6 66.8 72.9 73.8 70.1 75.5
Hispanic 61.0 62.4 59.3 60.6 60.7 62.5 64.5 65.3 66.5 66.3
Ages 2–5
Total 52.5 51.0 48.4 51.9 51.9 49.3 54.1 53.7 55.1 52.8
Poverty statusa
Below 100% poverty 51.7 51.3 40.8 53.1 47.6 47.5 51.5 49.7 50.0 49.7
100-199% poverty 46.7 41.6 46.9 48.7 45.0 42.4 49.1 50.1 48.9 47.5
200% poverty or above 55.2 54.6 51.5 52.7 55.9 52.6 57.2 56.5 59.2 56.3
Type of insuranceb
Private insurancec 55.3 53.5 51.3 54.0 55.0 52.9 54.2 57.4 59.2 57.2
Public insurancec,d 54.6 52.3 49.0 53.1 49.6 49.6 54.9 53.1 52.0 52.2
No insurance 35.1 34.0 31.5 39.9 37.3 27.2 48.1 29.3 36.3 28.3
Race or Hispanic origine
White, non-Hispanic 53.3 51.5 50.1 54.0 55.0 51.4 55.7 55.6 56.8 53.5
Black, non-Hispanic 55.2 54.0 49.7 50.6 50.4 47.4 53.9 47.8 55.8 46.9
American Indian or Alaska Native 56.3 47.8 49.8 65.9 42.5 42.5 56.5 53.2 65.9 *
Asian 51.5 50.6 40.4 46.9 48.3 41.5 44.6 51.9 45.5 54.4
Hispanic 48.1 48.9 41.2 44.9 44.9 44.6 49.2 51.8 50.3 52.4
Ages 6–11
Total 81.7 81.8 81.7 82.2 80.6 83.7 82.3 85.2 84.6 83.9
Poverty statusa
Below 100% poverty 71.0 71.0 67.4 68.6 67.6 73.4 73.0 74.4 74.7 74.4
100-199% poverty 72.2 70.0 70.2 74.7 71.4 78.1 74.2 77.6 76.9 76.5
200% poverty or above 89.2 89.4 89.5 88.9 87.5 88.9 88.4 91.2 90.4 90.4
Type of insuranceb
Private insurancec 87.2 86.6 87.9 87.8 86.5 89.1 87.5 90.3 89.5 90.6
Public insurancec, d 79.5 77.7 71.4 76.0 75.3 78.2 79.3 81.6 81.3 79.1
No insurance 56.4 59.0 57.3 60.1 52.2 61.6 57.2 58.4 60.6 56.9
Race or Hispanic origine
White, non-Hispanic 85.2 85.5 86.8 87.0 84.9 89.1 86.6 89.8 88.0 88.4
Black, non-Hispanic 78.7 77.8 75.0 79.0 73.4 79.5 77.4 83.0 80.8 79.8
American Indian or Alaska Native 73.7 88.3 71.2 78.4 80.5 73.0 70.0 85.0 80.4 83.1
Asian 77.8 76.8 77.8 88.1 87.0 78.2 83.3 86.7 81.9 85.3
Hispanic 70.3 70.3 67.2 67.2 70.2 71.8 72.6 72.2 76.3 74.2
Ages 12–17
Total 77.4 79.8 78.6 80.2 79.7 80.7 81.4 82.4 81.6 82.8
Poverty statusa
Below 100% poverty 61.0 65.9 62.5 62.7 64.4 66.7 68.7 69.0 70.1 75.7
100–199% poverty 62.9 68.1 66.3 68.3 70.6 72.0 72.3 73.3 73.1 74.0
200% poverty or above 86.6 87.4 86.7 88.2 86.4 86.8 87.4 88.9 87.4 88.1
Type of insuranceb
Private insurancec 84.0 86.0 84.9 87.2 86.4 86.8 88.3 89.0 87.8 89.5
Public insurancec, d 74.6 74.7 74.1 74.1 70.4 73.5 76.6 75.7 78.3 80.0
No insurance 44.6 49.1 45.6 47.3 53.2 53.5 46.9 50.6 47.4 51.2
Race or Hispanic origine
White, non-Hispanic 82.6 84.9 83.5 85.8 85.2 86.6 87.1 87.7 87.1 87.5
Black, non-Hispanic 67.6 71.5 70.7 72.4 73.0 70.9 73.6 78.1 76.3 80.6
American Indian or Alaska Native 68.7 70.2 55.4 69.0 81.0 78.1 77.1 67.0 76.1 72.5
Asian 74.6 72.5 78.9 78.6 81.5 74.5 81.7 75.8 71.7 81.8
Hispanic 62.3 65.3 65.1 65.5 63.2 65.7 67.7 68.9 69.1 69.1
* Estimates are considered unreliable (relative standard error greater than 30 percent).
a Family income was imputed for data years 1997 and beyond. Missing family income data were imputed for 22–31 percent of children ages 5–17 in 1997–2006.
b Children with health insurance may or may not have dental coverage.
c Children with both public and private insurance coverage are placed in the private insurance category.
d As defined here, public health insurance for children consists mostly of Medicaid or other public assistance programs, including State plans. Beginning in 1999, the public health insurance category also includes the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP). It does not include children with only Medicare, Tricare, or CHAMP-VA.
e For the 1997–1998 race-specific estimates, the 1977 OMB Standards for Data on Race and Ethnicity were used to classify persons into one of the following four racial groups: White, Black, American Indian or Alaskan Native, or Asian or Pacific Islander. The revised 1997 OMB standards for race were used for the 1999–2005 race-specific estimates and classified persons into one or more of five racial groups: White, Black or African American, American Indian or Alaska Native, Asian, and Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander. Data on race and Hispanic origin are collected separately but are combined for reporting. Persons of Hispanic origin may be of any race. Totals include data for racial and ethnic groups not shown separately. Data from 1999 onward are not directly comparable with data from earlier years.
SOURCE: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics, National Health Interview Survey.