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| Percentage of All Children Ages 0 to 17 With Special Health Care
Needs, by Characteristics, 2005-2006 |
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Never Safe |
Sometimes Safe |
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| Total |
3.0 |
13.2 |
13.9 |
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| Gender |
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| Male |
2.8 |
12.7 |
16.1 |
| Female |
3.2 |
13.7 |
11.6 |
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| Age |
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| 0 to 5 |
3.9 |
13.3 |
8.8 |
| 6 to 11 |
2.9 |
13.7 |
16.0 |
| 12 to 17 |
2.3 |
12.7 |
16.8 |
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| Race/Ethnicity |
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| Non-Hispanic white |
1.2 |
7.2 |
14.7 |
| Non-Hispanic black |
6.2 |
24.9 |
14.9 |
| Hispanic |
6.7 |
23.5 |
7.5 |
| Asian |
3.0 |
16.4 |
5.6 |
| Native American/Alaskan
Native |
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11.1 |
| Other |
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14.4 |
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| Poverty level |
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| Less than 100% of
poverty level |
7.3 |
23.0 |
15.2 |
| 100 to 200% of poverty
level |
4.2 |
18.2 |
14.8 |
| 200% and above the poverty
level |
1.2 |
7.7 |
14.5 |
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| Family Structure |
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| Two parent: biological or adopted |
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55.0 |
| Two parent: stepfamily |
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10.0 |
| Single mother, no father present |
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29.9 |
| Other |
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5.2 |
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| Type of limitation |
5.5 |
22.2 |
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| Need prescription
medications |
2.3 |
10.8 |
11.0 |
| Needs elevated services |
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5.4 |
| Has an
emotional/developmental/behavioral problem |
1.1 |
5.3 |
4.0 |
| Limited in activities |
1.9 |
15.1 |
3.0 |
| Needs specialized
therapies |
6.0 |
26.0 |
2.4 |
| No limitation |
16.2 |
30.3 |
86.1 |
Note: Types of limitations are
not mutually exclusive and do not add up to 100 percent, as analysis
identifies the percent of children with a given limitation.
Source: Child Trends’ original analyses of data from the 2005 National
Survey of Children with Special Health Care Needs. |
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