Table 1.
Utilization of Care for a Reported Dental Problem (DP) Among Children 2–17 Years of Age by Problem Urgency and Selected Characteristics – United States, 2008
| Characteristics | Percentage of children with DP who utilized care for a DP | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall % SE | P * | Urgent DP % SE | Non-urgent DP % SE | P † | |
| Total | 54.0 1.2 | 62.2 1.4 | 41.0 1.9 | <0.001 | |
| Age (years) | 0.171 | ||||
| 2–5 | 50.5 2.7 | 64.2 3.4 | 27.0 4.0 | ||
| 6–11 | 53.3 1.8 | 61.6 2.3 | 38.8 3.0 | ||
| 12–17 | 56.2 1.7 | 61.9 2.1 | 48.5 2.7 | ||
| Sex | 0.615 | <0.001 | |||
| Male | 53.4 1.6 | 62.7 1.9 | 40.1 2.6 | ||
| Female | 54.6 1.6 | 61.7 1.9 | 42.1 2.6 | ||
| Place of birth | 0.168 | <0.001 | |||
| US born | 54.3 1.2 | 62.6 1.5 | 41.4 1.9 | ||
| Foreign born | 46.2 5.5 | 53.2 6.0 | 30.4 7.8 | ||
| Region | 0.080 | <0.001 | |||
| Northeast | 58.6 2.6 | 62.6 3.0 | 52.2 4.9 | ||
| Midwest | 50.3 2.4 | 57.0 3.1 | 39.9 3.9 | ||
| South | 56.0 1.9 | 65.0 2.3 | 41.8 3.0 | ||
| West | 52.2 2.4 | 63.4 2.9 | 34.1 3.9 | ||
| Race/Ethnicity | 0.519 | <0.001 | |||
| Hispanic | 51.6 2.2 | 58.5 2.6 | 37.3 3.4 | ||
| NH‡ white | 53.9 1.6 | 62.8 2.1 | 42.5 2.4 | ||
| NH black | 56.1 2.8 | 64.2 3.1 | 36.9 5.4 | ||
| NH Asian | 57.9 5.3 | 64.4 6.8 | 45.2 7.9 | ||
| NH all other race§ | 62.7 12.2 | 69.4 12.0 | 45.7 21.6 | ||
| Parent’s education | <0.001 | <0.001 | |||
| <HS | 44.8 3.1 | 48.9 3.6 | 34.3 5.5 | ||
| HS/GED | 47.2 2.6 | 54.8 3.3 | 34.6 4.1 | ||
| Some college | 53.7 2.0 | 61.6 2.4 | 41.4 3.2 | ||
| College or higher | 62.5 1.8 | 75.1 2.4 | 46.6 3.0 | ||
| Family income | <0.001 | <0.001 | |||
| <100% | 46.0 3.0 | 53.0 3.3 | 29.3 5.6 | ||
| 100–199% | 47.8 2.5 | 55.4 3.1 | 31.3 4.1 | ||
| 200–299% | 55.5 3.1 | 67.5 3.5 | 35.8 4.7 | ||
| ≥300% | 60.9 1.7 | 71.0 2.2 | 49.9 2.8 | ||
| Insurance status | <0.001 | <0.001 | |||
| No insurance | 26.8 3.1 | 30.3 3.8 | 17.9 4.4 | ||
| PHND | 55.7 2.8 | 60.3 3.8 | 49.2 4.3 | ||
| PHD | 57.6 1.6 | 68.2 2.1 | 44.8 2.7 | ||
| Medicaid/SCHIP | 56.4 2.2 | 66.4 2.5 | 33.3 3.8 | ||
SCHIP, State Children’s Health Insurance Program; PHD, Private health insurance and private dental insurance; PHND, Private health insurance and no private dental insurance.
*
Chi-square test of independence.
†
Cochran-Mantel-Haenszel test of homogeneity of association among strata.
‡
Non-Hispanic.
§
Estimate is statistically unstable (RSE >30 percent or denominator n <50).