Table 3.
Proportion of children with a BMI percentile, weight, and height measurement in electronic medical record, by health plan.
Site 1 | Site 2 | Site 3 | Site 4 | Site 5 | Site 6 | Site 7 | Site 8 | Site 9 | Site 10 | |
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Number of children with one or more outpatient visit in 2005–06, x1,000 | 50 | 102 | 22 | 132 | 29 | 30 | 64 | 89 | 636 | 43 |
Proportion of children with one or more outpatient visit in 2005–06, % | 92 | 89 | 98 | 100 | 79 | 93 | 89 | 91 | 89 | 93 |
Proportion of children with BMI percentile recorded in 2005–06, %* | 70 | 71 | 81 | 62 | 76 | 55 | 66 | 71 | 21 | 73 |
Prevalence of child overweight and obesity (BMI ≥85th), % | 32 | 35 | 32 | 32 | 35 | 34 | 33 | 32 | 40 | 34 |
Prevalence of child obesity (BMI ≥95th percentile), % | 16 | 19 | 15 | 16 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 23 | 19 |
* As stated in the methods, the rates of BMI percentile capture are based on the proportion of children who had one or more outpatient visit during 2005–06.