Table 1.
Descriptive Statistics 2007 National Survey of Children's Health
| Overall | CSHCN | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | wt% | N | wt% | |
| 85913 | 17901 | |||
| Sex | ||||
| Female | 41240 | 48.72 | 7531 | 40.67 |
| Male | 44568 | 51.28 | 10352 | 59.33 |
| Race/ethnicity | ||||
| Non-Hispanic white | 58179 | 56.53 | 12548 | 60.86 |
| Non-Hispanic black | 8419 | 14.40 | 1857 | 16.20 |
| Hispanic | 10680 | 20.17 | 1796 | 15.35 |
| Other | 7768 | 8.90 | 1546 | 7.60 |
| Age | ||||
| 0-5 years | 22583 | 29.25 | 3002 | 18.65 |
| 6-11 years | 27504 | 34.44 | 6143 | 38.66 |
| 12-17 years | 35826 | 36.31 | 8756 | 42.69 |
| Household highest education | ||||
| Less than high school | 64567 | 8.94 | 927 | 8.94 |
| High school graduate | 13261 | 23.29 | 2778 | 22.42 |
| More than high school | 4979 | 67.77 | 13271 | 68.64 |
| Household income | ||||
| Less than 100% FPL | 10057 | 18.28 | 2398 | 20.15 |
| 100-199% FPL | 14590 | 20.88 | 3101 | 20.78 |
| 200-399% FPL | 29055 | 31.22 | 5820 | 30.58 |
| 400% and above FPL | 32211 | 29.62 | 6582 | 28.49 |
| Medication use | ||||
| Yes | 1900 | 2.04 | 1441 | 9.00 |
| No | 75453 | 97.96 | 12477 | 91.00 |
| Asthma | ||||
| Yes | 11789 | 14.34 | 6691 | 38.89 |
| No | 74022 | 85.66 | 11177 | 61.11 |
| Allergies | ||||
| Yes | 16197 | 17.36 | 7112 | 37.70 |
| No | 69554 | 82.64 | 12828 | 62.30 |
| Passive Smoke Exposure | ||||
| Yes | 21245 | 26.12 | 5073 | 30.25 |
| No | 64668 | 73.88 | 12828 | 69.76 |
| Caries | ||||
| Yes | 15132 | 19.41 | 3748 | 22.79 |
| No | 70781 | 80.59 | 14153 | 77.21 |
Wt%-Weighted percentage. Weighted percentages were obtained to control for complex sample design, therefore division of individual cell sizes by the total sample will not reflect weighted percentages.
N-number of participants
FPL-Federal Poverty Level
Data Source: Child and Adolescent Health Measurement Initiative (CAHMI). DRC Indicator Dataset: 2007 National Survey of Children's Health. Data Resource Center for Child and Adolescent Health, www.childhealthdata.org.