TABLE 1.
Demographic characteristics of 24,271 children who received Medicaid-reimbursed behavioral health services, by psychiatric disordera
| ASD (N=941) |
Conduct-ODD (N=5,118) |
ADHD (N=9,669) |
Other psychiatric disorders (N=8,543) |
Total (N=24,271) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Characteristic | N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % |
| Ageb | ||||||||||
| 5–11 | 656 | 69.7 | 1,920 | 37.5 | 6,439 | 66.6 | 3,046 | 35.7 | 12,061 | 49.7 |
| 12–14 | 166 | 17.6 | 1,745 | 34.1 | 2,181 | 22.6 | 2,339 | 27.4 | 6,431 | 26.5 |
| 15–17 | 119 | 12.7 | 1,453 | 28.4 | 1,049 | 10.9 | 3,158 | 37.0 | 5,779 | 23.8 |
| Race-ethnicityc | ||||||||||
| African American | 434 | 46.1 | 3,826 | 74.8 | 4,748 | 49.1 | 5,100 | 59.7 | 14,108 | 58.1 |
| White | 282 | 30.0 | 371 | 7.3 | 922 | 9.5 | 1,104 | 12.9 | 2,679 | 11.0 |
| Hispanic | 128 | 13.6 | 831 | 16.2 | 3,742 | 38.7 | 2,113 | 24.7 | 6,814 | 28.1 |
| Other | 97 | 10.3 | 90 | 1.8 | 257 | 2.7 | 226 | 2.7 | 670 | 2.8 |
| Sexc | ||||||||||
| Male | 794 | 84.4 | 3,409 | 66.6 | 6,961 | 72.0 | 4,144 | 48.5 | 15,308 | 63.1 |
| Female | 147 | 15.6 | 1,709 | 33.4 | 2,708 | 28.0 | 4,399 | 51.5 | 8,963 | 36.9 |
a
ASD, autism spectrum disorder;conduct-ODD, conduct disorder or oppositional defiant disorder;ADHD, attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder
b
Significant difference by psychiatric disorder category (p<.01)
c
Significant difference by psychiatric disorder category (p<.001)