Table 1.

Descriptive Statistics for Children Aged 5–17 (2000–2011)

	Severe (CIS*>=16)		Non-severe (CIS<16)		p- value	Total
	N=14,523		N=61,296			N=75,819
	n	%	n	%		n	%
Female	6,653	45.8%	30,402	49.6%	<0.001	37,055	48.9%
Race
white	6,529	45.0%	25,349	41.4%	<0.001	31,878	42.0%
black	3,527	24.3%	12,689	20.7%		16,216	21.4%
hispanic	4,467	30.8%	23,258	37.9%		27,725	36.6%
Age
5–9	4,762	32.8%	23,311	38.0%	<0.001	28,073	37.0%
10–13	4,545	31.3%	19,749	32.2%		24,294	32.0%
14–17	5,216	35.9%	18,236	29.8%		23,452	30.9%
Insurance
private	5,228	36.0%	28,369	46.3%	<0.001	33,597	44.3%
medicare/medicaid	7,990	55.0%	26,649	43.5%		34,639	45.7%
other	75	0.5%	233	0.4%		308	0.4%
uninsured	1,230	8.5%	6,045	9.9%		7,275	9.6%
MSA	11,850	81.6%	51,189	83.5%	<0.001	63,039	83.1%
Income
below poverty (<100% FPL**)	4,889	33.7%	16,121	26.3%	<0.001	21,010	27.7%
near poverty (100–125% FPL)	1,182	8.1%	4,951	8.1%		6,133	8.1%
low income (125–200% FPL)	2,769	19.1%	12,005	19.6%		14,774	19.5%
middle income (200–400% FPL)	3,651	25.1%	17,303	28.2%		20,954	27.6%
high income (>400% FPL)	2,032	14.0%	10,916	17.8%		12,948	17.1%
Perceived health status
excellent	5,612	38.6%	30,744	50.2%	<0.001	36,356	48.0%
very good	4,354	30.0%	17,404	28.4%		21,758	28.7%
good	3,371	23.2%	10,891	17.8%		14,262	18.8%
fair	777	5.4%	1,501	2.4%		2,278	3.0%
poor	163	1.1%	159	0.3%		322	0.4%
Any antidepressant use	733	5.0%	421	0.7%	<0.001	1,154	1.5%

^*CIS stands for Columbia Impairment Scale.

^**FPL stands for Federal Poverty Level.

Note: p-values are computed using the Pearson's chi-squared statistic.