Mean or Proportion for Each Racial/Ethnic Group | |||||||
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Medical/Oral Health Status Measure | White N = 61377 | Latino N = 11523 | African-American N = 8873 | Asian/Pacific Islander N = 2771 | American Indians/Alaska Natives N = 1244 | Multiracial N = 4329 | P |
Health statusa (%) | <.0001 | ||||||
Excellent | 68.8 | 46.5 | 53.1 | 59.3 | 58.7 | 65.6 | |
Very good | 22.2 | 21.9 | 27.4 | 26.0 | 26.8 | 22.3 | |
Good | 7.3 | 23.6 | 15.2 | 11.7 | 10.8 | 9.7 | |
Fair | 1.4 | 7.2 | 3.9 | 2.6 | 3.0 | 2.1 | |
Poor | 0.3 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 0.4 | |
BMIb class (%) | <.0001 | ||||||
Underweight | 5.1 | 4.6 | 4.7 | 12.3 | 3.7 | 3.9 | |
Normal | 68.1 | 54.5 | 54.2 | 66.6 | 58.1 | 62.1 | |
Overweightc | 14.0 | 17.5 | 17.3 | 11.3 | 15.2 | 19.8 | |
Obesed | 12.9 | 23.4 | 23.8 | 9.9 | 23.0 | 14.3 | |
Needs more medical care than others (%) | 12.5 | 10.9 | 12.8 | 6.0 | 16.5 | 13.4 | <.0001 |
Has limited abilities (%) | 5.4 | 5.8 | 9.9 | 4.4 | 10.1 | 7.2 | <.0001 |
Needs/gets special therapye (%) | 7.2 | 6.7 | 7.9 | 3.8 | 9.0 | 7.0 | .0008 |
Emotional, developmental, or behavioral problems needing treatment or counseling (%) | 7.1 | 6.2 | 8.7 | 2.5 | 12.1 | 8.2 | <.0001 |
Learning disability (%) | 10.1 | 11.4 | 12.4 | 3.1 | 14.6 | 10.6 | <0001 |
Asthma (%) | 12.4 | 12.4 | 19.6 | 12.1 | 16.2 | 18.0 | <0001 |
Hearing/vision problems (%) | 4.7 | 4.6 | 3.4 | 2.9 | 5.3 | 5.0 | .03 |
ADHD (%) | 9.5 | 5.1 | 9.6 | 2.0 | 11.7 | 12.0 | <.0001 |
Depression/anxiety (%) | 6.8 | 5.8 | 5.2 | 1.7 | 10.7 | 8.8 | .0001 |
Behavior problems (%) | 4.0 | 3.7 | 7.7 | 1.9 | 9.4 | 4.4 | <.0001 |
Bone/joint/muscle problems (%) | 3.3 | 3.1 | 2.7 | 2.5 | 4.1 | 3.0 | .45 |
Diabetes (%) | 0. | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 1.2 | 0.4 | .03 |
Developmental delay (%) | 4.9 | 4.5 | 5.5 | 2.0 | 5.4 | 6.2 | .01 |
Respiratory allergies (%) | 18.6 | 10.9 | 16.8 | 11.5 | 14.7 | 19.3 | <0001 |
Digestive allergies (%) | 4.9 | 3.6 | 5.8 | 5.0 | 6.0 | 6.2 | .02 |
Skin allergies (%) | 11.5 | 9.5 | 18.6 | 10.7 | 10.1 | 15.4 | <0001 |
Headaches (%) | 5.5 | 4.1 | 6.2 | 2.7 | 8.2 | 6.4 | .0013 |
Speech problems (%) | 6.3 | 5.8 | 6.8 | 2.9 | 6.5 | 6.1 | .12 |
≥ 3 ear infections in last 12 mos (%) | 6.4 | 7.0 | 5.1 | 2.9 | 6.8 | 7.1 | .0001 |
Teeth conditiona (%) | <.0001 | ||||||
Excellent | 54.3 | 31.2 | 37.9 | 49.8 | 42.6 | 54.9 | |
Very good | 26.2 | 18.1 | 24.7 | 29.3 | 24.5 | 22.1 | |
Good | 15.2 | 31.1 | 28.2 | 20.7 | 25.6 | 18.2 | |
Fair | 3.6 | 16.4 | 7.2 | 8.2 | 5.2 | 4.2 | |
Poor | 0.8 | 3.2 | 2.1 | 2.0 | 2.1 | 0.7 |