Special 1A: Children with special health care needs: Percentage of children ages 0–17 with special health care needs by age, gender, race and Hispanic origin, and poverty status, 2005

Special 1A: Children with special health care needs: Percentage of children ages 0–17 with special health care needs by age, gender, race and Hispanic origin, and poverty status, 2005–2006

Characteristic	Percentage
Age and gender
Total ages 0–17	13.9
Ages 0–5	8.8
Ages 6–11	16.0
Ages 12–17	16.8
Males ages 0–17	16.1
Ages 0–5	10.5
Ages 6–11	19.2
Ages 12–17	18.7
Females ages 0–17	11.6
Ages 0–5	7.0
Ages 6–11	12.7
Ages 12–17	14.8
Race and Hispanic origin^a
White, non-Hispanic	15.5
Black, non-Hispanic	15.0
American Indian or Alaska Native	14.5
Asian	6.3
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	11.5
Two or more races	17.9
Hispanic	8.3
Poverty status
Below 100% poverty	13.9
100–199% poverty	14.0
200–399% poverty	13.6
400% poverty and above	14.0
^a Data on race and ethnicity are reported using the revised 1997 OMB standards, which identify five racial groups: White, Black or African American, American Indian or Alaska Native, Asian, or Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander. Data on race and Hispanic origin are collected separately but combined for reporting. Persons of Hispanic origin may be of any race. Respondents were given the opportunity to self-report their race. If a race other than one of the OMB categories was indicated, the verbatim response was captured. Those who chose more than one race were classified as "Two or more races."
NOTE: Children with special health care needs (CSHCN) were identified using the five-item CSHCN Screener. Children are considered to have a special health care need if they have a parent-reported physical, developmental, behavioral, or emotional condition that has lasted or is expected to last 12 months or longer and that requires health and related services of a type or amount beyond that required generally by children of the same age.
SOURCE: Maternal and Child Health Bureau and National Center for Health Statistics, State and Local Area Integrated Telephone Survey, National Survey of Children with Special Health Care Needs, 2005–2006.