Child Development

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TABLE 14

General Health Status: Percentage of Children Under Age 18 in Very Good or Excellent Health by Age and Poverty Status,

Selected Years 1984– 1997

Age and poverty status 1984 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 a

Children ages 0– 17

Total 78 81 80 80 79 79 81 80 81

Poverty status

Below poverty 62 66 65 65 64 64 65 64 68

At or above poverty 82 84 83 83 83 83 85 84 86

Children ages 0– 4

Total 79 81 81 80 80 81 81 81 84

Poverty status

Below poverty 66 69 68 67 68 68 66 68 74

At or above poverty 82 84 84 84 84 84 86 85 88

Children ages 5– 17

Total 77 80 80 80 79 79 81 79 81

Poverty status

Below poverty 60 64 64 64 63 62 64 62 65

At or above poverty 81 84 83 83 82 82 85 83 85

Children ages 5– 17

Total 77 80 80 80 79 79 81 79 81

Poverty status

Below poverty 60 64 64 64 63 62 64 62 65

At or above poverty 81 84 83 83 82 82 85 83 85

aIn 1997, the National Health Interview Survey was redesigned. Data for 1997 are not strictly comparable with earlier data.

SOURCE: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics, National Health Interview Survey.

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