Child Development

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TABLE 2

Activity Limitation: Percentage of Children Under Age 18 with Any Limitation in Activity Resulting from Chronic Conditionsa

by Age, Gender, Poverty Status, Race, and Hispanic Origin, Selected Years 1984– 1997

Characteristic 1984 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 b

Children ages 0–17

Total 5.0 4.9 5.8 6.1 6.6 6.7 6.0 6.1 6.5

Gender

Male 5.9 5.6 6.8 7.1 7.8 7.9 7.4 7.4 8.3

Female 4.0 4.2 4.7 5.0 5.3 5.6 4.6 4.7 4.7

Poverty status

Below poverty 7.1 6.7 8.8 9.2 9.5 9.7 9.2 9.7 8.8

At or above poverty 4.4 4.6 5.1 5.3 5.9 6.0 5.4 5.3 6.4

Race and Hispanic origin

White, non-Hispanic 4.9 5.0 5.8 6.0 6.7 6.6 6.0 5.7 7.0

Black, non-Hispanic 5.6 5.5 6.7 7.5 7.7 8.9 7.3 8.4 7.3

Hispanicc 4.7 4.1 5.5 5.3 5.6 5.7 5.8 6.3 4.8

Children ages 0–4

Total 2.5 2.2 2.4 2.8 2.8 3.1 2.7 2.6 3.4

Gender

Male 2.7 2.6 2.7 3.3 3.1 3.4 3.3 3.3 4.2

Female 2.3 1.7 2.1 2.2 2.5 2.7 2.0 1.7 2.7

Poverty status

Below poverty 4.0 3.0 4.3 4.5 4.3 5.2 3.9 4.9 4.5

At or above poverty 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.4 1.7 3.2

Race and Hispanic origin

White, non-Hispanic 2.3 2.1 2.4 2.5 2.4 2.7 2.7 1.8 3.6

Black, non-Hispanic 3.3 2.9 3.2 4.2 4.7 5.0 3.5 4.8 4.5

Hispanicc 2.5 2.0 1.8 2.5 2.7 3.1 2.5 3.4 2.4

Children ages 5–17

Total 6.1 6.1 7.2 7.5 8.1 8.2 7.4 7.5 7.7

Gender

Male 7.3 6.9 8.5 8.7 9.8 9.7 9.0 9.0 9.9

Female 4.8 5.2 5.9 6.2 6.4 6.7 5.6 5.9 5.5

Poverty status

Below poverty 8.7 8.5 11.0 11.7 12.2 11.9 11.8 12.1 10.7

At or above poverty 5.5 5.6 6.4 6.6 7.2 7.4 6.5 6.6 7.5

Race and Hispanic origin

White, non-Hispanic 6.0 6.2 7.1 7.4 8.4 8.1 7.2 7.1 8.2

Black, non-Hispanic 6.7 6.7 8.2 9.0 9.0 10.6 8.9 9.8 8.3

Hispanicc 5.8 5.1 7.2 6.7 7.1 7.0 7.5 7.7 5.9

aChronic conditions usually have a duration of more than 3 months, e.g., asthma, hearing impairment, diabetes. Persons are not classified as limited in

activity unless one or more chronic conditions are reported as the cause of the limitation.

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

cPersons of Hispanic origin may be of any race.

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

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