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National Survey of Children's Health, 2003
2003 NSCH National Chartbook Profile for Texas
Click on any row of data in the table below to view detailed results by age, race/ethnicity, household income and other subgroups.
IndicatorExplanation%
%
Child's Health Status
Overall Child Health Status% children ages 0-17 whose overall health is excellent or very good
77.2
Moderate or Severe Health Problems% children ages 0-17 with health problems rated as moderate or severe by parents
8.0
Impact of Asthma on the Family% children ages 0-17 with asthma whose families are greatly or moderately affected in some way by child's health condition
18.7
Impact of Asthma% children ages 0-17 affected by asthma during past year
9.1
Injury% children ages 0-5 with injuries requiring medical attention during past year
8.0
Missed School Days% children ages 6-17 who missed 11 or more days of school in the past year due to illness or injury
4.6
Parents' Concerns% children ages 0-5 whose parents have one or more concerns about child's learning, development, or behavior
33.9
Socio-Emotional Difficulties% children ages 3-17 with moderate or severe difficulties in the area of emotions, concentration, behavior, or getting along with others
9.1
Breastfeeding% children ages 0-5 who were breastfed for any length of time
73.6
Child's Health Care
Current Health Insurance% children ages 0-17 currently insured
82.7
Consistency of Insurance Coverage% children ages 0-17 currently uninsured or not insured for some period during the past year
24.8
Preventive Health Care% children ages 0-17with a preventive medical care visit in the past year
75.2
Preventive Health and Dental Care% children ages 0-17with both a preventive medical care visit and a preventive dental care visit in the past year
54.4
Mental Health Care% children ages 0-17with current emotional, developmental, or behavioral problems who received some type of mental health care during the past year
43.4
Medical Home% children ages 0-17who have a personal doctor or nurse from whom they receive family-centered, accessible, comprehensive, culturally sensitive and coordinated health care
39.9
Child's School and Activities
Early Childhood School% children ages 3-5 who regularly attended preschool, kindergarten, Head Start or Early Start during the past month
52.0
Activities Outside of School% children ages 6-17 who participate in one or more organized activities outside of school
75.0
Repetition of Grade% children ages 6-17 who repeated at least one grade in school
11.4
Staying Home Alone% children ages 6-11 who stayed home alone during the past week
11.2
Child's Family
Reading to Young Children% children ages 0-5 read aloud to by family members every day during the past week
41.7
Household Smoking% children ages 0-17 who live in households where someone smokes
27.1
Religious Services% children ages 0-17 who attend religious services at least once a week
63.2
Mother's Health% children ages 0-17 with mothers whose overall physical and mental health is excellent or very good
52.6
Child and Family's Neighborhood
Supportive Neighborhood% children ages 0-17 living in neighborhoods parents describe as supportive
79.3
Safety of Child in Neighborhood% children ages 0-17 living in neighborhoods or communities parents feel are usually or always safe
80.7
Child Care Issues% children ages 0-5 whose parents had to make different child care arrangements in the past month or a job change for child care reasons in the past year, or both
31.4
Estimates on Sample size too small Estimates based on sample sizes too small to meet standards for reliability or precision. The relative standard error is greater than or equal to 30%.
Citation format: Child and Adolescent Health Measurement Initiative. 2003 National Survey of Children's Health, Data Resource Center for Child and Adolescent Health website. Retrieved [mm/dd/yy] from www.nschdata.org