Health conditions among children under age 18, by selected characteristics: United States

data.cdc.gov | Last Updated 29 Aug 2023

NOTE: On October 19, 2021, estimates for 2016–2018 by health insurance status were revised to correct errors. Changes are highlighted and tagged at https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/hus/2019/012-508.pdf Data on health conditions among children under age 18, by selected population characteristics. Please refer to the PDF or Excel version of this table in the HUS 2019 Data Finder (https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/hus/contents2019.htm) for critical information about measures, definitions, and changes over time. SOURCE: NCHS, National Health Interview Survey, Family Core and Sample Child questionnaires. For more information on the National Health Interview Survey, see the corresponding Appendix entry at https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/hus/hus19-appendix-508.pdf.

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This dataset has the following 16 columns:

Column Name	API Column Name	Data Type	Description	Sample Values
INDICATOR	indicator	text	Measure being estimated.	Health conditions among children under age 18 view top 100
PANEL	panel	text	Submeasures of INDICATOR. Datasets may have multiple panels.	Current asthma among persons under 18 years Hay fever or respiratory allergy among persons under 18 years Ear infections among persons under 18 years Skin allergy among persons under 18 years Food allergy among persons under 18 years view top 100
PANEL_NUM	panel_num	number	Numeric code for levels of PANEL that may be used for easier coding or formatting of the PANEL variable.	1 8 5 2 6 view top 100
UNIT	unit	text	Unit of measurement of the estimate.	Percent of children, crude view top 100
UNIT_NUM	unit_num	number	Numeric code for levels of UNIT that may be used for easier coding or formatting of the UNIT variable.	1 view top 100
STUB_NAME	stub_name	text	Description of the population category pertaining to the estimate.	Race Hispanic origin and race Percent of poverty level Health insurance status at the time of interview Age view top 100
STUB_NAME_NUM	stub_name_num	number	Numeric code for levels of STUB_NAME that may be used for easier coding or formatting of the STUB_NAME variable.	3 5 6 4 1 view top 100
STUB_LABEL	stub_label	text	Specific population subgroup pertaining to the estimate.	100%-199% Uninsured Insured: Medicaid Black or African American only 200%-399% view top 100
STUB_LABEL_NUM	stub_label_num	number	Numeric code for levels of STUB_LABEL that may be used for easier coding or formatting of the STUB_LABEL variable.	4.1 3.6 4.2 5.4 3.3 view top 100
YEAR	year	text	Data year or range of data years pertaining to the estimate.	2010-2012 2007-2009 2013-2015 2006-2008 2009-2011 view top 100
YEAR_NUM	year_num	number	Numeric code for levels of YEAR that may be used for easier coding or formatting of the YEAR variable.	1 4 8 6 5 view top 100
AGE	age	text	Age group pertaining to the estimate.	Under 18 years 10-17 years 5-17 years 5-9 years 0-4 years view top 100
AGE_NUM	age_num	number	Numeric code for levels of AGE that may be used for easier coding or formatting of the AGE variable.	0 2.1 2.2 2 1 view top 100
ESTIMATE	estimate	number	Calculated estimate of the measure.	5.6 5.9 5.7 4.4 5.8 view top 100
SE	se	number	Calculated standard error of the estimate.	0.3 0.2 0.4 0.5 0.6 view top 100
FLAG	flag	text	Additional information pertaining to the estimate. See the footnotes in the source table (Excel) for more information.	* ... view top 100