Table 2 Medicaid-enrolled children (N = 25,993) by chronic condition subgroup

No

Yes

No

Yes

No

Yes

No

Yes

No

Yes

n = 23,340

n = 2,653

n = 24,325

n = 1,668

n = 25,356

n = 637

n = 25,517

n = 476

n = 25,642

n = 351

(89.8)

(10.2)

(93.6)

(6.4)

(97.5)

(2.5)

(98.2)

(1.8)

(98.6)

(1.4)

Ascribed factors

Age (years)

3-7

8,651 (37.1)

993 (37.4)*

8,719 (35.8)

925 (55.5)*

9,388 (37.0)

256 (40.2)

9,383 (36.8)

261 (54.8)*

9.545 (37.2)

99 (28.2)*

8-12

10,262 (44.0)

1,059 (39.9)

10,829 (44.5)

492 (29.5)

11,069 (43.7)

252 (39.6)

11,172 (43.8)

149 (31.3)

11,174 (43.6)

147 (41.9)

13-14

4,427 (19.0)

601 (22.7)

4,777 (19.6)

251 (15.0)

4,899 (19.3)

129 (20.3)

4,962 (19.4)

66 (13.9)

4,923 (19.2)

105 (29.9)

Sex

Female

9,353 (40.1)

1,081 (40.7)

9,757 (40.1)

677 (40.6)

10,158 (40.1)

276 (43.3)

10,250 (40.2)

184 (38.7)

10,264 (40.0)

170 (48.4)‡

Race/ethnicity

White

16,393 (70.2)

1,862 (70.2)

17,191 (70.7)

1,064 (63.8)*

17,790 (70.2)

465 (73.0)*

17,928 (70.3)

327 (68.7)*

18,002 (70.2)

253 (72.1)

Black

2,133 (9.1)

239 (9.0)

2,181 (9.0)

191 (11.5)

2,356 (9.3)

16 (2.5)

2,347 (9.2)

25 (5.3)

2,338 (9.1)

34 (9.7)

Other

1,724 (7.4)

220 (8.3)

1,783 (7.3)

161 (9.7)

1,913 (7.5)

31 (4.9)

1,913 (7.5)

31 (6.5)

1,924 (7.5)

20 (5.7)

Missing/Unknown

3,090 (13.2)

332 (12.5)

3,170 (13.0)

252 (15.1)

3,297 (13.0)

125 (19.6)

3,329 (13.0)

93 (19.5)

3,378 (13.2)

44 (12.5)

Chronic condition severity

Episodic

16,720 (71.6)

1,305 (49.2)*

17,052 (70.1)

973 (58.3)*

17,981 (70.9)

44 (6.9)*

17,810 (69.8)

215 (45.2)*

17,957 (70.0)

68 (19.4)*

Life-Long

6,124 (26.2)

1,200 (45.2)

6,728 (27.7)

596 (35.7)

7,180 (28.3)

144 (22.6)

7,082 (27.8)

242 (50.8)

7,066 (27.6)

258 (73.5)

Malignancy

58 (0.2)

27 (1.0)

48 (0.2)

37 (2.2)

84 (0.3)

1 (0.2)

85 (0.3)

0 (0.0)

83 (0.3)

2 (0.6)

Catastrophic

438 (1.9)

121 (4.6)

497 (2.0)

62 (3.7)

111 (0.4)

448 (70.3)

540 (2.1)

19 (4.0)

536 (2.1)

23 (6.6)

Proximal factors

Child used preventive medical care in 2005

20,602 (88.3)

2,478 (93.4)*

21,480 (88.3)

1,600 (95.9)*

22,471 (88.6)

609 (95.6)*

22,631 (88.7)

449 (94.3)*

22,751 (88.7)

329 (93.7)‡

Immediate factors

Child had at least one Medicaid-enrolled sibling

15,857 (67.9)

1,592 (60.0)*

16,401 (67.4)

1,048 (62.8)*

17,326 (68.3)

123 (19.3)*

17,200 (67.4)

249 (52.3)*

17,214 (67.1)

235 (67.0)

Child had at least one Medicaid-enrolled adult

13,016 (55.8)

1,420 (53.5) ‡

13,457 (55.3)

979 (58.7)†

14,330 (56.5)

106 (16.6)*

14,228 (55.8)

208 (43.7)*

14,235 (55.5)

201 (57.3)

Immediate factor

Rurality

Metropolitan

12,871 (55.1)

1,482 (55.9)

13,431 (55.2)

922 (55.3)

13,962 (55.1)

391 (61.4)‡

14,095 (55.2)

258 (54.2)

14,170 (55.3)

183 (52.1)

Urban adjacent to metropolitan

4,486 (19.2)

492 (18.5)

4,673 (19.2)

305 (18.3)

4,873 (19.2)

105 (16.5)

4,891 (19.2)

87 (18.3)

4,898 (19.1)

80 (22.8)

Urban non-adjacent to metropolitan

4,707 (20.2)

530 (20.0)

4,901 (20.1)

336 (20.1)

5,122 (20.2)

115 (18.1)

5,134 (20.1)

103 (21.6)

5,171 (20.2)

66 (18.8)

Rural

1,276 (5.5)

149 (5.6)

1,320 (5.4)

105 (6.3)

1,399 (5.5)

26 (4.1)

1,397 (5.5)

28 (5.9)

1,403 (5.5)

22 (6.3)

Distal factor

Child lived in a dental Health Professional Shortage Area

15,351 (65.8)

1,759 (66.3)

16,023 (65.9)

1,087 (65.2)

16,768 (66.1)

342 (53.7)*

16,809 (65.9)

301 (63.2)

16,879 (65.8)

231 (65.8)