6-2.
Reduce the proportion of children and adolescents with disabilities who are reported to be sad, unhappy, or depressed.
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6-2. | |
Reduce the proportion of children and adolescents with disabilities who are reported to be sad, unhappy, or depressed. |
Target: 17 percent.
Baseline: 31 percent of children and adolescents aged 4 to 11 years with disabilities were reported to be sad, unhappy, or depressed in 1997.
Target setting method: 45 percent improvement (parity with children and adolescents without disabilities in 1997).
Data source: National Health Interview Survey (NHIS), CDC, NCHS.
|
Children and Adolescents Aged 4 to 11 Years, 1997 |
Reported
To Be Sad, |
|
|
With |
Without
|
|
|
Percent |
||
|
TOTAL |
31 |
17 |
|
Race and ethnicity |
||
|
American Indian or Alaska Native |
DSU |
DSU |
|
Asian or Pacific Islander |
DSU |
13 |
|
Asian |
DSU |
16 |
|
Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander |
DSU |
DSU |
|
Black or African American |
DSU |
16 |
|
White |
31 |
17 |
|
||
|
Hispanic or Latino |
32 |
16 |
|
Not Hispanic or Latino |
30 |
17 |
|
Black or African American |
DSU |
17 |
|
White |
31 |
18 |
|
Gender |
||
|
Female |
32 |
16 |
|
Male |
30 |
18 |
|
Family income level |
||
|
Poor |
37 |
20 |
|
Near Poor |
31 |
17 |
|
Middle/high income |
27 |
17 |
|
Geographic location |
||
|
Urban |
27 |
17 |
|
Rural |
39 |
16 |
DNA = Data have not been analyzed. DNC = Data are not
collected. DSU = Data are statistically unreliable.
*The total represents the target. Data for population
groups by race, ethnicity, gender, socioeconomic status, and geographic
location are displayed to further characterize the issue.