QuickStats: Percentage of Children Aged 5--17 Years Ever Receiving a Diagnosis of Learning Disability,* by Race/Ethnicity† and Family Income Group§ --- National Health Interview Survey,¶ United States, 2007--2009

QuickStats: Percentage of Children Aged 5–17 Years Ever Receiving a Diagnosis of Learning Disability,* by Race/Ethnicity† and Family Income Group§ — National Health Interview Survey,¶ United States, 2007–2009
Weekly
July 1, 2011 / 60(25);853

* Based on parental response to the following question: “Has a representative from a school or a health professional ever told you that [child] had a learning disability?”

† White and black children are non-Hispanic children with a single race reported. Hispanic children might be of any race.

§ Family income group is based on family income and family size using the U.S. Census Bureau poverty thresholds. Family income was imputed when information was missing, using multiple imputation methodology.

¶ Estimates were based on household interviews of a sample of the U.S. civilian noninstitutionalized population. Denominators for each category exclude persons for whom data were missing.

** 95% confidence interval.

During 2007–2009, among children with family incomes http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/hdi.htm.

National Health Interview Survey 2007–2009 data. Available at http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nhis.htm.

Alternate Text: The figure above shows the percentage of children aged 5-17 years ever receiving a diagnosis of learning disability, by race/ethnicity and family income group in the United States during 2007-2009. Among children with family incomes QuickStats: Percentage of Children Aged 5–17 Years Ever Receiving a Diagnosis of Learning Disability,* by Race/Ethnicity† and Family Income Group§ — National Health Interview Survey,¶ United States, 2007–2009