Definition: Estimated percentage of children ages 0-17 with special health care needs (CSHCN) in 2016, 2017, and 2019 who had received a general health check-up in the previous year while not sick or injured (e.g., in 2016-2019, 86.2% of California CSHCN had a preventive medical visit in the previous year). Due to question changes related to receipt of any medical care, 2018 data are not reflected in these estimates.
Data Source: U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services, National Survey of Children's Health (Oct. 2020).
Footnote: Due to changes in methodology, these estimates should not be compared with data from earlier years. Children with special health care needs (CSHCN) have or are at increased risk for a chronic physical, developmental, behavioral, or emotional condition and require health and related services of a type or amount beyond that required by children generally. These estimates are based on a survey of the population and are subject to both sampling and nonsampling error. The annotation [!] indicates that the margin of error for the estimate is between 5 and 10 percentage points. For more information, see https://www.childhealthdata.org/learn-about-the-nsch/NSCH.
