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QuickStats: Percentage of Children Aged 5--17 Years Who Missed
No Days of School Because of Illness or Injury During the Preceding
12 Months,* by Race --- National Health Interview Survey, United
States, 2007§
* In response to the question, "During the past 12 months about how many days did (child's name) miss school because of illness or injury?"
Limited to persons who indicated only a single racial group.
§ Estimates are based on household interviews with a sample of the civilian, noninstitutionalized U.S. population and are derived from
the National Health Interview Survey sample child component. Estimates were age adjusted using the projected 2000 U.S. population as the standard population
and using age groups 0--4 years, 5--11 years, and 12--17 years.
¶ 95% confidence interval.
** Includes children of single racial groups not otherwise listed because of small sample size.
In 2007, an estimated three out of 10 U.S. school children (aged 5--17 years) did not miss a day of school because of
illness or injury during the preceding 12 months. Asian children were less likely to miss school days because of illness or injury
than black children, white children, or American Indian/Alaska Native children. Approximately 4% of children missed 11 or
more days of school.
SOURCE: Bloom B, Cohen R, Freeman G. Summary health statistics for U.S. children: National Health Interview
Survey, 2007, Vital and Health Statistics Series 10, No. 239. Hyattsville, MD: National Center for Health Statistics; 2008.
Available at http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/series/sr_10/sr10_239.pdf.
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