Disparities in the Clinical Encounter: Virginia's African American Children with Special Health Care Needs

Table 1

Demographic data and selected child health and poverty indicators for Virginia and US.

Demographic data	US	VA
Nonhispanic white alone	55%	59%
Nonhispanic black alone	14%	22%
Nonhispanic American Indian and Alaskan native alone	1%	0%
Nonhispanic Asian alone	4%	5%
Nonhispanic native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander alone	0%	0%
Nonhispanic two or more race groups	3%	3%
Hispanic or Latino	22%	11%
Child Health and Poverty Indicators
Children with special health care needs (All)	19%	21%
Live in poverty (Black/African-American)	36%	28%
Low Birth weight (Black/African-American)	13.4%	12.9%
Infant mortality per 1,000 births (Black/African-American)	13.2	15.4
Confirmed victims of maltreatment (nonhispanic black)	22%	30%

(2010 Kids Count) [6].