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Increase the proportion of children and adolescents with communication disorders who have seen a specialist in the past year — HOSCD‑05 Data

National Status: Baseline only

  
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Most Recent Data:
48.8 percent (2022)

National Target:
56.0 percent  1

Desired Direction:
Increase desired

National Baseline:
48.8 percent of children and adolescents aged 3 to 17 years with communication disorders of voice, speech, swallowing or language saw a health care specialist for evaluation or treatment in the past 12 months in 2022 2

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Children and adolescents with communication disorders who received healthcare in the past 12 months, 2022 ◊
(percent)
Increase desired

Population 2022
Total
48.8
CI 43.6 / 54.1
SE 2.612

Children and adolescents with communication disorders who received healthcare in the past 12 months by Sex, 2022 ◊
(percent)
Increase desired

Population 2022
Male
50.6
CI 43.7 / 57.5
SE 3.422
Female
46.4
CI 37.7 / 55.2
SE 4.307

Children and adolescents with communication disorders who received healthcare in the past 12 months by Race/Ethnicity, 2022 ◊
(percent)
Increase desired

Population 2022
American Indian or Alaska Native only
DSU
Asian only
DSU
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander only
DSU
Black or African American only
DSU
White only
48.9
CI 42.4 / 55.4
SE 3.213
2 or more races
DSU
Hispanic or Latino
44.8
CI 34.5 / 55.5
SE 5.158
Not Hispanic or Latino
50.3
CI 44.4 / 56.2
SE 2.932
American Indian or Alaska Native only, not Hispanic or Latino
DSU
Asian only, not Hispanic or Latino
DSU
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander only, not Hispanic or Latino
DSU
Black or African American only, not Hispanic or Latino
DSU
White only, not Hispanic or Latino
48.4
CI 41.5 / 55.4
SE 3.449
2 or more races, not Hispanic or Latino
DSU

Children and adolescents with communication disorders who received healthcare in the past 12 months by Age group, 2022 † ◊
(percent)
Increase desired

Population 2022
3-5 years
59.7
CI 50.0 / 68.9
SE 4.650
6-11 years
57.0
CI 48.2 / 65.5
SE 4.273
12-17 years
26.8
CI 18.7 / 36.1
SE 4.244

Children and adolescents with communication disorders who received healthcare in the past 12 months by Family income (percent poverty threshold), 2022 ◊
(percent)
Increase desired

Population 2022
<100
44.5
CI 31.2 / 58.5
SE 6.654
100-199
47.3
CI 36.2 / 58.7
SE 5.504
200-399
49.6
CI 39.8 / 59.3
SE 4.800
400+
53.3
CI 42.8 / 63.6
SE 5.097

Children and adolescents with communication disorders who received healthcare in the past 12 months by Health insurance status, 2022 ◊
(percent)
Increase desired

Population 2022
Insured
49.4
CI 44.0 / 54.8
SE 2.673
Private
49.1
CI 41.6 / 56.6
SE 3.710
Public
49.6
CI 41.9 / 57.4
SE 3.831
Uninsured
DSU

Children and adolescents with communication disorders who received healthcare in the past 12 months by Geographic location, 2022 ◊
(percent)
Increase desired

Population 2022
Metropolitan
48.2
CI 42.5 / 54.0
SE 2.864
Non-metropolitan
52.8
CI 40.5 / 64.9
SE 5.932

Children and adolescents with communication disorders who received healthcare in the past 12 months by Country of birth, 2022 ◊
(percent)
Increase desired

Population 2022
US
49.2
CI 43.9 / 54.5
SE 2.647
Outside US
DSU

Disparity