American Academy of Pediatrics

TABLE 3

Prevalence of Developmental Disabilities in Children Aged 3 to 17 Years by Health Insurance Status and Birth Weight

Condition	Health Insurance Status, %			Birth Weight, %
Condition	Private Only	Any Public	No Coverage	<2500 g	≥2500 g
Any developmental disability	13.75	21.82^a	13.37^b	23.96	16.06^c
ADHD	7.50	11.68^a	5.54^a^,^b	10.77	8.68^c
ASD	1.45	2.23^a	0.96^a^,^b	2.18	1.73^c
Blind or unable to see at all	0.07	0.28^a	0.16	0.52	0.12^c
CP	0.17	0.53^a	0.12^b	1.65	0.17^c
Moderate to profound hearing loss	0.42	0.94^a	0.49^b	1.06	0.60^c
LD	5.43	11.12^a	6.26^a^,^b	11.58	7.27^c
ID	0.59	1.86^a	0.64^b	2.23	0.94^c
Seizures, past 12 mo	0.52	1.13^a	0.67^b	1.61	0.69^c
Stuttered or stammered, past 12 mo	1.22	3.19^a	1.52^b	3.14	1.93^c
Other developmental delay	3.50	5.84^a	2.80^a^,^b	9.23	3.90^c

Condition	Health Insurance Status, %			Birth Weight, %
Condition	Private Only	Any Public	No Coverage	<2500 g	≥2500 g
Any developmental disability	13.75	21.82^a	13.37^b	23.96	16.06^c
ADHD	7.50	11.68^a	5.54^a^,^b	10.77	8.68^c
ASD	1.45	2.23^a	0.96^a^,^b	2.18	1.73^c
Blind or unable to see at all	0.07	0.28^a	0.16	0.52	0.12^c
CP	0.17	0.53^a	0.12^b	1.65	0.17^c
Moderate to profound hearing loss	0.42	0.94^a	0.49^b	1.06	0.60^c
LD	5.43	11.12^a	6.26^a^,^b	11.58	7.27^c
ID	0.59	1.86^a	0.64^b	2.23	0.94^c
Seizures, past 12 mo	0.52	1.13^a	0.67^b	1.61	0.69^c
Stuttered or stammered, past 12 mo	1.22	3.19^a	1.52^b	3.14	1.93^c
Other developmental delay	3.50	5.84^a	2.80^a^,^b	9.23	3.90^c

Significantly different from children with only private health insurance (P < .05).

Significantly different from children with any public health insurance (P < .05).

Significantly different from children with low birth weight (P < .05).