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Table E-5-2. Percentage of children ages 12–17 ever having been diagnosed with a learning disability, by sex and race/ethnicity: Selected years, 1999—2008
| Sex and race/ethnicity | 1999 | 2002 | 2005 | 2008 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total1 | 9.6 | 10.5 | 9.2 | 9.4 | ||||
| Sex | ||||||||
| Male | 13.0 | 13.8 | 11.0 | 11.4 | ||||
| Female | 6.0 | 7.1 | 7.4 | 7.3 | ||||
| Race/ethnicity | ||||||||
| White | 10.4 | 11.0 | 9.3 | 11.2 | ||||
| Black | 10.3 | 12.6 | 10.8 | 9.1 | ||||
| Hispanic | 6.4 | 7.0 | 8.2 | 5.9 | ||||
| Asian | ‡ | # | ‡ | ‡ | ||||
| Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander | — | — | — | — | ||||
| American Indian/Alaska Native | ‡ | ‡ | ‡ | ‡ | ||||
| Two or more races | ‡ | ‡ | ‡ | ‡ | ||||
| Race/ethnicity by sex | ||||||||
| Male | ||||||||
| White | 14.0 | 14.1 | 10.8 | 13.8 | ||||
| Black | 13.9 | 17.7 | 14.5 | 11.2 | ||||
| Hispanic | 8.7 | 9.1 | 10.2 | 6.6 | ||||
| Asian | ‡ | # | ‡ | ‡ | ||||
| Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander | — | — | — | — | ||||
| American Indian/Alaska Native | ‡ | ‡ | ‡ | ‡ | ||||
| Two or more races | ‡ | ‡ | ‡ | ‡ | ||||
| Female | ||||||||
| White | 6.5 | 7.8 | 7.7 | 8.5 | ||||
| Black | 6.7 | 7.2 | 7.2 | 6.8 | ||||
| Hispanic | 3.9 | 5.0 | 6.2 | 5.1 | ||||
| Asian | ‡ | # | # | # | ||||
| Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander | — | — | — | — | ||||
| American Indian/Alaska Native | ‡ | ‡ | ‡ | ‡ | ||||
| Two or more races | ‡ | ‡ | ‡ | ‡ |
| — Not available. | ||||||||
| # Rounds to zero. | ||||||||
| ‡ Reporting standards not met. Either there are too few cases or the coefficient of variation (CV) is 50 percent or greater. | ||||||||
| 1 Total includes other racial/ethnic groups not shown separately in the table. | ||||||||
| NOTE: "Learning disability" is based on parent responses to the question "Has a representative from a school or a health professional ever told you that [child's name] had a learning disability?" Race categories exclude persons of Hispanic ethnicity. | ||||||||
| SOURCE: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), National Center for Health Statistics, National Health Interview Survey, 1999, 2002, 2005, and 2008. |
