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.