Section IV: Insurance for Mental Health Care

Table 8. Demographic characteristics of MH/SA claimants and enrollees, Medicaid children, four study states^a,b
		MI 1993			NJ 1993			PA 1994			WA 1993
	% MH/SA Claimants <20 (N = 39,609)	% Enrollees (N = 455,265)	% of MH/SA Enrollees	% MH/SA Claimants <20 (N = 21,184)	% Enrollees (N = 340,495)	% of MH/SA Enrollees	% MH/SA Claimants <20 (N = 54,884)	% Enrollees (N = 512,901)	% of MH/SA Enrollees	% MH/SA Claimants <20 (N = 20,557)	% Enrollees (N = 248,384)	% of MH/SA Enrollees
Age (Years)
2-4	10.8%	25.4%	3.7%	12.1%	26.3%	2.9%	8.7%	23.6%	4.0%	13.3%	25.9%	4.3%
5-9	32.7%	30.8%	9.3%	30.0%	30.3%	6.2%	30.5%	31.1%	10.5%	31.8%	31.0%	8.5%
10-4	32.2%	22.7%	12.3%	32.7%	22.7%	8.9%	33.6%	22.9%	15.7%	30.7%	23.5%	10.8%
15-19	24.3%	21.1%	10.0%	25.3%	20.7%	7.6%	27.2%	22.5%	12.9%	24.2%	19.6%	10.2%
Eligibility Group
AFDC^c	80.3%	94.2%	7.4%	80.0%	93.5%	5.3%	66.5%	86.6%	8.2%	75.8%	72.1%	8.7%
Disabled	19.7%	5.8%	29.8%	19.9%	6.5%	19.1%	26.6%	8.6%	33.1%	11.0%	4.0%	22.8%
Other	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	6.9%	4.8%	15.3%	13.3%	24.0%	4.6%
Gender
Female	39.8%	51.2%	6.8%	42.0%	52.1%	5.0%	39.0%	49.9%	8.4%	45.9%	52.2%	7.3%
Male	60.2%	48.8%	10.7%	58.0%	47.9%	7.5%	61.0%	50.1%	13.0%	54.1%	47.8%	9.4%
Race
White	71.6%	62.5%	10.0%	34.1%	24.3%	8.7%	70.2%	71.3%	10.5%	69.5%	70.8%	8.1%
Black	23.0%	28.8%	6.9%	36.8%	44.4%	5.2%	19.0%	19.2%	10.6%	4.1%	6.3%	5.4%
Hispanic	2.2%	5.3%	3.5%	19.5%	26.1%	4.7%	9.8%	7.7%	13.7%	4.4%	13.5%	2.7%
Asian	<1.0%	1.2%	<.1%	0.2%	0.7%	1.6%	0.3%	1.2%	2.8%	0.9%	2.8%	2.7%
American Indian	0.6%	0.7%	8.3%	2.0%	0.5%	24.3%	0.1%	0.1%	13.1%	2.9%	4.1%	5.8%
Unknown	2.6%	1.5%	14.4%	7.3%	4.0%	11.3%	0.6%	0.6%	10.4%	18.2%	2.5%	59.4%
^a Year 1 data (1993 for Michigan, New Jersey, and Washington; 1994 for Pennsylvania). ^b In the cells where the number of children was fewer than 50, we report data as "NA (not available). ^c AFDC = Aid to Families with Dependent Children.

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