Special needs among children and youth with heart conditions U.S. 2016

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This statistic depicts the percentage of children and adolescents in the U.S. who had a current or past heart condition and had select special health needs as of 2016. As of that time, around 43 percent of children and adolescents who had a current heart condition needed or used prescription medicines.

Percentage of children and adolescents in the U.S. with a current or past heart condition who had select special health care needs as of 2016

Characteristic	Current heart condition	Past heart condition
Has one or more special health care needs	60%	40%
Needs or uses prescription medicines	42.8%	26.6%
Above average use of health care or educational services*	41.8%	23.9%
Has functional limitations	30.7%	17.4%
Needs or uses physical, occupational, or speech therapies	22.4%	14.4%
Needs or receives treatment or counseling for emotional, developmental or behavioral conditions	23.4%	22.5%

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Release date

September 2018

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Region

United States

Survey time period

2016

Age group

0-17 years

Supplementary notes

Based on having one or more of the following five conditions: needing or using prescription medicine; needing or using more medical care, mental health, or educational services than other children their age; having limitations in doing things, compared with other children their age; needing special therapy (e.g., physical, occupational, or speech therapy); or having an emotional, developmental, or behavioral problem in need of counseling or treatment. These conditions must be related to a medical, behavioral, or other health condition that has lasted or is expected to last 12 months or longer.
* Beyond those of a similarly aged child.

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