NCHS Data Brief, Number 353, November 2019

NCHS Data Brief, Number 353, November 2019

Vision Testing Among Children Aged 3–5 Years in the United States, 2016–2017

Key Findings
Data from the National Health Interview Survey

• During 2016–2017, 63.5% of children aged 3–5 years had ever had their vision tested by a doctor or other health professional.
• Hispanic children (58.6%) were less likely to have ever had their vision tested compared with non-Hispanic white children (65.4%).
• Receipt of a vision test increased with increasing parental educational attainment.
• Children with private health insurance (66.7%) were more likely than both children with public coverage (61.2%) and uninsured children (43.3%) to have ever had a vision test.
• Children who did not receive a well-child visit in the past 12 months were less likely to have ever had a vision test compared with children that did receive a well-child visit in the past 12 months.

Keywords

​eyes, screening, preschool, National Health Interview Survey

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