TY - JOUR PY - 2017// TI - Quickstats: Percentage of children and teens aged 6-17 years who missed >10 days of school in the past 12 months because of illness or injury, by serious emotional or behavioral difficulties status and age group - National Health Interview Survey, 2014-2016 JO - MMWR: Morbidity and mortality weekly report SP - 1239 EP - 1239 VL - 66 IS - 44 N2 - During 2014-2016, children aged 6-17 years whose parent or guardian indicated the child had serious emotional or behavioral difficulties (EBDs) were almost four times as likely to miss >10 days of school because of illness or injury compared with children without serious EBDs (13.4% compared with 3.5%). Among children with serious EBDs, those aged 6-10 years were less likely (8.0%) to miss >10 days of school compared with children aged 11-14 years (15.6%) and children aged 15-17 years (19.5%). Among children without serious EBDs those aged 15-17 years (4.7%) were more likely to miss >10 school days compared with children aged 6-10 years (3.0%) and children aged 11-14 years (3.3%).

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