Table 6_1_2-3b
2008 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports
The National Healthcare Quality Report (NHQR) is a comprehensive national overview of quality of health care in the United States. It is organized around four dimensions of quality of care: effectiveness, patient safety, timeliness, and patient centeredness.
| Population group | Total | Non-Hispanic | Hispanic, all races | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All races | White | Black | |||||||||
| Percent | SE | Percent | SE | Percent | SE | Percent | SE | Percent | SE | ||
| Total | 8.2 | 0.0 | 8.6 | 0.0 | 7.3 | 0.0 | 14.0 | 0.0 | 6.9 | 0.0 | |
| Mother's age | Under 15 | 13.3 | 0.4 | 15.1 | 0.6 | 11.1 | 0.9 | 17.2 | 0.7 | 10.2 | 0.6 |
| 15–19 | 10.0 | 0.0 | 11.0 | 0.1 | 9.1 | 0.1 | 14.7 | 0.1 | 8.0 | 0.1 | |
| 20–24 | 8.3 | 0.0 | 9.0 | 0.0 | 7.4 | 0.0 | 13.7 | 0.1 | 6.5 | 0.0 | |
| 25–29 | 7.4 | 0.0 | 7.7 | 0.0 | 6.6 | 0.0 | 13.1 | 0.1 | 6.1 | 0.0 | |
| 30–34 | 7.5 | 0.0 | 7.7 | 0.0 | 6.8 | 0.0 | 13.7 | 0.1 | 6.8 | 0.1 | |
| 35 and over | 9.2 | 0.0 | 9.4 | 0.0 | 8.3 | 0.0 | 16.4 | 0.2 | 8.5 | 0.1 | |
| Gender | Male | 7.6 | 0.0 | 7.9 | 0.0 | 6.7 | 0.0 | 12.8 | 0.1 | 6.6 | 0.0 |
| Female | 8.8 | 0.0 | 9.3 | 0.0 | 7.9 | 0.0 | 15.3 | 0.1 | 7.2 | 0.0 | |
| Mother's education,a age 20 and over | Less than high school | 8.5 | 0.0 | 11.5 | 0.1 | 9.7 | 0.1 | 16.3 | 0.2 | 6.2 | 0.0 |
| High school graduate | 8.6 | 0.0 | 9.3 | 0.0 | 7.7 | 0.0 | 14.3 | 0.1 | 6.7 | 0.1 | |
| At least some college | 7.3 | 0.0 | 7.4 | 0.0 | 6.5 | 0.0 | 12.6 | 0.1 | 6.7 | 0.1 | |
| Residence locationb | Metropolitan | 8.2 | 0.0 | 8.6 | 0.0 | 7.2 | 0.0 | 13.9 | 0.0 | 6.9 | 0.0 |
| Large central metro | 8.4 | 0.0 | 9.3 | 0.0 | 7.2 | 0.0 | 13.9 | 0.1 | 6.8 | 0.0 | |
| Large fringe metro | 7.8 | 0.0 | 8.0 | 0.0 | 7.0 | 0.0 | 12.9 | 0.1 | 6.7 | 0.1 | |
| Medium metro | 8.2 | 0.0 | 8.6 | 0.0 | 7.4 | 0.0 | 14.4 | 0.1 | 7.1 | 0.1 | |
| Small metro | 8.1 | 0.0 | 8.4 | 0.0 | 7.3 | 0.1 | 14.9 | 0.2 | 6.9 | 0.1 | |
| Micropolitan (nonmetro) | 8.3 | 0.0 | 8.5 | 0.0 | 7.6 | 0.0 | 15.2 | 0.2 | 7.0 | 0.1 | |
| Noncore (nonmetro) | 8.4 | 0.1 | 8.5 | 0.1 | 7.7 | 0.1 | 15.6 | 0.2 | 7.3 | 0.2 | |
a Education data are for persons age 20 and over and exclude the following States: FL, ID, KS, KY, NE, NH, NY (not including NYC), PA, SC, TN, TX, and WA, that implemented the 2003 Revisions to the U.S Standard Birth Certificate.
b For more information, see the National Vital Statistics System entry in Appendix A, Data Sources.
Key: SE: standard error.
Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics, National Vital Statistics System - Natality.
Current as of September 2009
Internet Citation: Table 6_1_2-3b: 2008 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports.
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