Table 6_2_2-1

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.

Table 6_2_2.1
Children ages 19–35 months who received 4 doses of diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis vaccine,^a United States, 2001 and 2006
Population group		2006		2001
Population group		Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total		85.2	0.5	82.1	0.4
Race^b	AI/AN only	85.6	2.9	76.9	3.7
	Asian only	85.7	2.6	83.6	2.1
	NHOPI only	89.2	3.7	*	*
	Black only	81.3	1.2	77.2	1.2
	White only	86.2	0.5	83.2	0.5
	Multiple races	82.5	2.8	82.1	1.9
Ethnicity	Hispanic, all races	84.7	0.9	82.5	0.9
	Non-Hispanic, all races	85.4	0.5	82.1	0.5
	Non-Hispanic, Black	81.4	1.4	76.5	1.3
	Non-Hispanic, White	86.6	0.5	83.5	0.5
Gender	Male	85.3	0.6	82.0	0.6
Gender	Female	85.1	0.7	82.3	0.6
Family income^c	Negative/poor	80.8	1.1	76.5	1.1
	Near poor/low	83.9	1.0	78.9	0.9
	Middle	84.8	1.0	83.7	0.7
	High	91.4	0.7	88.4	0.7

^a Four or more doses of any diphtheria and tetanus toxoids and pertussis vaccines, including diphtheria and tetanus toxoids, and any acellular pertussis vaccine (DTP/DTaP/DT).

^b Race categories have been changed since 2001. Data for 2001 and later years may not be comparable to data from previous years.

^c Negative/poor refers to household incomes below the Federal poverty line; near poor/low, over the poverty line to just below 200 percent of the poverty line; middle, 200 percent to just below 400 percent of the poverty line; and high, 400 percent of the poverty line and over.

* - Data do not meet the criteria for statistical reliability, data quality, or confidentiality.

Key: AI/AN: American Indian or Alaska Native; NHOPI: Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander; SE: standard error.

Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Immunizations and Respiratory Diseases, and National Center for Health Statistics, National Immunization Survey.

Current as of September 2009

Internet Citation: Table 6_2_2-1: 2008 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. September 2009. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr08/6_maternalchildhealth/T6_2_2-1.html