Table 6_2_2-2b

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_2.2b
Children ages 19–35 months who received 4 doses of diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis vaccine,^a by ethnicity, United States, 2006
Population group		Total		Non-Hispanic						Hispanic, all races
		Total		All races		White		Black		Hispanic, all races
		Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total		85.2	0.5	85.4	0.5	86.6	0.5	81.4	1.4	84.7	0.9
Gender	Male	85.3	0.6	85.5	0.7	86.5	0.7	81.5	1.9	84.8	1.2
Gender	Female	85.1	0.7	85.3	0.7	86.6	0.8	81.3	1.9	84.6	1.4
Family income^b	Negative/poor	80.8	1.1	79.0	1.5	78.4	2.1	78.6	2.4	82.7	1.5
	Near poor/low	83.9	1.0	83.2	1.2	82.4	1.4	86.5	2.1	85.6	1.9
	Middle	84.8	1.0	85.0	1.1	86.4	0.9	81.8	3.5	83.7	2.4
	High	91.4	0.7	91.4	0.7	91.7	0.8	86.4	4.0	91.5	1.8

^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 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.

Key: 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_2-2b: 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_2-2b.html