Table 6_2_5-1

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_5.1
Children ages 19–35 months who received 3 doses of *Haemophilus influenzae* type B vaccine, United States, 2001 and 2006
Population group		2006		2001
Population group		Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total		93.4	0.3	93.0	0.3
Race^a	AI/AN only	94.8	1.4	91.7	2.9
	Asian only	89.9	1.8	91.6	1.3
	NHOPI only	96.9	1.5	93.8	2.5
	Black only	91.3	0.9	89.4	0.9
	White only	94.2	0.3	93.8	0.3
	Multiple races	91.2	1.8	93.3	1.1
Ethnicity	Hispanic, all races	94.0	0.5	92.5	0.6
	Non-Hispanic, all races	93.1	0.4	93.1	0.3
	Non-Hispanic, Black	91.1	1.0	89.3	0.9
	Non-Hispanic, White	94.0	0.4	94.2	0.3
Gender	Male	93.8	0.4	93.1	0.4
Gender	Female	93.0	0.5	92.8	0.4
Family income^b	Negative/poor	91.5	0.7	89.6	0.8
	Near poor/low	92.9	0.7	92.6	0.6
	Middle	93.7	0.5	93.6	0.5
	High	95.6	0.6	96.4	0.4

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

^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.

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

Key: AI/AN: American Indian or Alaska Native; API: Asian or Pacific Islander; 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_5-1: 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_5-1.html