Table 6_2_7-1

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_7.1
Children ages 19–35 months who received 1 dose of varicella vaccine, United States, 2001 and 2006
Population group		2006		2001
Population group		Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total		89.3	0.4	76.3	0.4
Race^a	AI/AN only	85.0	3.1	69.7	4.1
	Asian only	91.8	1.7	82.3	2.1
	NHOPI only	89.5	4.0	*	*
	Black only	89.0	0.9	76.5	1.2
	White only	89.2	0.4	76.1	0.5
	Multiple races	90.9	1.3	75.6	2.2
Ethnicity	Hispanic, all races	89.8	0.8	80.3	0.9
	Non-Hispanic, all races	89.2	0.4	75.2	0.5
	Non-Hispanic, Black	89.2	1.0	75.7	1.3
	Non-Hispanic, White	88.8	0.5	74.7	0.5
Gender	Male	89.6	0.5	76.7	0.6
Gender	Female	89.1	0.6	76.0	0.6
Family income^b	Negative/poor	88.5	0.8	74.0	1.1
	Near poor/low	89.5	0.7	74.4	0.9
	Middle	88.6	0.7	75.5	0.8
	High	91.9	0.6	81.7	0.8

^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_7-1: 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_7-1.html