Table 6_2_7-2a

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_7.2a
Children ages 19–35 months who received 1 dose of varicella vaccine, by race, United States, 2006
Population group		Total		Single race										Multiple races
		Total		White		Black		Asian		NHOPI		AI/AN		Multiple races
		Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total		89.3	0.4	89.2	0.4	89.0	0.9	91.8	1.7	89.5	4.0	85.0	3.1	90.9	1.3
Gender	Male	89.6	0.5	89.4	0.5	89.1	1.3	90.9	2.8	*	*	87.3	3.8	93.3	1.5
Gender	Female	89.1	0.6	89.1	0.7	88.8	1.3	92.8	1.9	*	*	*	*	88.1	2.2
Family income^a	Negative/poor	88.5	0.8	87.8	1.0	89.5	1.3	*	*	*	*	93.1	2.5	89.5	3.0
	Near poor/low	89.5	0.7	89.7	0.8	89.8	1.9	96.4	1.8	95.5	3.0	*	*	88.4	3.2
	Middle	88.6	0.7	88.1	0.8	87.9	2.9	94.3	2.0	*	*	*	*	93.0	1.8
	High	91.9	0.6	91.9	0.7	88.4	3.3	93.7	2.1	98.1	2.0	98.7	1.3	92.7	2.9

^a 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_7-2a: 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_7-2a.html