Table 6_3_1-1

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_3_1.1
Children who ever had their height and weight measured by a health provider, United States, 2005
Population group		Total population (in thousands)^c	Ever had both measures		Within past year		Within past 2 years
Population group		Total population (in thousands)^c	Percent^d	SE	Percent^e	SE	Percent^e	SE
Total		73,446	92.8	0.7	74.9	0.8	88.7	0.7
Age	0–5	23,707	94.7	0.6	86.3	0.9	93.5	0.6
Age	6–17	49,740	91.9	0.8	69.4	1.0	86.4	0.9
Gender	Male	37,725	92.7	0.7	74.4	1.0	88.4	0.8
Gender	Female	35,721	92.9	0.7	75.4	1.0	89.0	0.8
Race	White, single race	56,074	92.7	0.8	76.1	0.9	88.7	0.8
	Black, single race	11,127	93.9	0.9	73.4	1.6	90.4	1.1
	Asian, single race	2,920	89.3	2.9	63.7	4.3	84.8	3.2
	NHOPI, single race	323	*	*	*	*	*	*
	AI/AN, single race	681	92.6	3.4	67.9	5.3	86.0	5.1
	Multiple races	2,321	94.7	1.8	72.6	3.5	87.5	2.8
Ethnicity	Non-Hispanic, all races	58,835	94.3	0.7	76.1	0.9	90.4	0.7
	Non-Hispanic, White	42,381	94.8	0.8	78.2	1.0	91.1	0.8
	Non-Hispanic, Black	10,838	93.8	0.9	73.2	1.6	90.2	1.1
	Hispanic	14,612	86.9	1.3	69.9	1.5	81.9	1.4
Family income^a	Negative/poor	13,351	91.1	0.9	71.3	1.5	85.9	1.1
	Near poor/low	15,510	91.8	1.0	74.0	1.4	86.7	1.0
	Middle	23,882	92.5	1.0	72.1	1.5	87.8	1.2
	High	20,704	95.0	0.9	81.0	1.3	93.0	1.0
Health insurance	Any private	46,689	94.5	0.8	76.8	1.0	90.9	0.9
	Public only	22,228	91.4	0.7	74.6	1.1	87.3	0.8
	Uninsured	4,530	82.4	2.5	56.3	2.9	72.4	3.1
Residence location^b	Metropolitan	61,986	92.8	0.6	75.5	0.8	89.2	0.7
	Large central metro	22,637	89.9	1.4	72.9	1.7	85.9	1.5
	Large fringe metro	19,021	94.6	0.7	78.6	1.5	91.5	1.0
	Medium metro	14,076	94.1	0.9	75.5	1.4	89.9	1.0
	Small metro	6,253	95.2	1.4	75.6	2.4	92.0	1.5
	Nonmetropolitan	11,460	92.7	2.4	71.6	2.4	86.3	2.3
	Micropolitan	7,410	90.7	3.5	70.8	3.6	84.0	3.4
	Noncore	4,050	96.2	1.6	73.1	2.7	90.2	1.6
Language spoken most often at home	English	62,623	94.4	0.7	76.4	0.9	90.5	0.7
Language spoken most often at home	Other	10,773	83.4	1.6	66.2	1.8	77.9	1.7
Perceived health status	Excellent/very good/good	71,574	92.7	0.7	74.5	0.8	88.5	0.7
Perceived health status	Fair/poor	1,858	96.1	1.5	90.2	2.1	95.4	1.5
CSHCN	Yes	14,389	97.4	0.5	87.2	1.1	95.6	0.6
CSHCN	No	58,351	91.6	0.8	71.7	0.9	86.9	0.9

^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.

^b For more information, see the MEPS entry in Appendix A, Data Sources.

^c Numbers may not add to total due to missing values or rounding.

^d Denominator is total population, excluding children whose parents don't know if their child had ever had weight and height measured.

^e Denominator is total population, excluding children whose parents don't know if their child had ever had weight and height measured, and the time of measurements.

* - 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; CSHCN: children with special health care needs; SE: standard error.

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends, Medical Expenditure Panel Survey.

Current as of September 2009

Internet Citation: Table 6_3_1-1: 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_3_1-1.html