Table 6_3_1-3a

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_1.3a
Children who ever had their height and weight measured by a health provider, by race, United States, 2005
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		92.8	0.7	92.7	0.8	93.9	0.9	89.3	2.9	*	*	92.6	3.4	94.7	1.8
Age	0–5	94.7	0.6	95.1	0.6	93.6	1.6	94.2	2.5	*	*	*	*	92.5	2.9
Age	6–17	91.9	0.8	91.6	1.0	94.0	1.0	86.3	3.6	*	*	*	*	96.1	2.0
Gender	Male	92.7	0.7	92.5	0.8	94.6	1.0	88.1	4.1	*	*	*	*	93.1	3.2
Gender	Female	92.9	0.7	93.0	0.8	93.2	1.2	90.3	3.1	*	*	*	*	96.6	1.3
Family income^a	Negative/poor	91.1	0.9	90.6	1.3	92.3	1.4	*	*	*	*	*	*	95.8	2.2
	Near poor/low	91.8	1.0	90.7	1.2	95.2	1.0	*	*	*	*	*	*	96.4	1.8
	Middle	92.5	1.0	92.5	1.0	94.4	2.1	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	High	95.0	0.9	95.3	1.0	94.4	3.0	96.6	1.9	*	*	*	*	*	*
Health insurance	Any private	94.5	0.8	94.5	0.9	94.6	1.4	94.0	2.1	*	*	*	*	95.8	3.0
	Public only	91.4	0.7	90.9	0.9	93.3	1.1	*	*	*	*	*	*	95.6	1.6
	Uninsured	82.4	2.5	80.5	2.8	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Residence location^b	Metropolitan	92.8	0.6	92.7	0.7	94.0	1.0	89.6	2.9	*	*	*	*	95.8	1.1
	Large central metro	89.9	1.4	88.9	1.6	93.0	1.5	87.9	4.1	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Large fringe metro	94.6	0.7	94.5	0.8	96.7	2.0	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Medium metro	94.1	0.9	94.4	0.9	93.6	1.4	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Small metro	95.2	1.4	95.2	1.6	92.7	3.1	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Nonmetropolitan	92.7	2.4	92.8	2.9	93.4	1.5	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Micropolitan	90.7	3.5	90.6	4.1	94.8	1.4	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Noncore	96.2	1.6	96.9	1.8	91.9	3.1	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Language spoken most often at home	English	94.4	0.7	94.6	0.8	93.9	0.9	93.0	2.6	*	*	*	*	94.5	1.9
Language spoken most often at home	Other	83.4	1.6	82.6	1.8	*	*	85.1	4.7	*	*	*	*	*	*
Perceived health status	Excellent/very good/good	92.8	0.7	92.7	0.8	93.8	0.9	89.1	2.9	*	*	92.3	3.6	94.5	1.9
Perceived health status	Fair/poor	94.4	1.9	93.2	2.6	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
CSHCN	Yes	97.4	0.5	97.2	0.6	98.2	0.7	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
CSHCN	No	91.6	0.8	91.6	0.9	92.6	1.1	88.6	3.1	*	*	*	*	93.2	2.4

^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.

* - 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_1-3a: 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_1-3a.html