Table 6_3_1-3b

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_1.3b
Children who ever had their height and weight measured by a health provider, by ethnicity, United States, 2005
Population group		Total		Non-Hispanic						Hispanic, all races
		Total		All races		White		Black		Hispanic, all races
		Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total		92.8	0.7	94.3	0.7	94.8	0.8	93.8	0.9	86.9	1.3
Age	0–5	94.7	0.6	95.7	0.7	96.6	0.8	93.4	1.7	91.1	1.0
Age	6–17	91.9	0.8	93.6	0.8	94.0	1.0	93.9	1.0	84.6	1.7
Gender	Male	92.7	0.7	94.1	0.7	94.5	0.8	94.5	1.0	87.0	1.8
Gender	Female	92.9	0.7	94.4	0.8	95.1	0.9	93.1	1.3	86.9	1.3
Family income^a	Negative/poor	91.1	0.9	92.5	1.0	93.4	1.5	92.2	1.4	88.1	1.8
	Near poor/low	91.8	1.0	94.1	1.1	93.9	1.6	95.0	1.0	86.7	1.8
	Middle	92.5	1.0	94.5	0.8	95.1	0.8	94.4	2.1	82.6	3.2
	High	95.0	0.9	95.0	1.0	95.3	1.1	94.2	3.0	95.2	1.2
Health insurance	Any private	94.5	0.8	95.0	0.8	95.2	0.9	94.5	1.4	90.6	1.9
	Public only	91.4	0.7	93.7	0.8	95.4	0.9	93.1	1.2	86.8	1.5
	Uninsured	82.4	2.5	86.6	2.8	85.9	3.8	*	*	74.8	3.8
Residence location^b	Metropolitan	92.8	0.6	94.5	0.6	95.1	0.6	93.8	1.1	87.0	1.3
	Large central metro	89.9	1.4	92.8	1.4	93.6	1.6	93.0	1.5	84.0	2.0
	Large fringe metro	94.6	0.7	95.6	0.7	95.8	0.8	96.5	2.1	88.9	2.4
	Medium metro	94.1	0.9	94.7	1.0	95.3	1.0	93.4	1.4	91.2	1.7
	Small metro	95.2	1.4	95.1	1.6	95.2	1.9	92.6	3.2	95.8	1.2
	Nonmetropolitan	92.7	2.4	93.4	2.5	93.9	3.2	93.4	1.5	85.7	4.0
	Micropolitan	90.7	3.5	90.7	3.8	90.8	4.6	94.8	1.4	90.3	2.7
	Noncore	96.2	1.6	98.1	0.9	99.4	0.4	91.9	3.1	73.6	10.2
Language spoken most often at home	English	94.4	0.7	94.9	0.7	95.3	0.8	93.8	0.9	90.6	1.6
Language spoken most often at home	Other	83.4	1.6	82.1	3.6	74.9	6.9	*	*	83.9	1.8
Perceived health status	Excellent/very good/good	92.8	0.7	94.3	0.7	94.8	0.8	93.7	0.9	86.8	1.3
Perceived health status	Fair/poor	94.4	1.9	95.3	2.0	*	*	*	*	90.8	5.0
CSHCN	Yes	97.4	0.5	97.7	0.5	97.7	0.6	98.1	0.7	95.1	1.5
CSHCN	No	91.6	0.8	93.3	0.8	94.0	1.0	92.4	1.2	85.7	1.4

^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: 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_1-3b: 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_1-3b.html