Table 6_3_10-3a

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_10.3a
Children over 80 lbs for whom a health provider gave advice about using lap or shoulder belts when riding in a car, 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		33.1	1.3	33.8	1.6	30.3	2.4	37.2	6.9	*	*	*	*	24.0	4.8
Age	0–5	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Age	6–17	33.1	1.3	33.8	1.6	30.3	2.4	37.2	6.9	*	*	*	*	24.0	4.8
Gender	Male	33.8	1.6	34.9	1.9	28.8	3.4	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Gender	Female	32.5	1.6	32.5	2.0	31.9	2.9	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Family income^a	Negative/poor	32.3	2.3	32.6	3.0	32.7	4.1	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Near poor/low	30.1	2.0	29.7	2.4	32.1	3.7	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Middle	36.7	2.4	37.1	2.7	30.3	4.6	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	High	31.5	2.4	32.8	2.7	23.5	5.0	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Health insurance	Any private	34.4	1.7	35.5	1.9	30.6	3.2	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Public only	32.6	1.8	31.4	2.3	30.8	3.3	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Uninsured	24.2	3.3	24.8	3.7	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Residence location^b	Metropolitan	34.9	1.5	35.4	1.8	32.1	2.4	37.5	7.0	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Large central metro	36.1	2.1	37.0	2.7	32.9	3.6	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Large fringe metro	34.7	3.0	35.3	3.3	28.7	5.3	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Medium metro	34.1	3.1	34.3	3.8	33.1	4.6	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Small metro	32.7	4.1	33.0	5.0	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Nonmetropolitan	24.9	2.9	26.6	3.3	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Micropolitan	24.6	3.9	26.3	4.6	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Noncore	25.5	3.7	27.2	3.7	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Language spoken most often at home	English	32.8	1.5	33.4	1.8	29.9	2.4	*	*	*	*	*	*	23.5	4.9
Language spoken most often at home	Other	35.5	2.2	36.0	2.4	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Perceived health status	Excellent/very good/good	33.5	1.4	34.2	1.6	30.4	2.5	36.2	7.0	*	*	*	*	25.0	5.0
Perceived health status	Fair/poor	21.0	3.9	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
CSHCN	Yes	34.5	2.1	34.6	2.5	33.1	4.7	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
CSHCN	No	32.8	1.5	33.5	1.7	29.4	2.8	33.2	6.9	*	*	*	*	*	*

^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.

* - 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_10-3a: 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_10-3a.html