Table 6_3_10-3b

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_10.3b
Children over 80 lbs for whom a health provider gave advice about using lap or shoulder belts when riding in a car, 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		33.1	1.3	32.3	1.5	32.7	1.9	30.1	2.4	36.6	2.2
Age	0–5	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Age	6–17	33.1	1.3	32.3	1.5	32.7	1.9	30.1	2.4	36.5	2.2
Gender	Male	33.8	1.6	33.0	1.9	33.9	2.3	28.6	3.5	37.0	2.7
Gender	Female	32.5	1.6	31.6	1.9	31.4	2.3	31.7	2.9	36.2	2.8
Family income^a	Negative/poor	32.3	2.3	30.1	2.8	27.6	4.3	32.9	4.1	37.9	3.7
	Near poor/low	30.1	2.0	26.5	2.6	23.4	3.3	31.2	3.8	37.8	3.0
	Middle	36.7	2.4	37.1	2.7	37.7	3.2	30.3	4.6	34.5	4.3
	High	31.5	2.4	31.1	2.6	32.1	3.0	23.5	5.0	*	*
Health insurance	Any private	34.4	1.7	34.3	1.9	35.2	2.1	30.7	3.2	35.4	3.5
	Public only	32.6	1.8	29.5	2.4	24.0	3.2	30.4	3.4	39.6	2.8
	Uninsured	24.2	3.3	19.9	4.3	*	*	*	*	31.1	5.1
Residence location^b	Metropolitan	34.9	1.5	34.2	1.7	34.4	2.3	31.9	2.4	37.4	2.3
	Large central metro	36.1	2.1	35.8	2.6	36.7	4.0	32.8	3.7	36.6	3.3
	Large fringe metro	34.7	3.0	34.2	3.4	35.1	3.8	28.2	5.3	37.7	5.0
	Medium metro	34.1	3.1	33.5	3.2	33.4	4.1	32.7	4.6	37.3	5.3
	Small metro	32.7	4.1	30.7	4.4	30.1	5.3	*	*	*	*
	Nonmetropolitan	24.9	2.9	24.9	3.0	26.5	3.5	*	*	26.0	4.6
	Micropolitan	24.6	3.9	24.9	4.2	26.5	5.0	*	*	22.0	5.5
	Noncore	25.5	3.7	24.8	3.8	26.4	3.8	*	*	*	*
Language spoken most often at home	English	32.8	1.5	32.6	1.6	33.0	1.9	30.0	2.4	34.7	3.3
Language spoken most often at home	Other	35.5	2.2	27.2	5.5	*	*	*	*	38.1	2.6
Perceived health status	Excellent/very good/good	33.5	1.4	32.8	1.6	33.3	1.9	30.2	2.5	36.6	2.2
Perceived health status	Fair/poor	21.0	3.9	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
CSHCN	Yes	34.5	2.1	32.7	2.3	31.6	2.7	32.6	4.8	46.7	5.8
CSHCN	No	32.8	1.5	32.3	1.7	33.0	2.1	29.3	2.8	34.8	2.2

^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_10-3b: 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_10-3b.html