Table 6_3_11-3a

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_11.3a
Children ages 2–17 for whom a health provider ever gave advice about using a helmet when riding a bicycle or motorcycle, 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		37.4	1.1	38.4	1.3	33.2	2.2	40.2	4.6	*	*	*	*	31.9	4.6
Age	2–5	36.6	1.7	38.6	2.0	31.6	2.8	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Age	6–17	37.7	1.2	38.3	1.4	33.7	2.4	44.8	6.2	*	*	*	*	34.1	5.4
Gender	Male	38.3	1.3	39.7	1.5	32.4	2.4	38.6	5.3	*	*	*	*	29.4	5.7
Gender	Female	36.6	1.3	36.9	1.5	34.1	2.6	41.5	6.0	*	*	*	*	34.7	5.1
Family income^a	Negative/poor	32.3	1.8	32.6	2.1	30.9	3.2	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Near poor/low	35.6	1.8	35.8	2.2	36.7	3.3	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Middle	37.3	1.8	37.1	2.1	33.7	4.0	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	High	42.3	2.1	44.1	2.3	31.4	6.3	37.7	5.9	*	*	*	*	*	*
Health insurance	Any private	40.5	1.4	41.5	1.7	35.2	3.0	41.1	5.4	*	*	*	*	33.1	6.6
	Public only	33.5	1.4	32.7	1.5	33.3	2.8	*	*	*	*	*	*	32.8	5.6
	Uninsured	23.8	2.6	26.6	3.3	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Residence location^b	Metropolitan	39.9	1.2	41.2	1.5	35.0	2.1	40.4	4.6	*	*	*	*	32.8	5.2
	Large central metro	38.5	1.8	39.6	2.3	35.4	3.3	39.5	7.1	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Large fringe metro	43.4	2.5	45.4	2.7	37.1	4.1	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Medium metro	38.1	2.7	38.8	3.3	30.0	4.1	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Small metro	38.4	2.9	39.3	3.1	35.2	5.5	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Nonmetropolitan	24.3	2.2	23.7	2.2	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Micropolitan	23.4	2.4	22.5	2.4	22.2	6.3	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Noncore	25.8	3.9	26.1	4.2	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Language spoken most often at home	English	38.0	1.2	39.0	1.5	32.9	2.2	49.8	6.9	*	*	*	*	31.7	4.7
Language spoken most often at home	Other	34.3	1.9	34.8	1.9	*	*	29.0	5.5	*	*	*	*	*	*
Perceived health status	Excellent/very good/good	37.5	1.1	38.5	1.3	32.9	2.2	40.1	4.6	*	*	*	*	32.5	4.6
Perceived health status	Fair/poor	33.7	3.8	32.7	4.5	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
CSHCN	Yes	43.5	1.8	45.0	2.2	36.8	3.4	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
CSHCN	No	35.9	1.2	36.6	1.4	32.2	2.3	37.6	4.8	*	*	*	*	33.6	5.1

^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_11-3a: 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_11-3a.html