Table 6_3_11-3b

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_11.3b
Children ages 2–17 for whom a health provider ever gave advice about using a helmet when riding a bicycle or motorcycle, 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		37.4	1.1	38.0	1.2	39.5	1.5	32.9	2.2	35.0	1.7
Age	2–5	36.6	1.7	36.1	2.1	38.9	2.5	31.4	3.0	38.2	2.4
Age	6–17	37.7	1.2	38.6	1.3	39.7	1.6	33.3	2.5	33.8	1.8
Gender	Male	38.3	1.3	38.8	1.5	41.0	1.9	32.1	2.5	35.9	2.1
Gender	Female	36.6	1.3	37.2	1.4	37.9	1.7	33.7	2.7	34.0	2.0
Family income^a	Negative/poor	32.3	1.8	31.9	2.5	31.8	3.5	31.2	3.3	33.2	2.3
	Near poor/low	35.6	1.8	35.1	2.4	36.1	3.4	35.6	3.5	36.8	2.3
	Middle	37.3	1.8	38.7	2.0	38.8	2.4	33.7	4.0	29.7	3.1
	High	42.3	2.1	41.9	2.3	43.7	2.5	30.3	6.6	46.6	5.9
Health insurance	Any private	40.5	1.4	40.6	1.5	41.8	1.8	34.7	3.1	39.5	3.0
	Public only	33.5	1.4	33.7	2.0	32.5	2.7	33.0	3.0	33.3	2.0
	Uninsured	23.8	2.6	21.6	3.6	25.5	5.3	*	*	27.4	3.9
Residence location^b	Metropolitan	39.9	1.2	41.1	1.4	43.3	1.8	34.6	2.2	35.7	1.7
	Large central metro	38.5	1.8	40.0	2.4	42.6	3.6	35.6	3.3	35.7	2.6
	Large fringe metro	43.4	2.5	44.1	2.8	46.9	3.1	35.8	4.4	38.8	4.4
	Medium metro	38.1	2.7	38.9	3.0	39.8	3.6	29.0	4.1	34.5	3.5
	Small metro	38.4	2.9	40.0	3.3	41.3	3.6	35.5	5.6	29.3	5.7
	Nonmetropolitan	24.3	2.2	24.0	2.2	24.0	2.3	*	*	26.5	5.2
	Micropolitan	23.4	2.4	22.5	2.4	22.3	2.6	22.2	6.3	31.6	5.4
	Noncore	25.8	3.9	26.8	4.0	27.3	4.3	*	*	*	*
Language spoken most often at home	English	38.0	1.2	38.4	1.3	39.6	1.6	32.9	2.3	34.7	2.6
Language spoken most often at home	Other	34.3	1.9	31.5	4.7	36.5	7.9	*	*	35.2	1.9
Perceived health status	Excellent/very good/good	37.5	1.1	38.2	1.3	39.7	1.5	32.5	2.2	34.9	1.7
Perceived health status	Fair/poor	33.7	3.8	33.0	4.5	*	*	*	*	36.1	6.5
CSHCN	Yes	43.5	1.8	43.4	1.9	44.8	2.3	36.4	3.5	44.0	4.7
CSHCN	No	35.9	1.2	36.5	1.3	37.9	1.7	31.9	2.4	33.6	1.7

^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_11-3b: 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_11-3b.html