Table 6_3_2-2

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_2.2
Children ages 2–17 for whom a health provider ever gave advice about the amount and kind of exercise, sports, or physically active hobbies they should have, United States, 2002
Population group		Total population (in thousands)^c	Ever given advice		Within past year		Within past 2 years
Population group		Total population (in thousands)^c	Percent^d	SE	Percent^e	SE	Percent^e	SE
Total		65,261	31.9	0.8	25.8	0.7	30.0	0.8
Age	2–5	15,715	25.1	1.2	23.2	1.2	25.0	1.2
Age	6–17	49,546	34.0	1.0	26.6	0.8	31.6	0.9
Gender	Male	33,465	31.2	1.0	25.4	0.8	29.2	0.9
Gender	Female	31,796	32.5	1.0	26.1	0.9	30.9	1.0
Race	White, single race	50,296	32.2	1.0	26.2	0.9	30.4	0.9
	Black, single race	10,137	32.6	1.7	26.1	1.5	30.8	1.7
	Asian, single race	2,341	30.3	4.5	22.3	3.5	27.7	4.2
	NHOPI, single race	280	*	*	*	*	*	*
	AI/AN, single race	789	13.1	3.3	10.8	3.2	12.8	3.3
	Multiple races	1,417	27.9	4.6	23.4	4.2	25.8	4.4
Ethnicity	Non-Hispanic, all races	53,547	31.9	0.9	25.9	0.8	30.0	0.9
	Non-Hispanic, White	39,108	32.4	1.1	26.5	1.1	30.5	1.1
	Non-Hispanic, Black	9,917	32.4	1.7	25.9	1.5	30.5	1.8
	Hispanic	11,713	31.8	1.4	25.3	1.3	30.4	1.4
Family income^a	Negative/poor	10,871	29.8	1.5	23.4	1.3	27.5	1.5
	Near poor/low	13,746	28.2	1.4	22.7	1.3	26.7	1.3
	Middle	22,506	29.7	1.3	24.3	1.2	28.2	1.3
	High	18,138	38.6	1.6	31.4	1.6	36.4	1.6
Health insurance	Any private	43,493	33.5	1.1	27.3	1.0	31.6	1.1
	Public only	16,816	29.7	1.3	23.9	1.1	28.1	1.2
	Uninsured	4,952	24.4	2.4	18.4	2.1	22.5	2.3
Residence location^b	Metropolitan	55,430	33.4	0.9	27.2	0.8	31.5	0.9
	Large central metro	19,867	33.8	1.3	27.2	1.1	32.2	1.2
	Large fringe metro	16,461	37.9	1.6	30.7	1.5	35.4	1.6
	Medium metro	13,459	31.2	2.1	25.7	2.0	29.4	2.0
	Small metro	5,644	24.2	2.5	20.6	2.0	22.5	2.4
	Nonmetropolitan	9,830	23.3	2.1	17.8	1.7	22.0	2.0
	Micropolitan	6,556	23.5	2.7	17.9	2.2	21.9	2.6
	Noncore	3,274	23.0	2.8	17.7	2.5	22.2	2.7
Language spoken most often at home	English	58,663	32.5	0.9	26.3	0.8	30.6	0.8
Language spoken most often at home	Other	6,539	26.1	1.9	21.0	1.7	25.1	1.8
Perceived health status	Excellent/very good/good	63,830	31.6	0.8	25.5	0.7	29.7	0.8
Perceived health status	Fair/poor	1,431	44.5	4.3	38.4	4.3	43.1	4.4
CSHCN	Yes	13,563	41.3	1.6	35.8	1.5	39.6	1.6
CSHCN	No	51,143	29.4	0.9	23.1	0.8	27.5	0.8

^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.

^c Numbers may not add to total due to missing values or rounding.

^d Denominator is total population, excluding children whose parents don't know if they had ever been given advice.

^e Denominator is total population, excluding children whose parents don't know if they had ever been given the advice, or when they were given advice.

* - 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_2-2: 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_2-2.html