Table 6_3_2-3a

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_2.3a
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, 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		34.8	0.9	35.9	1.0	33.5	1.9	26.3	3.1	*	*	*	*	28.0	3.8
Age	2–5	31.6	1.5	33.3	1.9	30.5	3.2	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Age	6–17	35.8	1.0	36.8	1.2	34.4	2.0	30.7	4.8	*	*	*	*	29.2	4.1
Gender	Male	35.2	1.1	36.5	1.3	33.3	2.4	25.5	4.2	*	*	*	*	27.2	4.9
Gender	Female	34.4	1.0	35.3	1.3	33.8	2.2	27.0	4.2	*	*	*	*	29.0	5.1
Family income^a	Negative/poor	30.9	1.5	31.4	1.9	30.9	3.1	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Near poor/low	34.6	1.7	35.4	2.1	36.8	3.3	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Middle	33.7	1.5	34.3	1.8	30.6	3.0	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	High	38.7	1.9	40.3	2.0	38.4	6.3	25.1	4.4	*	*	*	*	*	*
Health insurance	Any private	36.1	1.2	37.2	1.4	34.6	2.5	27.9	4.2	*	*	*	*	26.4	5.5
	Public only	33.2	1.4	33.5	1.6	33.0	2.9	*	*	*	*	*	*	33.8	5.4
	Uninsured	28.5	2.9	31.2	3.3	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Residence location^b	Metropolitan	36.6	1.0	38.3	1.2	34.1	1.8	26.4	3.2	*	*	*	*	26.4	4.1
	Large central metro	37.5	1.3	40.3	1.8	34.3	2.3	24.2	4.9	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Large fringe metro	38.6	2.0	39.8	2.2	39.4	3.7	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Medium metro	33.8	2.3	34.8	2.7	30.5	4.5	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Small metro	33.1	2.6	35.1	3.0	24.3	3.5	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Nonmetropolitan	25.5	1.9	24.2	1.7	30.0	7.6	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Micropolitan	24.1	2.2	23.3	2.4	27.8	7.6	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Noncore	28.0	4.4	25.9	4.3	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Language spoken most often at home	English	34.8	1.0	35.7	1.1	33.2	1.9	30.5	5.3	*	*	*	*	27.6	3.7
Language spoken most often at home	Other	34.7	2.0	36.7	2.2	*	*	21.4	4.4	*	*	*	*	*	*
Perceived health status	Excellent/very good/good	34.8	0.9	35.9	1.0	33.7	1.9	26.2	3.1	*	*	*	*	28.4	3.8
Perceived health status	Fair/poor	36.0	4.0	38.7	5.2	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
CSHCN	Yes	43.5	1.6	44.7	1.9	41.7	3.1	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
CSHCN	No	32.5	1.0	33.7	1.2	31.0	2.0	25.8	3.5	*	*	*	*	26.9	4.2

^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: 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_2-3a: 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_2-3a.html