Table 6_3_3-2

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_3.2
Children ages 2–17 for whom a health provider ever gave advice about eating healthy, 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	51.0	0.9	39.4	0.8	46.9	0.8
Age	2–5	15,715	58.0	1.5	50.7	1.5	57.0	1.5
Age	6–17	49,546	48.7	0.9	35.8	0.9	43.7	0.9
Gender	Male	33,465	49.5	1.0	38.0	0.9	44.9	1.0
Gender	Female	31,796	52.5	1.1	40.8	1.0	49.0	1.0
Race	White, single race	50,296	51.2	1.0	39.2	1.0	46.8	1.0
	Black, single race	10,137	51.5	1.9	41.6	1.7	49.1	1.9
	Asian, single race	2,341	47.0	4.9	37.7	4.5	43.6	4.7
	NHOPI, single race	280	*	*	*	*	*	*
	AI/AN, single race	789	29.1	6.1	25.6	5.8	28.7	6.1
	Multiple races	1,417	54.8	4.2	38.2	4.4	49.0	4.2
Ethnicity	Non-Hispanic, all races	53,547	51.6	1.0	40.0	0.9	47.2	1.0
	Non-Hispanic, White	39,108	52.1	1.2	40.1	1.2	47.2	1.2
	Non-Hispanic, Black	9,917	51.8	1.9	41.8	1.7	49.3	1.9
	Hispanic	11,713	48.0	1.5	36.4	1.5	45.5	1.5
Family income^a	Negative/poor	10,871	46.0	1.9	35.1	1.6	42.4	1.8
	Near poor/low	13,746	46.9	1.6	36.1	1.6	44.1	1.7
	Middle	22,506	49.1	1.4	37.0	1.3	44.3	1.4
	High	18,138	59.4	1.7	47.4	1.7	55.1	1.7
Health insurance	Any private	43,493	53.2	1.1	41.3	1.0	48.9	1.1
	Public only	16,816	48.4	1.5	37.6	1.4	45.5	1.5
	Uninsured	4,952	39.6	2.7	28.1	2.4	34.6	2.7
Residence location^b	Metropolitan	55,430	52.6	1.0	40.9	0.9	48.5	0.9
	Large central metro	19,867	53.2	1.4	41.6	1.2	50.3	1.4
	Large fringe metro	16,461	56.5	1.6	43.4	1.7	51.0	1.7
	Medium metro	13,459	49.1	2.3	38.8	2.0	45.2	2.1
	Small metro	5,644	47.5	3.5	35.8	2.8	42.8	3.2
	Nonmetropolitan	9,830	41.9	2.2	30.9	1.9	38.1	2.1
	Micropolitan	6,556	41.6	3.0	30.6	2.5	38.5	2.8
	Noncore	3,274	42.6	3.6	31.5	2.7	37.4	3.1
Language spoken most often at home	English	58,663	51.9	0.9	39.9	0.8	47.6	0.9
Language spoken most often at home	Other	6,539	42.8	2.4	34.2	2.3	40.8	2.4
Perceived health status	Excellent/very good/good	63,830	50.8	0.9	39.1	0.8	46.7	0.9
Perceived health status	Fair/poor	1,431	59.9	4.0	52.7	4.1	57.1	4.1
CSHCN	Yes	13,563	57.0	1.5	47.6	1.5	53.5	1.5
CSHCN	No	51,143	49.5	1.0	37.3	0.9	45.3	0.9

^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_3-2: 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_3-2.html