Table 6_3_3-3a

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_3.3a
Children ages 2–17 for whom a health provider ever gave advice about healthy eating, 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		54.5	1.0	55.4	1.2	54.3	2.0	50.6	5.4	*	*	*	*	43.5	4.3
Age	2–5	62.0	1.6	63.3	1.8	62.3	3.0	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Age	6–17	52.1	1.1	52.8	1.3	51.9	2.3	49.1	5.9	*	*	*	*	42.2	5.0
Gender	Male	53.4	1.3	54.6	1.5	52.0	2.5	52.2	6.6	*	*	*	*	35.9	5.3
Gender	Female	55.6	1.2	56.2	1.4	56.6	2.3	49.3	5.8	*	*	*	*	51.9	5.8
Family income^a	Negative/poor	51.4	1.7	50.7	2.2	52.7	3.2	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Near poor/low	50.0	1.8	50.1	2.2	54.5	3.3	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Middle	54.6	1.7	55.4	1.9	52.4	3.9	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	High	59.9	2.0	60.9	2.1	60.4	5.4	56.8	7.0	*	*	*	*	*	*
Health insurance	Any private	56.9	1.3	57.7	1.5	55.8	2.7	55.4	6.4	*	*	*	*	41.0	6.3
	Public only	51.8	1.4	51.9	1.8	53.3	2.9	*	*	*	*	*	*	51.1	5.9
	Uninsured	42.2	3.4	43.1	3.7	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Residence location^b	Metropolitan	56.7	1.1	57.8	1.3	56.0	1.9	50.7	5.5	*	*	*	*	42.6	4.5
	Large central metro	57.2	1.8	58.0	2.1	58.5	2.4	50.3	6.5	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Large fringe metro	60.1	2.0	61.5	2.4	57.5	3.5	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Medium metro	53.8	2.3	54.8	2.5	49.7	5.4	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Small metro	50.9	3.2	52.7	3.9	47.7	6.3	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Nonmetropolitan	42.9	2.2	43.0	2.4	43.5	8.2	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Micropolitan	41.7	3.0	42.2	3.0	42.4	11.9	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Noncore	45.2	4.0	44.6	4.4	44.9	11.0	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Language spoken most often at home	English	55.2	1.1	56.1	1.3	54.2	2.0	58.0	7.0	*	*	*	*	43.5	4.3
Language spoken most often at home	Other	50.7	2.1	51.3	2.3	*	*	42.0	6.7	*	*	*	*	*	*
Perceived health status	Excellent/very good/good	54.5	1.1	55.4	1.2	54.1	2.0	50.6	5.5	*	*	*	*	42.1	4.5
Perceived health status	Fair/poor	54.5	4.0	52.7	4.8	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
CSHCN	Yes	62.2	1.7	62.3	1.9	64.3	3.1	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
CSHCN	No	52.4	1.1	53.5	1.3	51.2	2.0	49.2	5.7	*	*	*	*	40.2	4.9

^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.

* - 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_3-3a: 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_3-3a.html