Table 6_3_3-3b

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_3.3b
Children ages 2–17 for whom a health provider ever gave advice about healthy eating, 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		54.5	1.0	54.8	1.2	56.0	1.4	54.1	2.0	53.3	1.8
Age	2–5	62.0	1.6	63.3	1.8	65.8	2.1	62.1	3.1	57.7	2.8
Age	6–17	52.1	1.1	52.2	1.3	53.0	1.6	51.7	2.4	51.6	1.9
Gender	Male	53.4	1.3	53.7	1.5	55.2	1.8	51.8	2.5	52.3	2.4
Gender	Female	55.6	1.2	55.9	1.4	56.8	1.8	56.4	2.3	54.4	2.0
Family income^a	Negative/poor	51.4	1.7	51.0	2.2	49.1	3.2	52.9	3.2	52.4	2.7
	Near poor/low	50.0	1.8	48.8	2.2	48.8	3.1	54.0	3.4	52.7	2.6
	Middle	54.6	1.7	55.2	1.9	56.1	2.3	52.2	3.9	51.4	3.7
	High	59.9	2.0	59.7	2.1	60.6	2.3	59.9	5.6	61.7	5.6
Health insurance	Any private	56.9	1.3	56.9	1.4	57.7	1.6	55.5	2.7	56.9	3.1
	Public only	51.8	1.4	51.2	1.9	50.9	2.7	52.9	3.0	53.1	2.4
	Uninsured	42.2	3.4	42.3	4.7	43.3	6.2	*	*	42.0	4.2
Residence location^b	Metropolitan	56.7	1.1	57.4	1.3	59.1	1.5	55.8	1.9	54.2	1.9
	Large central metro	57.2	1.8	59.8	2.0	63.0	2.8	58.4	2.4	52.0	2.5
	Large fringe metro	60.1	2.0	60.3	2.2	61.8	2.6	57.8	3.5	58.9	4.0
	Medium metro	53.8	2.3	53.0	2.8	54.3	3.0	48.8	5.4	57.6	4.0
	Small metro	50.9	3.2	51.2	3.2	53.3	4.0	47.2	6.3	49.2	9.8
	Nonmetropolitan	42.9	2.2	43.0	2.3	43.2	2.5	43.5	8.2	42.1	6.9
	Micropolitan	41.7	3.0	41.2	3.1	41.8	3.2	42.4	11.9	46.5	8.0
	Noncore	45.2	4.0	46.3	4.3	46.0	4.8	44.9	11.0	*	*
Language spoken most often at home	English	55.2	1.1	55.1	1.2	55.9	1.4	54.0	2.0	56.1	2.8
Language spoken most often at home	Other	50.7	2.1	49.8	4.5	55.2	7.9	*	*	51.0	2.3
Perceived health status	Excellent/very good/good	54.5	1.1	54.9	1.2	56.2	1.4	54.0	2.0	52.7	1.8
Perceived health status	Fair/poor	54.5	4.0	49.6	4.8	*	*	*	*	71.3	6.1
CSHCN	Yes	62.2	1.7	61.6	1.8	61.1	2.1	64.1	3.2	66.2	4.0
CSHCN	No	52.4	1.1	52.8	1.3	54.4	1.6	50.9	2.1	51.3	2.0

^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_3-3b: 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_3-3b.html