Table 6_3_4-2b

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_4.2b
Children ages 3–6 who ever had their vision checked by a health provider, 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		60.2	1.5	60.6	1.7	61.0	2.0	64.1	2.8	58.6	2.4
Gender	Male	59.7	2.1	60.2	2.4	61.3	2.9	64.2	4.0	58.1	3.0
Gender	Female	60.7	2.0	61.1	2.3	60.7	2.8	64.1	4.0	59.2	3.5
Family income^a	Negative/poor	59.1	2.5	59.0	3.3	60.2	4.9	65.3	4.5	59.1	3.5
	Near poor/low	59.8	2.7	59.4	3.5	57.6	4.7	69.1	4.6	60.6	3.8
	Middle	58.4	2.7	59.0	3.1	58.5	3.3	*	*	55.7	4.8
	High	63.3	2.7	63.7	2.9	65.0	3.4	*	*	*	*
Health insurance	Any private	61.4	1.9	61.3	2.1	61.1	2.4	65.1	4.4	62.2	4.5
	Public only	60.5	2.1	61.3	2.8	63.3	4.1	64.0	3.4	59.1	2.8
	Uninsured	41.6	5.7	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Residence location^b	Metropolitan	60.4	1.6	60.9	1.9	62.0	2.3	63.6	3.2	58.9	2.5
	Large central metro	56.8	2.5	56.7	3.2	56.3	4.6	66.0	4.6	56.8	3.1
	Large fringe metro	64.8	2.5	65.5	2.9	67.3	3.1	*	*	60.4	5.2
	Medium metro	63.3	3.8	62.4	4.4	63.2	4.8	*	*	66.9	6.7
	Small metro	53.1	4.1	54.0	4.8	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Nonmetropolitan	59.0	3.6	59.4	3.7	56.6	4.7	*	*	*	*
	Micropolitan	55.5	4.7	54.9	5.0	51.7	6.2	*	*	*	*
	Noncore	65.2	5.0	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Language spoken most often at home	English	60.8	1.7	61.0	1.8	61.0	2.1	63.8	2.8	59.2	3.5
Language spoken most often at home	Other	57.5	2.9	*	*	*	*	*	*	58.1	3.0
Perceived health status	Excellent/very good/good	60.2	1.5	60.5	1.7	61.2	2.1	62.9	2.7	58.9	2.5
Perceived health status	Fair/poor	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
CSHCN	Yes	66.6	3.2	67.9	3.4	66.8	4.0	*	*	*	*
CSHCN	No	58.9	1.6	59.0	1.9	59.6	2.3	62.3	3.1	58.5	2.5

^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_4-2b: 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_4-2b.html