Table 6_3_5-2b

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_5.2b
Children ages 2–17 who had a dental visit in the calendar year,^a 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		50.7	1.1	53.7	1.2	58.5	1.4	40.1	2.1	38.4	1.8
Age	2–5	34.6	1.7	36.5	2.0	39.8	2.4	27.6	2.9	27.8	2.5
Age	6–17	55.9	1.2	59.1	1.3	64.2	1.5	43.9	2.4	42.5	2.0
Gender	Male	49.3	1.2	52.4	1.4	57.8	1.5	37.4	2.9	37.2	2.2
Gender	Female	52.1	1.3	55.1	1.4	59.2	1.8	42.9	2.3	39.8	2.1
Family income^b	Negative/poor	36.4	1.9	36.1	2.3	40.1	3.7	33.2	2.9	36.9	3.0
	Near poor/low	39.5	1.7	44.3	2.2	48.2	3.0	38.0	3.7	28.8	2.1
	Middle	51.6	1.7	53.7	1.9	56.6	2.2	43.4	3.7	40.7	3.5
	High	67.2	1.8	67.3	1.9	69.7	2.0	53.8	6.0	65.0	5.6
Health insurance	Any private	58.7	1.4	60.2	1.5	63.2	1.6	45.7	3.1	47.5	3.0
	Public only	38.4	1.4	39.1	1.8	42.6	2.5	36.5	2.8	37.2	2.3
	Uninsured	24.5	3.0	31.1	4.2	35.2	6.1	*	*	13.7	2.8
Residence location^c	Metropolitan	51.5	1.2	54.9	1.4	59.9	1.7	41.5	2.1	39.4	1.9
	Large central metro	45.0	1.6	48.6	1.9	55.0	2.6	40.5	3.0	37.8	2.4
	Large fringe metro	55.7	2.4	58.2	2.7	62.8	3.0	40.3	4.1	39.5	4.1
	Medium metro	54.6	2.6	57.1	2.7	60.4	2.8	42.6	6.0	41.9	5.2
	Small metro	56.1	3.6	57.6	3.9	59.3	4.4	48.9	5.4	46.4	5.0
	Nonmetropolitan	46.1	2.3	48.2	2.4	52.6	2.5	31.1	5.1	26.5	4.9
	Micropolitan	46.4	2.5	48.3	2.7	51.5	3.3	32.3	5.9	30.2	4.9
	Noncore	45.7	4.7	48.0	4.4	54.6	4.7	29.6	4.8	*	*
Language spoken most often at home	English	53.3	1.2	54.5	1.3	58.9	1.4	40.1	2.1	42.9	2.9
Language spoken most often at home	Other	36.0	1.9	38.9	4.4	45.6	7.7	*	*	34.9	2.0
Perceived health status	Excellent/very good/good	50.9	1.1	54.0	1.2	58.8	1.4	40.0	2.2	38.3	1.8
Perceived health status	Fair/poor	42.5	4.3	42.6	5.2	*	*	*	*	42.2	6.7
CSHCN	Yes	56.3	1.9	58.4	2.1	62.7	2.5	45.8	3.6	42.9	4.9
CSHCN	No	50.3	1.2	53.5	1.3	58.4	1.6	39.4	2.2	38.5	1.9

^a Dental visit is based on event data.

^b 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.

^c 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_5-2b: 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_5-2b.html