Table 6_3_7-3c

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_7.3c
Children for whom a health provider ever gave advice about how smoking in the house can be bad for a child, by family income,^a United States, 2005
Population group		Total		Negative/poor		Near poor/low		Middle		High
Population group		Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total		45.9	1.0	58.4	1.9	49.6	1.9	45.2	1.8	35.9	1.9
Age	0–5	53.1	1.5	67.1	2.2	56.8	2.9	51.4	3.0	41.1	2.9
Age	6–17	42.5	1.2	53.2	2.3	45.9	2.1	42.5	1.9	33.5	2.3
Gender	Male	46.0	1.2	58.7	2.4	47.2	2.2	47.0	2.1	36.2	2.4
Gender	Female	45.8	1.3	58.1	2.2	52.1	2.3	43.3	2.2	35.5	2.3
Race	White, single race	45.3	1.2	58.2	2.2	49.2	2.3	45.1	2.1	36.8	2.1
	Black, single race	50.9	1.8	60.0	3.5	52.1	3.4	46.6	3.7	34.9	5.3
	Asian, single race	33.9	4.2	*	*	*	*	*	*	29.5	5.7
	NHOPI, single race	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	AI/AN, single race	51.2	8.5	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Multiple races	46.5	4.4	72.2	5.9	40.0	8.7	*	*	*	*
Ethnicity	Non-Hispanic, all races	44.8	1.1	58.8	2.4	47.7	2.4	45.7	2.0	35.4	2.1
	Non-Hispanic, White	43.6	1.4	58.5	3.2	46.5	3.1	45.7	2.4	36.1	2.3
	Non-Hispanic, Black	50.8	1.8	60.9	3.6	50.7	3.5	46.3	3.7	35.3	5.4
	Hispanic, all races	50.5	1.9	57.6	3.0	53.7	2.5	42.4	3.7	41.6	5.6
Health insurance	Any private	42.2	1.3	50.9	4.9	45.3	3.0	46.1	2.1	36.2	2.0
	Public only	55.6	1.5	61.3	2.0	54.0	2.5	43.3	4.0	*	*
	Uninsured	37.0	2.9	41.8	5.8	45.5	5.1	36.9	5.3	*	*
Residence location^b	Metropolitan	46.6	1.2	59.3	2.1	50.9	2.1	46.9	2.0	36.0	2.0
	Large central metro	48.2	1.9	61.1	2.8	52.4	2.8	46.4	3.2	35.6	4.1
	Large fringe metro	42.9	2.0	53.7	4.3	50.9	5.3	46.7	3.9	34.0	3.0
	Medium metro	47.4	2.3	57.7	4.8	48.3	4.6	45.5	4.0	41.0	3.1
	Small metro	49.9	4.1	67.3	6.8	50.7	7.0	53.3	5.3	35.0	5.0
	Nonmetropolitan	42.3	2.3	54.8	4.8	43.6	4.2	36.8	3.7	34.4	4.5
	Micropolitan	39.3	2.7	52.8	5.9	38.5	5.3	33.2	5.1	36.8	4.9
	Noncore	47.8	4.2	57.9	6.8	50.9	6.0	44.1	7.2	*	*
Language spoken most often at home	English	45.4	1.1	58.8	2.2	48.2	2.2	45.9	1.9	36.1	2.0
Language spoken most often at home	Other	48.8	1.9	57.5	3.8	53.9	3.0	39.7	4.1	30.3	5.9
Perceived health status	Excellent/very good/good	45.6	1.0	57.7	2.0	49.3	1.9	45.0	1.8	35.8	1.9
Perceived health status	Fair/poor	58.0	4.0	73.5	5.1	56.2	7.0	*	*	*	*
CSHCN	Yes	50.3	1.8	66.8	3.1	55.6	3.7	48.7	2.9	37.4	3.5
CSHCN	No	44.8	1.1	55.8	2.0	48.0	2.1	44.4	2.0	35.6	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: 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_7-3c: 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_7-3c.html