Table 6_3_8-3a

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_8.3a
Children 0–40 lbs for whom a health provider ever gave advice about using child safety seats when riding in the car, 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		65.6	1.3	65.7	1.5	66.5	3.0	68.3	5.4	*	*	*	*	57.8	6.4
Age	0–5	66.4	1.4	66.6	1.6	66.5	3.0	69.4	5.5	*	*	*	*	57.8	6.6
Age	6–17	47.3	5.1	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Gender	Male	67.4	1.7	68.1	1.9	67.4	4.2	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Gender	Female	63.9	1.7	63.4	2.0	65.7	3.7	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Family income^a	Negative/poor	63.6	2.5	64.3	3.4	66.3	4.3	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Near poor/low	61.1	2.7	60.6	3.1	67.3	6.1	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Middle	67.3	2.7	66.6	3.1	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	High	69.2	2.6	69.5	3.0	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Health insurance	Any private	69.0	1.6	69.3	1.8	65.7	4.7	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Public only	62.2	2.1	60.9	2.6	67.7	3.8	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Uninsured	52.8	6.6	55.6	7.7	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Residence location^b	Metropolitan	67.2	1.4	67.7	1.7	65.8	3.3	68.1	5.4	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Large central metro	69.2	2.2	71.4	2.7	61.5	5.6	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Large fringe metro	63.1	3.1	61.7	3.6	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Medium metro	67.3	3.7	68.5	4.4	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Small metro	71.4	3.7	71.0	4.0	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Nonmetropolitan	56.5	3.0	54.9	3.2	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Micropolitan	52.6	3.8	52.4	4.0	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Noncore	63.5	5.7	59.3	5.9	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Language spoken most often at home	English	65.5	1.5	65.5	1.7	66.7	3.0	*	*	*	*	*	*	56.3	6.6
Language spoken most often at home	Other	66.3	2.8	66.6	3.0	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Perceived health status	Excellent/very good/good	65.4	1.4	65.7	1.5	65.3	3.1	69.0	5.4	*	*	*	*	56.3	6.6
Perceived health status	Fair/poor	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
CSHCN	Yes	59.3	3.9	55.7	5.0	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
CSHCN	No	66.4	1.4	66.9	1.6	65.6	3.4	*	*	*	*	*	*	56.0	6.6

^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_8-3a: 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_8-3a.html