Table 17_1_3-1b

2009 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 17_1_3.1b
People who had a dental visit in the calendar year, by ethnicity, United States, 2006
				Non-Hispanic
		Total		All races		White		Black		Hispanic, all races
Population group		Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total		43.1	0.5	46.1	0.6	49.7	0.6	30.8	1.0	26.5	0.8
Age	0–17	46.7	0.9	50.0	1.0	53.7	1.2	38.4	1.8	34.1	1.3
	18–44	37.4	0.7	41.0	0.7	44.5	0.9	28.4	1.5	20.7	1.0
	45–64	47.7	0.8	49.8	0.9	53.8	0.9	28.5	1.5	28.3	1.6
	65 and over	43.5	1.1	45.2	1.2	48.1	1.2	21.5	2.2	20.5	2.8
Gender	Male	39.9	0.6	43.0	0.6	46.2	0.7	28.7	1.2	23.6	1.0
Gender	Female	46.2	0.6	49.0	0.7	53.1	0.7	32.6	1.3	29.5	1.0
Family income^a	Negative/poor	26.1	1.0	27.6	1.2	28.9	1.5	24.5	1.6	21.6	1.2
	Near poor/low	28.8	1.0	30.7	1.2	33.6	1.5	23.3	1.4	23.1	1.4
	Middle	40.8	0.8	43.9	0.8	46.8	0.9	32.2	1.8	24.6	1.3
	High	57.4	0.8	58.4	0.8	60.5	0.9	44.0	2.1	42.6	2.5
Education,^b age 18 and over	Less than high school	23.2	0.8	26.7	1.0	28.7	1.2	18.9	1.4	15.4	1.1
	High school graduate	36.2	0.9	38.2	0.9	41.8	1.0	23.2	1.6	21.7	1.6
	At least some college	52.9	0.7	54.3	0.7	57.7	0.8	37.2	1.6	35.7	1.8
Employment status, ages 18–64	Employed	42.5	0.6	45.7	0.7	49.2	0.7	30.5	1.3	23.1	1.0
Employment status, ages 18–64	Not employed	38.1	1.0	41.2	1.2	46.7	1.3	22.4	1.8	21.9	1.6
Health insurance, under age 65	Any private	50.9	0.6	52.7	0.6	55.9	0.6	36.9	1.3	34.6	1.5
	Public only	32.1	1.1	33.0	1.4	34.2	1.8	30.2	1.9	30.0	1.4
	Uninsured	16.1	0.9	18.3	1.2	20.1	1.6	13.4	1.6	11.7	0.9
Health insurance, age 65 and over	Medicare only	38.3	2.0	39.4	2.1	42.8	2.3	15.2	3.1	21.1	3.9
	Medicare and private	52.1	1.5	52.6	1.5	53.8	1.6	33.6	4.1	DSU	DSU
	Medicare and other public	16.6	1.8	18.0	2.2	20.4	3.1	10.5	2.8	12.6	3.4
Residence location^c	Metropolitan	43.8	0.6	47.2	0.6	51.2	0.7	31.8	1.0	27.0	0.9
	Large central metro	39.5	0.9	44.3	1.0	51.5	1.2	30.5	1.3	26.1	1.0
	Large fringe metro	47.9	1.0	50.5	1.0	53.3	1.2	33.5	2.4	29.9	2.0
	Medium metro	45.3	1.5	47.6	1.4	50.7	1.5	31.0	2.2	26.6	2.6
	Small metro	43.2	2.1	45.1	2.2	46.5	2.4	36.2	3.7	26.6	3.5
	Nonmetropolitan	39.7	1.1	41.1	1.2	43.5	1.2	23.1	3.1	18.5	2.8
	Micropolitan	40.6	1.5	42.2	1.5	44.6	1.4	22.7	3.4	19.7	3.4
	Noncore	38.0	2.4	39.0	2.4	41.6	2.5	23.6	4.6	14.7	3.4
Language spoken most often at home	English	46.2	0.6	47.4	0.6	50.5	0.6	31.6	1.0	32.0	1.4
Language spoken most often at home	Other	24.8	1.0	29.9	2.3	32.4	4.7	DSU	DSU	22.6	0.9
Perceived health status	Excellent/very good/good	44.4	0.5	47.4	0.6	51.2	0.6	31.8	1.0	27.2	0.9
Perceived health status	Fair/poor	32.9	1.0	35.1	1.0	37.2	1.2	24.2	2.2	20.5	1.7
Activity limitations,^c age 18 and over	Basic activities	38.4	1.0	39.8	1.1	43.3	1.2	22.1	2.2	22.5	2.9
	Complex activities	34.5	1.3	35.7	1.4	39.7	1.6	18.8	2.2	21.8	2.9
	Neither basic nor complex activities	43.3	0.6	46.6	0.6	50.5	0.7	29.4	1.2	22.9	0.9

^a Negative/poor refers to household incomes below the Federal poverty line; near poor/low, 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 Less than high school refers to fewer than 12 years of education; high school graduate, 12 years of education; and at least some college, more than 12 years of education.

^c For more information, see the MEPS entry in Appendix A, Data Sources.

DSU - Data do not meet the criteria for statistical reliability, data quality, or confidentiality.

Key: SE: standard error.

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access, and Cost Trends, Medical Expenditure Panel Survey.

Current as of March 2010

Internet Citation: Table 17_1_3-1b: 2009 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. March 2010. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr09/17_utilization/T17_1_3-1b.html