Table 6_3_2-1

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 6_3_2.1
Children ages 19–35 months who received 4 doses of diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis vaccine,^a United States, 2001 and 2007
		2007		2001
Population group		Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total		84.5	0.5	82.1	0.4
Race^b	AI/AN only	86.7	3.0	76.9	3.7
	Asian only	84.9	2.7	83.6	2.1
	NHOPI only	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Black only	81.9	1.4	77.2	1.2
	White only	85.0	0.5	83.2	0.5
	Multiple races	83.5	2.3	82.1	1.9
Ethnicity	Hispanic, all races	83.8	1.1	82.5	0.9
	Non-Hispanic, all races	84.8	0.5	82.1	0.5
	Non-Hispanic, Black	82.3	1.4	76.5	1.3
	Non-Hispanic, White	85.3	0.6	83.5	0.5
Gender	Male	84.5	0.7	82.0	0.6
Gender	Female	84.5	0.7	82.3	0.6
Family income^c	Negative/poor	80.7	1.1	76.5	1.1
	Near poor/low	81.6	1.2	78.9	0.9
	Middle	86.0	0.8	83.7	0.7
	High	89.7	0.9	88.4	0.7

^a Four or more doses of any diphtheria and tetanus toxoids and pertussis vaccines, including diphtheria and tetanus toxoids, and any acellular pertussis vaccine (DTP/DTaP/DT).

^b Race categories have been changed since 2001. Data for 2001 and later years may not be comparable to data from previous years.

^c 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.

DSU - 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; SE: standard error.

Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics, National Immunization Survey.

Current as of March 2010

Internet Citation: Table 6_3_2-1: 2009 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. March 2010. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr09/6_maternalchildhealth/T6_3_2-1.html