Table 6_3_7-2a

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_7.2a
Children ages 19–35 months who received 1 dose of varicella vaccine,^a by race, United States, 2007
				Single race
		Total		White		Black		Asian		NHOPI		AI/AN		Multiple races
Population group		Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total		90.0	0.4	89.9	0.4	89.1	1.3	92.8	1.8	DSU	DSU	92.4	2.4	91.2	1.3
Gender	Male	89.6	0.6	89.4	0.6	88.2	2.1	93.2	2.9	90.9	4.2	94.6	2.1	92.1	1.7
Gender	Female	90.4	0.5	90.4	0.6	89.9	1.4	92.4	2.2	DSU	DSU	90.8	3.9	90.4	2.0
Family income^b	Negative/poor	89.7	0.8	89.6	1.0	89.1	1.7	96.1	3.4	DSU	DSU	95.3	2.0	89.1	3.1
	Near poor/low	88.5	0.9	88.2	1.1	90.4	2.3	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	88.9	2.6
	Middle	89.6	0.7	89.0	0.8	92.9	2.3	91.6	2.6	DSU	DSU	96.7	1.8	91.7	3.0
	High	92.2	0.8	92.4	0.7	DSU	DSU	93.8	2.6	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	95.1	1.3

^a One or more doses of varicella at or after child's first birthday, unadjusted for history of varicella illness.

^b 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_7-2a: 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_7-2a.html