Table 6_4_1-1

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_4_1.1
Children who ever had their height and weight measured by a health provider, United States, 2006
			Ever had both measures		Within past year		Within past 2 years
Population group		Total population� (in thousands)^c	Percent^d	SE	Percent^e	SE	Percent^e	SE
Total		74,064	93.8	0.5	76.8	0.8	90.2	0.6
Age	0–5	24,713	95.1	0.6	88.1	0.8	94.4	0.6
Age	6–17	49,351	93.2	0.6	71.1	1.0	88.1	0.7
Gender	Male	37,729	93.8	0.6	76.5	0.9	90.2	0.7
Gender	Female	36,335	93.8	0.6	77.1	1.0	90.1	0.7
Race	White, single race	56,434	94.2	0.5	77.3	0.9	90.4	0.6
	Black, single race	11,006	93.5	1.3	76.5	1.4	90.5	1.3
	Asian, single race	2,987	89.0	2.5	70.1	3.8	84.1	2.7
	NHOPI, single race	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	AI/AN, single race	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Multiple races	2,453	93.8	1.9	74.7	4.1	90.3	2.2
Ethnicity	Non-Hispanic, all races	58,997	94.9	0.6	77.3	0.9	91.2	0.7
	Non-Hispanic, White	42,300	95.8	0.6	78.1	1.0	91.9	0.7
	Non-Hispanic, Black	10,740	93.4	1.3	76.2	1.5	90.4	1.3
	Hispanic, all races	15,067	89.7	1.0	74.9	1.3	86.3	1.1
Family income^a	Negative/poor	13,075	91.8	1.1	76.2	1.4	88.9	1.2
	Near poor/low	15,785	92.5	0.9	72.5	1.5	87.8	1.0
	Middle	23,937	93.6	0.8	74.6	1.4	89.1	0.9
	High	21,267	96.3	0.7	82.7	1.2	93.9	0.8
Health insurance	Any private	46,724	94.7	0.6	78.3	1.0	91.7	0.7
	Public only	22,708	93.0	0.8	76.3	1.1	89.4	0.9
	Uninsured	4,633	89.5	1.5	63.4	3.0	78.8	2.6
Residence location^b	Metropolitan	62,479	94.1	0.5	77.5	0.8	90.6	0.6
	Large central metro	22,476	92.6	1.0	77.0	1.4	89.2	1.2
	Large fringe metro	18,960	94.8	0.8	78.4	1.5	91.4	1.0
	Medium metro	14,720	94.1	1.0	76.9	1.7	90.7	1.0
	Small metro	6,324	97.4	0.7	77.8	2.3	92.7	1.3
	Nonmetropolitan	11,585	92.6	1.9	73.0	2.2	88.1	1.9
	Micropolitan	7,566	91.5	2.6	73.5	2.8	87.7	2.6
	Noncore	4,019	94.6	1.5	72.0	2.9	89.0	2.1
Language spoken most often at home	English	63,041	95.0	0.6	77.8	0.8	91.5	0.6
Language spoken most often at home	Other	10,976	87.2	1.3	71.1	1.6	82.5	1.4
Perceived health status	Excellent/very good/good	72,526	93.9	0.6	76.6	0.8	90.1	0.6
Perceived health status	Fair/poor	1,538	93.4	2.5	85.1	2.9	91.6	2.6
CSHCN	Yes	14,597	97.2	0.5	88.0	1.0	95.1	0.6
CSHCN	No	58,809	93.0	0.6	73.8	0.9	88.9	0.7

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

^c Numbers may not add to total due to missing values or rounding.

^d Denominator is total population, excluding children whose parents don't know if their child had ever had weight and height measured.

^e Denominator is total population, excluding children whose parents don't know if their child had ever had weight and height measured or the time of measurements.

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; 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 March 2010

Internet Citation: Table 6_4_1-1: 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_4_1-1.html