Table 6_4_1-2

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_1.2
Children who ever had their height and weight measured by a health provider, United States, 2002
			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		72,699	91.9	0.5	72.9	0.8	86.7	0.6
Age	0–5	23,153	93.4	0.7	85.2	1.0	91.7	0.8
Age	6–17	49,546	91.2	0.5	67.1	0.9	84.4	0.7
Gender	Male	37,236	91.7	0.6	73.0	0.9	86.9	0.7
Gender	Female	35,463	92.1	0.5	72.8	0.9	86.6	0.6
Race	White, single race	56,132	92.3	0.5	74.1	0.8	86.9	0.6
	Black, single race	11,123	91.3	1.1	68.6	2.0	86.7	1.5
	Asian, single race	2,576	88.1	3.0	67.5	3.6	83.6	3.2
	NHOPI, single race	295	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	AI/AN, single race	815	77.7	6.9	59.4	6.4	73.0	7.1
	Multiple races	1,757	93.2	2.0	73.8	3.5	90.5	2.2
Ethnicity	Non-Hispanic, all races	59,402	93.1	0.5	73.7	0.9	87.9	0.6
	Non-Hispanic, White	43,463	94.0	0.5	75.5	1.0	88.5	0.7
	Non-Hispanic, Black	10,859	91.3	1.2	68.3	2.0	86.6	1.5
	Hispanic	13,297	86.4	1.0	69.4	1.2	81.7	1.0
Family income^a	Negative/poor	12,438	88.0	1.3	66.8	1.7	82.5	1.4
	Near poor/low	15,494	89.5	0.9	69.7	1.4	84.2	1.1
	Middle	25,004	91.9	0.7	73.0	1.2	86.5	0.8
	High	19,762	96.1	0.5	79.1	1.2	91.6	0.7
Health insurance	Any private	47,956	94.2	0.4	76.2	0.9	89.7	0.6
	Public only	19,360	89.6	0.9	70.2	1.3	84.7	1.1
	Uninsured	5,382	79.1	2.4	53.4	2.6	68.1	2.9
Residence location^b	Metropolitan	61,800	92.2	0.5	73.5	0.9	87.3	0.7
	Large central metro	22,159	90.0	0.9	71.6	1.2	85.3	1.0
	Large fringe metro	18,261	93.8	0.8	74.9	1.6	89.0	1.1
	Medium metro	14,969	92.8	1.2	74.6	1.6	87.4	1.5
	Small metro	6,410	94.0	0.8	73.6	2.8	88.9	1.3
	Nonmetropolitan	10,899	90.0	1.3	69.5	1.9	83.8	1.4
	Micropolitan	7,270	89.2	1.6	70.5	2.2	84.6	1.7
	Noncore	3,629	91.5	1.8	67.5	2.8	82.1	2.4
Language spoken most often at home	English	64,808	93.0	0.4	73.7	0.8	87.8	0.6
Language spoken most often at home	Other	7,582	82.3	2.0	65.5	2.0	77.5	2.1
Perceived health status	Excellent/very good/good	71,080	91.9	0.5	72.7	0.8	86.7	0.6
Perceived health status	Fair/poor	1,619	92.7	2.4	80.6	3.2	88.8	2.6
CSHCN	Yes	14,116	95.4	0.6	83.4	1.1	92.5	0.7
CSHCN	No	57,966	91.1	0.5	70.4	0.9	85.4	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_1-2: 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_1-2.html