Table 6_4_1-3b

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_1.3b
Children who ever had their height and weight measured by a health provider, 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		93.8	0.5	94.9	0.6	95.8	0.6	93.4	1.3	89.7	1.0
Age	0–5	95.1	0.6	96.2	0.6	96.8	0.7	94.5	1.7	91.5	1.3
Age	6–17	93.2	0.6	94.3	0.7	95.3	0.8	92.9	1.3	88.7	1.2
Gender	Male	93.8	0.6	94.7	0.7	95.4	0.7	93.7	1.5	90.5	1.2
Gender	Female	93.8	0.6	95.1	0.7	96.2	0.8	93.1	1.3	88.8	1.2
Family income^a	Negative/poor	91.8	1.1	92.9	1.3	93.6	1.8	91.9	2.2	89.5	1.5
	Near poor/low	92.5	0.9	93.7	1.0	94.3	1.3	94.3	1.5	89.8	1.6
	Middle	93.6	0.8	94.7	0.8	95.7	0.8	92.2	1.9	89.0	1.8
	High	96.3	0.7	96.7	0.7	97.0	0.7	97.4	1.0	91.8	2.8
Health insurance	Any private	94.7	0.6	95.3	0.6	95.7	0.7	95.1	1.3	90.5	1.5
	Public only	93.0	0.8	94.1	0.9	95.5	1.0	92.6	1.7	90.8	1.2
	Uninsured	89.5	1.5	94.1	1.8	97.6	1.8	DSU	DSU	82.3	2.7
Residence location^b	Metropolitan	94.1	0.5	95.3	0.6	96.4	0.5	93.2	1.5	89.9	0.9
	Large central metro	92.6	1.0	94.1	1.3	96.9	0.7	92.1	2.6	89.5	1.2
	Large fringe metro	94.8	0.8	96.0	0.7	96.8	0.8	92.9	2.2	88.6	2.3
	Medium metro	94.1	1.0	94.5	1.1	94.8	1.3	95.1	1.5	92.1	2.2
	Small metro	97.4	0.7	98.2	0.6	98.5	0.8	97.0	1.4	92.6	2.6
	Nonmetropolitan	92.6	1.9	93.2	1.9	93.1	2.0	95.2	1.3	86.8	5.0
	Micropolitan	91.5	2.6	92.3	2.8	91.8	3.0	94.2	2.0	85.1	5.4
	Noncore	94.6	1.5	94.8	1.6	95.3	1.4	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Language spoken most often at home	English	95.0	0.6	95.4	0.6	96.0	0.6	93.5	1.4	91.5	1.2
Language spoken most often at home	Other	87.2	1.3	84.2	3.2	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	88.2	1.4
Perceived health status	Excellent/very good/good	93.9	0.6	94.9	0.6	95.8	0.6	93.3	1.4	89.9	0.9
Perceived health status	Fair/poor	93.4	2.5	97.4	1.2	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	84.3	6.9
CSHCN	Yes	97.2	0.5	97.7	0.5	98.1	0.5	95.9	1.3	94.3	2.0
CSHCN	No	93.0	0.6	94.1	0.7	95.0	0.8	92.7	1.4	89.1	1.0

^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.

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

Key: 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_1-3b: 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_1-3b.html