Table 6_4_10-3b

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_10.3b
Children 41–80 lbs for whom a health provider gave advice about using booster seats when riding in a car, 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		43.4	1.4	44.0	1.7	45.9	2.2	37.1	3.4	41.5	2.5
Age	0–5	55.4	2.5	56.1	3.0	56.5	3.9	55.3	6.2	52.8	4.0
Age	6–17	39.5	1.5	40.0	1.8	42.6	2.2	30.3	3.5	37.6	2.8
Gender	Male	43.4	1.8	44.1	2.2	46.5	2.7	34.3	3.9	40.4	3.1
Gender	Female	43.5	1.9	43.8	2.2	45.2	2.7	40.1	4.4	42.5	3.2
Family income^a	Negative/poor	41.0	2.8	37.4	3.6	35.8	5.4	38.4	5.0	48.5	3.6
	Near poor/low	36.9	2.1	36.4	3.0	31.4	4.0	44.4	5.2	37.8	3.4
	Middle	41.5	2.7	42.0	3.2	45.5	3.8	DSU	DSU	39.4	5.2
	High	51.7	3.0	52.6	3.1	54.5	3.5	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Health insurance	Any private	46.4	1.9	46.7	2.1	48.7	2.5	37.7	4.6	44.4	5.0
	Public only	37.2	2.2	35.8	2.9	34.2	4.1	35.0	3.7	39.8	2.9
	Uninsured	41.7	5.5	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	39.7	6.4
Residence location^b	Metropolitan	45.1	1.6	46.3	1.9	49.3	2.4	36.0	3.4	41.0	2.6
	Large central metro	43.1	2.6	43.7	3.7	48.0	6.1	35.5	4.7	41.8	3.0
	Large fringe metro	46.4	2.9	49.2	3.1	52.4	3.5	DSU	DSU	32.9	6.1
	Medium metro	43.5	3.7	42.4	3.9	44.5	4.6	DSU	DSU	50.0	7.6
	Small metro	52.2	3.6	54.2	4.1	54.8	5.2	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Nonmetropolitan	33.9	3.3	32.3	3.7	30.8	4.4	DSU	DSU	46.3	8.5
	Micropolitan	28.5	3.5	26.4	3.9	24.9	4.5	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Noncore	45.9	6.2	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Language spoken most often at home	English	44.8	1.6	45.1	1.7	46.2	2.2	38.2	3.5	42.5	3.9
Language spoken most often at home	Other	35.7	3.0	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	40.7	3.1
Perceived health status	Excellent/very good/good	43.5	1.5	44.1	1.7	46.0	2.2	36.8	3.4	41.2	2.5
Perceived health status	Fair/poor	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
CSHCN	Yes	40.1	2.7	39.3	3.0	41.1	3.6	36.0	5.8	44.1	5.8
CSHCN	No	44.2	1.5	45.1	1.8	47.1	2.3	37.3	3.7	41.1	2.6

^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_10-3b: 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_10-3b.html