Table 6_4_11-1

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_11.1
Children over 80 lbs for whom a health provider ever gave advice about using lap or shoulder belts when riding in a car, United States, 2006
			Ever given advice		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	34.8	1.4	22.9	1.2	60.3	1.5
Age	0–5	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	60.9	1.6
Age	6–17	49,351	34.8	1.4	22.9	1.2	41.9	6.8
Gender	Male	37,729	35.4	1.7	23.5	1.5	60.4	1.9
Gender	Female	36,335	34.1	1.6	22.4	1.3	60.2	2.0
Race	White, single race	56,434	36.3	1.7	23.1	1.4	60.5	1.8
	Black, single race	11,006	31.6	2.5	22.9	2.3	59.9	2.8
	Asian, single race	2,987	24.4	5.4	19.5	5.5	DSU	DSU
	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	27.1	6.0	19.9	4.3	67.9	6.4
Ethnicity	Non-Hispanic, all races	58,997	34.1	1.6	22.3	1.3	60.7	1.7
	Non-Hispanic, White	42,300	35.7	2.0	22.3	1.7	61.6	2.1
	Non-Hispanic, Black	10,740	31.8	2.6	23.0	2.3	59.2	2.9
	Hispanic, all races	15,067	37.8	2.1	25.7	1.9	58.8	2.8
Family income^a	Negative/poor	13,075	34.3	2.2	25.4	2.1	60.8	2.5
	Near poor/low	15,785	34.3	2.2	23.4	2.0	60.3	2.6
	Middle	23,937	32.3	2.2	19.3	1.9	59.5	2.7
	High	21,267	38.5	2.5	25.7	2.1	60.7	3.1
Health insurance	Any private	46,724	36.1	1.9	24.0	1.7	61.3	2.0
	Public only	22,708	34.6	1.8	23.1	1.6	59.6	2.0
	Uninsured	4,633	25.0	3.9	13.4	2.9	52.6	7.5
Residence location^b	Metropolitan	62,479	37.0	1.5	24.5	1.3	61.0	1.6
	Large central metro	22,476	35.7	2.0	23.0	1.8	60.7	2.6
	Large fringe metro	18,960	42.3	3.4	30.0	2.9	59.5	3.4
	Medium metro	14,720	34.4	3.0	22.6	2.8	60.1	3.2
	Small metro	6,324	31.6	3.4	18.1	2.8	67.6	4.1
	Nonmetropolitan	11,585	23.9	3.2	15.0	2.1	56.0	3.3
	Micropolitan	7,566	23.2	4.0	15.2	2.7	53.3	4.4
	Noncore	4,019	25.1	4.9	14.8	2.6	61.2	5.3
Language spoken most often at home	English	63,041	35.2	1.5	23.0	1.2	61.1	1.7
Language spoken most often at home	Other	10,976	32.2	2.8	22.4	2.4	56.5	3.2
Perceived health status	Excellent/very good/good	72,526	34.9	1.4	22.9	1.2	60.5	1.5
Perceived health status	Fair/poor	1,538	29.4	4.8	23.5	4.4	DSU	DSU
CSHCN	Yes	14,597	36.9	2.2	26.0	2.0	62.8	3.4
CSHCN	No	58,809	34.3	1.5	22.0	1.2	60.2	1.6

^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.

^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 they had ever been given advice.

^e Denominator is total population, excluding children whose parents don't know if they had ever been given the advice or when they were given advice.

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_11-1: 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_11-1.html