Table 6_4_11-3b

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_11.3b
Children over 80 lbs for whom a health provider gave advice about using lap or shoulder belts 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		34.8	1.4	34.1	1.6	35.7	2.0	31.8	2.6	37.8	2.1
Age	0–5	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Age	6–17	34.8	1.4	34.1	1.6	35.7	2.0	31.8	2.6	37.8	2.0
Gender	Male	35.4	1.7	34.2	1.9	36.3	2.5	29.5	3.0	40.2	2.8
Gender	Female	34.1	1.6	33.9	1.8	34.9	2.3	34.0	3.3	35.1	2.6
Family income^a	Negative/poor	34.3	2.2	30.6	2.8	26.3	4.1	36.7	4.1	43.0	3.8
	Near poor/low	34.3	2.2	33.0	2.7	31.2	4.1	32.6	4.3	37.5	3.4
	Middle	32.3	2.2	31.5	2.5	34.8	3.2	25.1	3.5	35.6	4.0
	High	38.5	2.5	38.9	2.6	40.5	3.0	35.0	5.6	DSU	DSU
Health insurance	Any private	36.1	1.9	35.8	2.1	37.8	2.4	29.1	3.4	37.9	3.2
	Public only	34.6	1.8	31.8	2.1	29.5	3.3	35.4	3.4	41.1	2.8
	Uninsured	25.0	3.9	23.0	5.2	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	28.2	4.6
Residence location^b	Metropolitan	37.0	1.5	36.5	1.8	39.3	2.3	33.4	2.7	38.9	2.2
	Large central metro	35.7	2.0	35.0	2.6	39.7	4.2	35.7	3.1	37.3	2.8
	Large fringe metro	42.3	3.4	43.5	3.6	47.0	4.4	31.6	6.0	36.1	5.5
	Medium metro	34.4	3.0	31.3	3.1	30.8	3.5	32.5	6.4	51.4	4.9
	Small metro	31.6	3.4	32.2	3.9	36.0	5.4	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Nonmetropolitan	23.9	3.2	24.1	3.3	22.9	3.5	20.5	5.1	22.4	5.6
	Micropolitan	23.2	4.0	23.4	4.0	20.6	3.7	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Noncore	25.1	4.9	25.1	5.1	26.6	6.0	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Language spoken most often at home	English	35.2	1.5	34.8	1.6	35.6	2.0	32.3	2.6	38.8	3.1
Language spoken most often at home	Other	32.2	2.8	18.0	4.9	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	36.9	3.1
Perceived health status	Excellent/very good/good	34.9	1.4	34.3	1.6	35.9	2.0	32.1	2.7	37.5	2.1
Perceived health status	Fair/poor	29.4	4.8	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
CSHCN	Yes	36.9	2.2	35.8	2.4	35.5	2.8	34.5	4.0	44.5	5.3
CSHCN	No	34.3	1.5	33.7	1.7	35.9	2.3	31.2	2.8	36.8	2.3

^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_11-3b: 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_11-3b.html