Table 6_4_12-1

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_12.1
Children ages 2–17 for whom a health provider gave advice about using a helmet when riding a bicycle or motorcycle, 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		66,007	38.8	1.1	27.4	0.9	33.5	1.0
Age	2–5	16,656	39.6	1.7	34.6	1.5	38.5	1.6
Age	6–17	49,351	38.5	1.2	25.0	1.0	31.8	1.1
Gender	Male	33,657	38.9	1.4	27.1	1.1	33.9	1.3
Gender	Female	32,351	38.7	1.2	27.8	1.0	33.2	1.1
Race	White, single race	50,294	40.8	1.3	28.4	1.1	34.8	1.2
	Black, single race	9,939	31.6	1.8	24.0	1.6	29.0	1.8
	Asian, single race	2,627	34.6	5.3	26.0	4.9	30.9	5.2
	NHOPI, single race	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	AI/AN, single race	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Multiple races	2,108	32.9	3.9	24.2	3.0	31.5	3.8
Ethnicity	Non-Hispanic, all races	52,816	39.3	1.2	27.4	1.0	33.6	1.1
	Non-Hispanic, White	37,899	42.1	1.5	28.8	1.3	35.3	1.4
	Non-Hispanic, Black	9,717	31.7	1.9	24.0	1.7	29.1	1.8
	Hispanic, all races	13,191	36.9	1.7	27.5	1.5	33.3	1.6
Family income^a	Negative/poor	11,240	36.8	2.1	28.0	1.8	34.2	2.0
	Near poor/low	13,964	35.2	1.8	25.3	1.5	31.8	1.7
	Middle	21,875	36.1	1.8	23.2	1.4	29.8	1.5
	High	18,929	45.9	2.1	33.6	1.9	38.8	2.0
Health insurance	Any private	42,498	41.8	1.4	29.4	1.2	35.8	1.3
	Public only	19,468	34.5	1.5	25.5	1.3	31.0	1.4
	Uninsured	4,042	27.8	3.4	15.9	2.5	22.0	2.9
Residence location^b	Metropolitan	55,474	41.1	1.2	29.3	1.0	35.5	1.1
	Large central metro	20,125	38.6	1.7	28.7	1.4	33.5	1.5
	Large fringe metro	16,752	45.0	2.5	32.6	2.1	39.3	2.3
	Medium metro	13,066	38.5	2.5	27.8	2.3	33.2	2.3
	Small metro	5,532	44.3	3.0	24.6	2.5	36.5	2.7
	Nonmetropolitan	10,533	27.0	2.2	17.9	1.5	23.5	2.2
	Micropolitan	6,810	24.0	2.2	17.0	1.7	20.9	2.1
	Noncore	3,723	32.4	4.5	19.7	2.7	28.1	4.7
Language spoken most often at home	English	56,623	39.9	1.2	28.0	1.0	34.2	1.1
Language spoken most often at home	Other	9,337	32.5	2.1	24.0	1.8	29.6	2.1
Perceived health status	Excellent/very good/good	64,618	39.0	1.1	27.5	0.9	33.7	1.0
Perceived health status	Fair/poor	1,389	31.1	4.1	23.4	3.7	27.7	3.9
CSHCN	Yes	14,148	40.5	1.6	30.6	1.5	35.0	1.5
CSHCN	No	51,291	38.4	1.2	26.6	1.0	33.1	1.1

^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_12-1: 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_12-1.html