Table 6_4_12-3c

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_12.3c
Children ages 2–17 for whom a health provider gave advice about using a helmet when riding a bicycle or motorcycle, by family income,^a United States, 2006
		Total		Negative/poor		�Near poor/low		Middle		High
Population group		Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total		38.8	1.1	36.8	2.1	35.2	1.8	36.1	1.8	45.9	2.1
Age	2–5	39.6	1.7	39.2	2.9	38.9	2.9	36.8	3.0	43.5	3.6
Age	6–17	38.5	1.2	35.7	2.3	34.0	1.9	35.8	2.1	46.7	2.2
Gender	Male	38.9	1.4	36.1	2.2	35.1	2.0	37.2	2.3	45.3	2.6
Gender	Female	38.7	1.2	37.5	2.6	35.3	2.2	34.9	2.0	46.6	2.4
Race	White, single race	40.8	1.3	38.6	2.8	35.3	2.0	38.7	2.1	47.5	2.2
	Black, single race	31.6	1.8	34.1	3.1	31.3	3.4	26.0	3.3	37.2	5.6
	Asian, single race	34.6	5.3	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	NHOPI, single race	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	AI/AN, single race	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Multiple races	32.9	3.9	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Ethnicity	Non-Hispanic, all races	39.3	1.2	35.6	2.6	33.5	2.2	36.9	2.0	46.7	2.1
	Non-Hispanic, White	42.1	1.5	37.1	4.4	32.7	2.9	40.6	2.4	48.7	2.3
	Non-Hispanic, Black	31.7	1.9	33.9	3.1	31.4	3.4	26.4	3.4	37.4	5.7
	Hispanic, all races	36.9	1.7	39.5	2.6	39.1	2.7	32.4	3.0	36.3	6.0
Health insurance	Any private	41.8	1.4	36.9	4.1	38.4	2.9	38.1	2.1	47.0	2.1
	Public only	34.5	1.5	37.4	2.4	33.7	2.2	30.2	3.2	DSU	DSU
	Uninsured	27.8	3.4	31.5	5.9	27.5	5.4	25.5	5.8	DSU	DSU
Residence location^b	Metropolitan	41.1	1.2	39.3	2.3	38.8	1.9	37.0	2.0	47.7	2.1
	Large central metro	38.6	1.7	39.5	3.3	38.4	2.9	34.8	3.0	42.6	3.2
	Large fringe metro	45.0	2.5	39.3	5.6	33.6	4.4	42.0	4.0	52.6	3.2
	Medium metro	38.5	2.5	41.1	4.1	40.0	4.1	33.6	3.7	42.5	5.4
	Small metro	44.3	3.0	34.5	7.3	47.3	5.3	38.7	5.1	54.9	7.2
	Nonmetropolitan	27.0	2.2	27.7	4.3	20.8	3.5	31.7	4.3	25.0	4.5
	Micropolitan	24.0	2.2	25.9	4.4	20.8	4.0	24.2	4.0	DSU	DSU
	Noncore	32.4	4.5	31.2	8.6	20.9	6.1	43.9	7.5	DSU	DSU
Language spoken most often at home	English	39.9	1.2	36.1	2.4	36.2	2.0	37.3	1.9	46.6	2.1
Language spoken most often at home	Other	32.5	2.1	39.0	3.2	32.0	3.2	26.8	3.6	DSU	DSU
Perceived health status	Excellent/very good/good	39.0	1.1	36.8	2.1	35.5	1.8	36.2	1.8	46.0	2.1
Perceived health status	Fair/poor	31.1	4.1	37.5	6.7	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
CSHCN	Yes	40.5	1.6	42.5	3.6	38.3	3.5	36.1	3.3	45.2	3.5
CSHCN	No	38.4	1.2	35.2	2.3	34.6	1.9	36.1	2.0	46.0	2.2

^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: 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_12-3c: 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_12-3c.html