Table 6_4_2-1

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_2.1
Children ages 2–17 who had a dental visit in the calendar year,^a United States, 2002 and 2006
		2006			2002
Population group		Total population (in thousands) ^d	Percent	SE	Total population (in thousands) ^d	Percent	SE
Total		66,074	52.2	0.9	65,351	49.1	0.9
Gender	Male	33,570	52.2	1.1	33,470	48.6	1.0
Gender	Female	32,504	52.2	1.1	31,881	49.6	1.1
Race	White, single race	50,368	54.6	1.0	50,241	52.2	1.0
	Black, single race	9,858	41.8	1.8	10,191	37.1	1.8
	Asian, single race	2,640	51.3	5.0	2,454	38.9	4.6
	NHOPI, single race	DSU	DSU	DSU	277	DSU	DSU
	AI/AN, single race	DSU	DSU	DSU	790	45.2	7.7
	Multiple races	2,155	45.6	3.8	1,399	43.7	4.8
Ethnicity	Non-Hispanic, all races	52,754	55.6	1.0	53,544	52.4	1.0
	Non-Hispanic, White	37,868	59.7	1.1	38,959	57.6	1.1
	Non-Hispanic, Black	9,627	42.2	1.8	9,968	37.0	1.8
	Hispanic	13,319	38.6	1.4	11,807	33.8	1.3
Family income^b	Negative/poor	11,319	37.1	1.6	10,938	33.0	1.8
	Near poor/low	14,058	41.6	2.0	13,929	35.9	1.5
	Middle	21,900	53.0	1.4	22,477	50.5	1.4
	High	18,796	68.4	1.4	18,008	67.3	1.4
Health insurance	Any private	42,283	59.6	1.1	43,441	56.9	1.0
	Public only	19,779	41.4	1.4	16,970	35.8	1.5
	Uninsured	4,011	27.9	2.9	4,940	25.5	2.1
Residence location^c	Metropolitan	55,607	52.6	0.9	55,521	49.0	1.0
	Large central metro	20,216	48.3	1.4	19,946	41.8	1.4
	Large fringe metro	16,662	58.0	1.6	16,484	53.5	1.9
	Medium metro	13,085	52.5	2.5	13,381	54.1	1.8
	Small metro	5,643	52.6	3.0	5,710	49.0	2.8
	Nonmetropolitan	10,467	49.9	2.4	9,830	49.5	2.0
	Micropolitan	6,761	50.2	2.7	6,554	52.5	2.5
	Noncore	3,706	49.3	4.3	3,276	43.5	3.2
Language spoken most often at home	English	56,454	54.9	0.9	58,531	51.4	0.9
Language spoken most often at home	Other	9,506	36.8	1.8	6,646	29.8	1.9
Perceived health status	Excellent/very good/good	64,478	52.2	0.9	63,705	49.4	0.9
Perceived health status	Fair/poor	1,596	54.2	4.8	1,646	37.7	3.7
CSHCN	Yes	14,148	59.8	1.5	13,762	56.3	1.9
CSHCN	No	51,291	51.0	1.0	51,360	50.3	1.2

^a Dental visit is based on event data.

^b 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.

^c For more information, see the MEPS entry in Appendix A, Data Sources.

^d Numbers may not add to total due to missing values or rounding.

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_2-1: 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_2-1.html