Table 6_4_3-2

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_3.2
Children ages 6–11 with untreated dental caries, United States, 1988–1994 and 1999–2004
		1999–2004		1988–1994
Population group		Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total		27.3	1.5	27.6	1.4
Gender	Male	28.9	1.8	26.6	1.7
Gender	Female	25.6	2.4	28.6	1.6
Ethnicity	Mexican American	38.8	2.3	41.0	3.3
	Non-Hispanic, Black	31.6	1.7	34.3	1.4
	Non-Hispanic, White	23.7	2.3	23.0	1.5
Family income^a	Negative/poor	37.3	2.0	43.3	2.6
	Near poor/low	36.9	3.0	30.3	2.3
	Middle	21.0	2.2	20.1	2.1
	High	12.1	1.7	DSU	DSU

^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.

DSU - Data do not meet the criteria for statistical reliability, data quality, or confidentiality.

Key: SE: standard error.

Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics, National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey.

Current as of March 2010

Internet Citation: Table 6_4_3-2: 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_3-2.html