Table 6_4_5-3b

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_5.3b
Children ages 2–17 for whom a health provider ever gave advice about the amount and kind of exercise, sports, or physically active hobbies they should have, 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		36.9	1.0	36.1	1.1	36.0	1.3	38.3	2.0	40.3	1.9
Age	2–5	31.8	1.3	30.8	1.6	31.2	2.1	31.0	3.0	35.2	2.6
Age	6–17	38.7	1.1	37.8	1.2	37.5	1.5	40.6	2.4	42.3	2.0
Gender	Male	37.1	1.2	36.0	1.3	36.6	1.7	35.6	2.3	41.4	2.3
Gender	Female	36.8	1.1	36.2	1.3	35.3	1.6	41.0	2.6	39.2	2.2
Family income^a	Negative/poor	35.3	1.6	33.8	1.9	29.3	2.9	38.9	2.6	38.5	2.4
	Near poor/low	35.0	1.9	32.7	2.4	27.7	2.6	41.9	4.0	40.4	3.2
	Middle	33.5	1.6	32.2	1.7	33.5	2.2	30.4	3.5	39.3	3.4
	High	43.4	1.8	43.0	1.9	43.5	2.1	45.3	4.6	47.6	5.8
Health insurance	Any private	38.0	1.3	37.3	1.4	37.4	1.6	39.0	3.1	43.0	2.9
	Public only	36.1	1.4	34.2	1.7	32.1	2.6	37.9	2.2	40.0	2.2
	Uninsured	29.7	3.3	27.3	4.6	26.2	6.4	DSU	DSU	33.2	4.0
Residence location^b	Metropolitan	39.1	1.1	38.5	1.2	38.9	1.5	39.4	2.1	41.3	2.0
	Large central metro	42.0	1.6	40.6	2.0	41.5	3.2	40.1	2.6	44.7	2.5
	Large fringe metro	38.0	2.2	38.8	2.3	40.7	2.8	36.4	5.5	33.9	3.9
	Medium metro	37.1	2.3	36.1	2.3	36.4	2.8	35.8	4.4	42.9	5.7
	Small metro	36.7	2.8	37.2	3.5	34.1	3.6	50.8	6.7	33.6	5.2
	Nonmetropolitan	25.7	1.9	25.4	1.8	24.9	1.9	30.0	6.0	28.6	7.8
	Micropolitan	25.4	2.3	25.5	2.1	24.1	2.0	35.2	7.2	DSU	DSU
	Noncore	26.3	3.7	25.2	3.7	26.4	4.2	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Language spoken most often at home	English	37.3	1.0	36.8	1.1	36.2	1.3	39.1	2.0	41.3	2.5
Language spoken most often at home	Other	34.7	2.2	21.0	3.8	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	39.4	2.5
Perceived health status	Excellent/very good/good	36.7	1.0	35.9	1.1	35.8	1.3	38.1	2.0	39.7	2.0
Perceived health status	Fair/poor	48.9	4.0	44.9	4.8	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	58.0	7.1
CSHCN	Yes	43.0	1.5	42.8	1.7	42.2	1.9	43.2	3.6	44.0	3.4
CSHCN	No	35.4	1.1	34.2	1.2	34.0	1.5	37.0	2.3	39.8	2.1

^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.

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_5-3b: 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_5-3b.html