Table 6_4_6-1

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_6.1
Children ages 2–17 for whom a health provider gave advice about healthy eating, 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	56.4	1.1	42.9	1.0	51.4	1.0
Age	2–5	16,656	63.5	1.7	55.7	1.6	61.6	1.6
Age	6–17	49,351	53.9	1.2	38.6	1.1	47.9	1.1
Gender	Male	33,657	55.8	1.3	42.1	1.3	50.5	1.3
Gender	Female	32,351	57.0	1.3	43.8	1.1	52.2	1.2
Race	White, single race	50,294	56.5	1.3	42.6	1.2	50.9	1.3
	Black, single race	9,939	57.5	1.8	45.7	1.8	54.0	1.8
	Asian, single race	2,627	50.4	5.1	39.0	4.3	48.0	4.7
	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	57.0	3.8	43.9	4.2	55.3	3.8
Ethnicity	Non-Hispanic, all races	52,816	56.5	1.2	42.6	1.1	51.2	1.2
	Non-Hispanic, White	37,899	56.8	1.5	42.0	1.5	50.5	1.5
	Non-Hispanic, Black	9,717	57.5	1.8	46.0	1.8	54.1	1.9
	Hispanic, all races	13,191	55.9	1.7	44.4	1.7	52.0	1.7
Family income^a	Negative/poor	11,240	54.2	1.9	44.1	1.8	51.7	1.9
	Near poor/low	13,964	51.5	1.9	37.1	1.7	47.1	1.9
	Middle	21,875	55.0	1.7	41.5	1.8	50.7	1.7
	High	18,929	62.9	2.0	48.1	1.9	55.0	1.9
Health insurance	Any private	42,498	59.1	1.4	44.9	1.3	53.3	1.3
	Public only	19,468	53.6	1.5	41.5	1.4	50.1	1.5
	Uninsured	4,042	41.4	3.5	29.0	3.0	37.0	3.4
Residence location^b	Metropolitan	55,474	58.1	1.2	44.7	1.1	52.9	1.1
	Large central metro	20,125	58.8	1.7	46.2	1.6	53.7	1.6
	Large fringe metro	16,752	61.2	2.4	47.8	2.2	55.6	2.3
	Medium metro	13,066	53.6	2.5	40.4	2.6	48.3	2.7
	Small metro	5,532	57.3	2.4	39.7	2.4	52.8	2.8
	Nonmetropolitan	10,533	47.2	2.9	34.0	2.3	43.3	2.5
	Micropolitan	6,810	41.6	3.6	31.3	2.8	37.5	2.9
	Noncore	3,723	57.7	3.3	38.8	3.9	54.0	3.4
Language spoken most often at home	English	56,623	57.6	1.2	43.6	1.1	52.2	1.1
Language spoken most often at home	Other	9,337	49.1	2.3	39.3	2.0	46.2	2.1
Perceived health status	Excellent/very good/good	64,618	56.2	1.1	42.7	1.0	51.2	1.1
Perceived health status	Fair/poor	1,389	65.9	4.0	54.8	4.4	60.7	4.3
CSHCN	Yes	14,148	62.2	1.6	51.9	1.5	57.5	1.6
CSHCN	No	51,291	54.9	1.2	40.6	1.1	49.8	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_6-1: 2009 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. March 2010. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://archive.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr09/6_maternalchildhealth/T6_4_6-1.html