Table 6_4_6-3b

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_6.3b
Children ages 2–17 for whom a health provider gave advice about healthy eating, 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		56.4	1.1	56.5	1.2	56.8	1.5	57.5	1.8	55.9	1.7
Age	2–5	63.5	1.7	64.3	2.0	64.2	2.5	64.0	2.7	60.8	2.7
Age	6–17	53.9	1.2	53.9	1.3	54.4	1.6	55.6	2.1	54.0	2.0
Gender	Male	55.8	1.3	56.0	1.5	56.4	1.8	55.4	2.6	54.9	2.1
Gender	Female	57.0	1.3	57.1	1.4	57.2	1.8	59.7	1.9	56.9	2.1
Family income^a	Negative/poor	54.2	1.9	53.3	2.4	49.5	4.2	58.3	2.6	56.2	2.6
	Near poor/low	51.5	1.9	51.1	2.5	46.9	3.3	56.7	3.7	52.3	2.5
	Middle	55.0	1.7	54.5	1.9	55.9	2.2	55.0	3.8	57.5	3.3
	High	62.9	2.0	63.0	2.0	63.7	2.3	62.2	4.9	61.0	6.0
Health insurance	Any private	59.1	1.4	58.8	1.5	59.2	1.7	59.1	3.2	61.3	2.8
	Public only	53.6	1.5	53.0	2.0	50.8	3.2	56.8	2.0	54.6	2.0
	Uninsured	41.4	3.5	39.4	4.7	37.9	6.3	DSU	DSU	44.3	4.4
Residence location^b	Metropolitan	58.1	1.2	58.5	1.3	59.4	1.6	58.0	2.0	56.8	1.8
	Large central metro	58.8	1.7	59.2	2.3	60.9	3.3	57.7	2.7	57.9	2.3
	Large fringe metro	61.2	2.4	62.3	2.5	64.5	3.0	56.2	4.2	55.7	4.2
	Medium metro	53.6	2.5	53.5	2.6	53.1	3.2	57.9	3.7	54.5	5.1
	Small metro	57.3	2.4	57.3	2.8	56.7	3.2	64.9	4.7	56.9	6.5
	Nonmetropolitan	47.2	2.9	47.5	3.0	46.7	3.4	54.1	5.0	44.2	8.6
	Micropolitan	41.6	3.6	41.9	3.6	39.9	4.1	51.4	9.2	39.2	9.8
	Noncore	57.7	3.3	57.3	3.3	58.3	3.9	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Language spoken most often at home	English	57.6	1.2	57.4	1.2	57.0	1.5	58.4	1.9	59.2	2.4
Language spoken most often at home	Other	49.1	2.3	38.4	4.9	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	52.8	2.3
Perceived health status	Excellent/very good/good	56.2	1.1	56.4	1.2	56.7	1.5	57.3	1.9	55.4	1.8
Perceived health status	Fair/poor	65.9	4.0	63.6	5.1	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	71.2	6.0
CSHCN	Yes	62.2	1.6	61.1	1.8	60.8	2.2	61.1	2.7	69.0	3.1
CSHCN	No	54.9	1.2	55.3	1.4	55.7	1.7	56.7	2.2	53.8	2.0

^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_6-3b: 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_6-3b.html