Table 6_4_7-1

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_7.1
Children ages 3–6 who ever had their vision checked by a health provider, United States, 2002 and 2006
		2006			2002
Population group		Total population� (in thousands)^c	Percent^d	SE	Total population� (in thousands)^c	Percent^d	SE
Total		16,155	62.8	1.4	15,457	59.8	1.4
Gender	Male	8,227	63.1	1.9	7,981	59.9	1.8
Gender	Female	7,928	62.4	2.0	7,476	59.7	1.8
Race	White, single race	12,244	62.6	1.6	11,949	58.7	1.7
	Black, single race	2,319	65.2	3.1	2,401	65.5	2.5
	Asian, single race	DSU	DSU	DSU	492	DSU	DSU
	NHOPI, single race	DSU	DSU	DSU	48	DSU	DSU
	AI/AN, single race	DSU	DSU	DSU	142	DSU	DSU
	Multiple races	DSU	DSU	DSU	425	DSU	DSU
Ethnicity	Non-Hispanic, all races	12,663	64.2	1.6	12,448	61.2	1.6
	Non-Hispanic, White	8,960	64.6	1.8	9,067	60.4	2.0
	Non-Hispanic, Black	2,258	65.2	3.1	2,314	65.2	2.5
	Hispanic, all races	3,492	57.5	2.3	3,009	53.9	2.4
Family income^a	Negative/poor	3,217	56.9	2.4	2,958	54.9	3.1
	Near poor/low	3,420	59.7	2.8	3,385	57.5	2.7
	Middle	5,060	62.3	2.5	5,433	59.3	2.3
	High	4,458	69.9	2.7	3,681	66.6	2.8
Health insurance	Any private	10,022	66.8	1.7	10,023	62.8	1.8
	Public only	5,471	56.7	2.0	4,511	58.0	2.0
	Uninsured	662	52.1	6.6	924	35.5	4.6
Residence location^b	Metropolitan	13,695	64.0	1.5	13,071	59.7	1.6
	Large central metro	4,914	61.9	2.4	4,828	58.7	2.2
	Large fringe metro	4,145	67.0	2.7	3,838	62.1	3.2
	Medium metro	3,154	64.0	2.7	2,980	63.1	2.8
	Small metro	1,482	62.2	5.4	1,426	49.5	4.9
	Nonmetropolitan	2,460	56.2	3.3	2,386	60.4	2.8
	Micropolitan	1,613	51.7	4.6	1,547	56.9	3.5
	Noncore	847	64.8	5.9	838	67.0	4.5
Language spoken most often at home	English	13,268	64.3	1.5	13,504	60.9	1.5
Language spoken most often at home	Other	2,887	55.6	2.9	1,946	52.2	3.4
Perceived health status	Excellent/very good/good	15,903	62.7	1.4	15,150	59.6	1.4
Perceived health status	Fair/poor	DSU	DSU	DSU	307	DSU	DSU
CSHCN	Yes	2,922	66.6	3.1	2,370	63.6	3.5
CSHCN	No	13,136	62.2	1.5	13,004	59.0	1.5

^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 excluded children whose parents don't know if their child had ever had a vision check.

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_7-1: 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_7-1.html