Table 6_4_7-2c

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_7.2c
Children ages 3–6 who ever had their vision checked by a health provider, by family income,^a United States, 2006
		Total		Negative/poor		�Near poor/low		Middle		High
Population group		Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total		62.8	1.4	56.9	2.4	59.7	2.8	62.3	2.5	69.9	2.7
Gender	Male	63.1	1.9	53.1	3.3	58.1	3.9	65.1	3.7	71.6	3.7
Gender	Female	62.4	2.0	60.4	3.1	61.4	3.7	59.2	3.5	68.2	3.9
Race	White, single race	62.6	1.6	54.3	3.4	56.2	3.4	63.0	3.0	70.8	2.8
	Black, single race	65.2	3.1	65.1	4.3	70.6	5.0	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Asian, single race	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	NHOPI, single race	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	AI/AN, single race	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Multiple races	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Ethnicity	Non-Hispanic, all races	64.2	1.6	57.5	3.3	61.8	3.9	62.7	3.0	70.5	2.9
	Non-Hispanic, White	64.6	1.8	54.0	5.1	58.5	5.1	63.3	3.7	71.7	3.1
	Non-Hispanic, Black	65.2	3.1	65.1	4.4	70.5	5.1	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Hispanic, all races	57.5	2.3	55.8	3.9	54.9	3.7	60.8	3.9	DSU	DSU
Health insurance	Any private	66.8	1.7	DSU	DSU	62.7	5.4	62.9	3.0	70.8	2.8
	Public only	56.7	2.0	54.1	2.6	59.3	3.3	61.4	5.6	DSU	DSU
	Uninsured	52.1	6.6	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Residence location^b	Metropolitan	64.0	1.5	56.7	2.8	59.7	3.1	63.5	2.7	71.9	2.8
	Large central metro	61.9	2.4	60.2	3.7	57.2	5.0	60.1	4.9	DSU	DSU
	Large fringe metro	67.0	2.7	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	66.6	4.7	71.2	4.3
	Medium metro	64.0	2.7	52.3	5.5	58.0	5.7	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Small metro	62.2	5.4	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Nonmetropolitan	56.2	3.3	57.8	4.1	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Micropolitan	51.7	4.6	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Noncore	64.8	5.9	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Language spoken most often at home	English	64.3	1.5	59.3	2.8	59.4	3.6	63.7	2.7	70.7	2.9
Language spoken most often at home	Other	55.6	2.9	50.5	4.9	60.6	4.2	55.6	5.7	DSU	DSU
Perceived health status	Excellent/very good/good	62.7	1.4	56.9	2.4	59.6	2.9	62.3	2.5	69.7	2.7
Perceived health status	Fair/poor	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
CSHCN	Yes	66.6	3.1	58.9	6.0	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
CSHCN	No	62.2	1.5	56.8	2.8	58.8	3.0	60.2	2.7	71.2	3.1

^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: 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_7-2c: 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_7-2c.html