Table 6_4_8-3a

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_8.3a
Children for whom a health provider ever gave advice about how smoking in the house can be bad for a child, by race, United States, 2006
				Single race
		Total		White		Black		Asian		NHOPI		AI/AN		Multiple races
Population group		Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total		47.1	0.9	46.8	1.1	49.7	1.8	34.3	4.6	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	56.5	3.7
Age	0–5	54.4	1.5	53.0	1.7	61.1	2.9	42.9	6.1	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	64.7	5.6
Age	6–17	43.4	1.0	43.7	1.2	44.6	2.1	30.0	5.2	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	50.2	5.0
Gender	Male	47.9	1.1	47.5	1.4	49.0	2.2	35.9	5.8	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	60.7	5.1
Gender	Female	46.3	1.1	46.1	1.3	50.5	2.4	32.9	5.5	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	52.3	4.7
Family income^a	Negative/poor	57.1	1.7	55.7	2.3	59.7	2.6	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Near poor/low	52.5	1.7	52.4	2.1	52.5	3.5	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Middle	43.8	1.6	44.8	1.8	41.4	3.7	26.3	6.1	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	High	40.5	1.8	41.1	2.2	37.0	5.0	33.6	6.5	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Health insurance	Any private	43.1	1.1	43.5	1.4	43.8	2.7	31.8	5.0	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	51.4	5.4
	Public only	56.0	1.4	55.7	1.9	56.7	2.2	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	68.7	5.3
	Uninsured	42.7	3.3	43.6	3.7	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Residence location^b	Metropolitan	47.5	1.0	47.3	1.2	49.6	1.9	34.4	4.7	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	58.6	4.1
	Large central metro	48.1	1.7	48.0	2.2	50.3	2.7	33.6	6.8	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	60.6	6.8
	Large fringe metro	46.3	2.1	48.0	2.6	41.6	3.6	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Medium metro	45.3	2.0	43.2	2.4	51.4	4.1	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Small metro	53.9	2.7	52.9	3.0	63.8	6.0	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Nonmetropolitan	44.9	2.0	44.4	2.4	50.5	4.5	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Micropolitan	42.0	2.2	41.6	2.7	45.5	5.0	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Noncore	50.4	3.0	49.5	3.3	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Language spoken most often at home	English	47.2	1.0	46.3	1.2	50.8	1.8	41.8	6.7	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	55.6	3.8
Language spoken most often at home	Other	46.1	2.3	49.7	2.4	DSU	DSU	28.2	6.2	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Perceived health status	Excellent/very good/good	46.9	0.9	46.6	1.1	49.8	1.9	34.5	4.6	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	55.0	3.9
Perceived health status	Fair/poor	56.4	4.3	57.6	5.0	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
CSHCN	Yes	50.1	1.6	48.9	1.9	53.8	3.0	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
CSHCN	No	46.4	1.0	46.4	1.2	48.5	2.1	33.1	4.8	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	54.8	4.6

^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_8-3a: 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_8-3a.html