Table 6_4_8-3b

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_8.3b
Children for whom a health provider ever gave advice about how smoking in the house can be bad for a child, 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		47.1	0.9	46.0	1.0	45.4	1.3	49.9	1.8	51.2	1.8
Age	0–5	54.4	1.5	52.5	1.8	50.3	2.1	61.1	3.0	60.8	2.4
Age	6–17	43.4	1.0	42.8	1.1	43.0	1.5	44.9	2.2	45.7	1.9
Gender	Male	47.9	1.1	46.8	1.3	46.1	1.7	49.1	2.2	52.0	2.1
Gender	Female	46.3	1.1	45.2	1.2	44.5	1.6	50.7	2.4	50.4	2.1
Family income^a	Negative/poor	57.1	1.7	56.2	2.2	53.1	3.5	60.2	2.7	59.0	2.7
	Near poor/low	52.5	1.7	51.6	2.1	50.8	2.9	52.2	3.5	54.6	2.9
	Middle	43.8	1.6	43.7	1.8	44.9	2.2	41.9	3.7	44.3	3.1
	High	40.5	1.8	40.6	2.0	41.3	2.4	37.2	5.0	39.7	6.0
Health insurance	Any private	43.1	1.1	42.7	1.3	43.0	1.5	44.0	2.7	46.5	3.1
	Public only	56.0	1.4	55.7	1.8	54.7	2.9	57.1	2.3	56.7	2.2
	Uninsured	42.7	3.3	43.0	4.5	45.6	5.7	DSU	DSU	42.1	4.3
Residence location^b	Metropolitan	47.5	1.0	46.3	1.2	45.8	1.5	49.8	2.0	51.4	1.9
	Large central metro	48.1	1.7	46.5	2.1	45.4	3.2	50.9	2.7	51.1	2.4
	Large fringe metro	46.3	2.1	47.2	2.2	49.4	2.9	41.5	3.7	42.2	4.6
	Medium metro	45.3	2.0	42.8	2.2	39.8	2.6	50.5	4.3	58.9	4.4
	Small metro	53.9	2.7	51.7	3.0	50.1	3.3	63.8	6.0	66.5	7.3
	Nonmetropolitan	44.9	2.0	44.5	2.1	43.8	2.6	50.5	4.5	48.8	4.4
	Micropolitan	42.0	2.2	41.5	2.3	40.7	2.8	45.5	5.0	46.2	5.5
	Noncore	50.4	3.0	49.9	3.2	49.2	3.6	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Language spoken most often at home	English	47.2	1.0	46.8	1.1	45.5	1.3	51.0	1.8	51.0	2.3
Language spoken most often at home	Other	46.1	2.3	30.8	4.6	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	51.5	2.5
Perceived health status	Excellent/very good/good	46.9	0.9	45.8	1.0	45.1	1.3	50.0	1.9	51.2	1.8
Perceived health status	Fair/poor	56.4	4.3	57.7	5.8	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	53.4	6.1
CSHCN	Yes	50.1	1.6	49.0	1.7	47.3	2.2	53.2	3.1	57.6	3.3
CSHCN	No	46.4	1.0	45.2	1.1	44.9	1.5	48.8	2.1	50.4	1.9

^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_8-3b: 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_8-3b.html