Table 6_4_9-3b

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_9.3b
Children 0–40 lbs for whom a health provider ever gave advice about using child safety seats when riding in a car, 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		63.7	1.5	64.2	1.7	65.8	2.2	60.8	2.9	61.9	2.6
Age	0–5	64.1	1.6	64.7	1.8	66.1	2.2	61.5	3.1	62.1	2.7
Age	6–17	51.4	7.3	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Gender	Male	63.0	1.9	63.5	2.2	65.6	2.7	56.3	4.4	61.2	3.3
Gender	Female	64.4	2.0	65.0	2.4	65.9	3.0	65.6	3.3	62.4	3.3
Family income^a	Negative/poor	63.1	2.4	62.2	3.1	59.5	5.0	63.3	4.2	64.9	3.4
	Near poor/low	64.2	2.5	62.4	3.4	61.1	4.7	58.0	6.2	68.0	3.7
	Middle	63.7	2.7	65.4	3.1	70.0	3.5	DSU	DSU	56.9	6.2
	High	63.8	3.1	65.4	3.2	67.0	3.7	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Health insurance	Any private	65.3	2.0	66.3	2.2	67.3	2.6	66.4	5.3	58.2	5.3
	Public only	62.0	2.0	61.1	2.7	61.8	4.1	59.4	3.7	63.6	2.8
	Uninsured	56.8	6.9	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Residence location^b	Metropolitan	64.5	1.6	65.4	1.9	68.3	2.4	59.4	3.0	61.4	2.8
	Large central metro	64.2	2.5	66.2	3.2	76.4	4.3	56.1	4.5	60.5	3.5
	Large fringe metro	61.1	3.6	63.0	3.5	63.2	4.7	DSU	DSU	52.7	7.5
	Medium metro	64.3	3.2	62.0	3.7	62.3	4.3	DSU	DSU	74.6	4.0
	Small metro	74.3	4.0	77.1	4.3	81.2	4.4	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Nonmetropolitan	59.2	3.3	58.1	3.6	54.9	4.1	DSU	DSU	66.5	5.6
	Micropolitan	56.1	4.4	54.5	4.6	49.4	5.2	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Noncore	64.9	5.5	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Language spoken most often at home	English	64.8	1.7	65.0	1.8	65.8	2.2	62.5	2.9	63.2	3.5
Language spoken most often at home	Other	58.7	3.2	53.2	7.0	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	60.8	3.3
Perceived health status	Excellent/very good/good	63.9	1.5	64.6	1.8	66.3	2.2	60.4	3.0	61.7	2.7
Perceived health status	Fair/poor	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
CSHCN	Yes	67.2	3.4	67.0	3.6	66.5	4.6	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
CSHCN	No	63.5	1.6	64.0	1.9	65.9	2.4	60.6	3.3	61.8	2.7

^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_9-3b: 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_9-3b.html