Table 6_4_1-2b

2010 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_1.2b
Children who had their height and weight measured by a health provider within past 2 years, by ethnicity, United States, 2007
				Non-Hispanic						Hispanic, all races
		Total		All races		White		Black		Hispanic, all races
Population group		Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total		89.2	0.6	89.9	0.7	90.6	0.8	89.6	1.3	86.5	0.9
Age	0-5	93.4	0.8	93.5	0.9	93.8	1.1	93.4	1.5	93.0	1.0
Age	6-17	87.1	0.7	88.2	0.8	89.1	0.9	87.9	1.5	82.6	1.3
Gender	Male	89.4	0.7	90.5	0.8	91.2	0.9	90.0	1.5	85.1	1.3
Gender	Female	88.9	0.7	89.2	0.9	89.9	1.1	89.1	1.7	87.9	1.2
Family income^a	Negative/poor	87.9	1.1	89.1	1.5	91.1	1.9	88.6	1.9	85.7	1.6
	Near poor/low	85.5	1.2	86.8	1.6	86.4	2.1	88.0	2.8	83.0	1.7
	Middle	88.8	1.0	88.6	1.2	89.0	1.4	90.5	2.2	89.8	1.5
	High	92.7	1.0	93.0	1.0	93.3	1.1	93.7	2.3	89.8	2.5
Health insurance	Any private	90.8	0.7	91.0	0.8	91.7	0.8	90.2	1.8	89.5	1.5
	Public only	88.9	0.9	89.5	1.1	89.7	1.7	91.4	1.2	87.9	1.3
	Uninsured	77.2	2.4	79.5	3.3	80.7	3.8	DSU	DSU	73.2	3.2
Location of residence^b	Metropolitan	89.8	0.6	90.7	0.7	91.6	0.8	90.2	1.3	86.8	1.0
	Large central metro	89.3	0.9	91.3	1.2	93.0	1.6	90.2	2.0	85.7	1.3
	Large fringe metro	92.9	0.8	93.8	0.8	95.2	0.8	91.5	2.4	88.1	2.3
	Medium metro	87.3	1.6	87.0	1.9	86.9	2.2	91.0	2.1	88.6	2.3
	Small metro	87.9	1.7	88.1	2.0	87.9	2.2	85.1	5.9	86.7	3.8
	Nonmetropolitan	86.0	1.6	86.3	1.7	86.8	1.8	85.1	4.9	82.7	3.3
	Micropolitan	86.3	1.7	86.9	1.8	86.4	1.9	88.0	3.8	81.0	4.1
	Noncore	85.4	3.1	85.4	3.4	87.4	3.5	DSU	DSU	85.6	4.5
Language spoken most often at home	English	90.2	0.6	90.5	0.7	90.9	0.7	89.9	1.3	88.3	1.4
Language spoken most often at home	Other	83.4	1.4	78.8	3.9	80.3	7.2	DSU	DSU	85.0	1.4
Perceived health status	Excellent/very good/good	89.1	0.6	89.9	0.7	90.5	0.7	89.8	1.3	86.3	1.0
Perceived health status	Fair/poor	90.9	3.3	90.4	4.2	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Children with special health care needs^b	Yes	95.3	0.6	95.7	0.7	96.4	0.7	93.8	1.4	92.4	1.8
Children with special health care needs^b	No	87.7	0.7	88.3	0.8	88.9	1.0	88.7	1.5	85.5	1.0
U.S. born	Yes	89.6	0.6	90.0	0.7	90.6	0.8	89.9	1.3	87.9	0.9
U.S. born	No	77.8	2.6	82.7	4.0	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	73.9	3.3

^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 B: Detailed Methods.

DSU - Data do not meet the criteria for statistical reliability, data quality, or confidentiality.

Key:� SE: standard error.

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access, and Cost Trends, Medical Expenditure Panel Survey.

Current as of February 2011

Internet Citation: Table 6_4_1-2b: 2010 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. February 2011. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr10/6_maternalchildhealth/T6_4_1-2b.html