Table 6_4_12-2b

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_12.2b
Children ages 2-17 for whom a health provider gave advice within the past 2 years about using a helmet when riding a bicycle or motorcycle, 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		34.4	1.0	35.7	1.2	36.5	1.5	34.6	2.1	29.6	1.6
Age	2-5	37.8	1.6	39.1	1.8	40.2	2.3	38.0	3.4	33.8	2.8
Age	6-17	33.4	1.1	34.7	1.3	35.4	1.7	33.7	2.3	28.0	1.7
Gender	Male	34.7	1.2	35.9	1.5	36.5	1.7	34.6	2.6	30.6	2.0
Gender	Female	34.1	1.3	35.6	1.5	36.6	1.9	34.6	2.6	28.7	2.0
Family income^a	Negative/poor	32.1	2.0	34.0	2.7	34.8	4.3	34.4	3.2	28.4	2.6
	Near poor/low	32.8	1.8	33.8	2.4	30.2	3.1	40.2	3.9	30.8	2.7
	Middle	30.2	1.6	30.7	1.8	31.4	2.1	31.9	3.7	27.5	3.1
	High	41.6	1.8	42.3	1.9	44.0	2.1	29.5	6.2	34.2	5.0
Health insurance	Any private	36.8	1.3	37.4	1.4	38.7	1.6	31.5	3.2	32.3	2.9
	Public only	31.8	1.4	32.4	1.9	29.3	2.9	38.6	2.7	30.8	2.1
	Uninsured	26.2	3.2	30.6	4.8	32.8	5.6	DSU	DSU	18.8	3.3
Location of residence^b	Metropolitan	36.1	1.1	38.0	1.3	39.4	1.6	36.8	2.2	29.9	1.7
	Large central metro	36.4	1.7	39.7	2.4	41.7	3.7	37.9	3.5	30.4	2.2
	Large fringe metro	38.1	2.1	39.6	2.4	42.1	2.8	32.0	4.7	30.4	4.0
	Medium metro	36.1	2.2	38.0	2.5	39.5	3.0	39.1	4.8	27.8	3.9
	Small metro	29.1	3.0	28.9	3.4	28.2	3.8	38.5	8.0	29.8	4.9
	Nonmetropolitan	26.4	2.6	26.4	2.8	26.6	3.1	18.7	4.0	26.4	4.9
	Micropolitan	27.0	2.8	27.2	3.1	27.2	3.3	DSU	DSU	24.6	5.6
	Noncore	25.4	4.7	25.0	5.1	25.6	5.7	DSU	DSU	29.5	7.5
Language spoken most often at home	English	35.7	1.1	36.1	1.2	36.6	1.5	35.2	2.1	32.4	2.6
Language spoken most often at home	Other	27.8	1.8	28.7	3.9	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	27.5	2.0
Perceived health status	Excellent/very good/good	34.4	1.0	35.8	1.2	36.5	1.5	35.0	2.1	29.2	1.6
Perceived health status	Fair/poor	36.5	5.1	33.2	6.4	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Children with special health care needs^b	Yes	36.4	1.7	36.8	2.0	37.3	2.3	36.1	3.4	34.5	3.5
Children with special health care needs^b	No	34.0	1.1	35.5	1.3	36.3	1.7	34.4	2.4	28.9	1.7
U.S. born	Yes	35.0	1.0	36.0	1.2	36.8	1.5	35.0	2.1	31.0	1.7
U.S. born	No	22.7	3.1	25.5	5.9	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	20.4	3.0

^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_12-2b: 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_12-2b.html