Table 6_4_2-2b

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_2.2b
Children ages 2-17 who had a dental visit in the calendar year,^a 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		52.2	0.9	54.8	1.0	58.6	1.3	41.6	2.0	42.1	1.6
Age	2-5	34.5	1.5	35.7	1.7	36.7	2.2	33.1	3.5	30.6	2.5
Age	6-17	57.9	1.0	60.6	1.1	65.5	1.4	43.9	2.3	46.6	1.9
Gender	Male	50.6	1.2	53.2	1.4	56.5	1.7	40.2	2.5	41.1	2.1
Gender	Female	53.7	1.1	56.5	1.3	60.8	1.6	43.0	2.6	43.2	2.0
Family income^b	Negative/poor	39.2	1.8	39.3	2.3	37.6	3.7	38.6	3.4	38.8	2.7
	Near poor/low	39.6	1.8	40.8	2.3	46.3	3.1	30.8	3.5	37.2	2.6
	Middle	53.9	1.5	55.9	1.7	58.7	2.0	44.3	4.1	44.7	3.4
	High	66.8	1.8	67.8	1.9	68.7	2.0	65.0	6.5	56.4	5.3
Health insurance	Any private	59.7	1.2	61.2	1.3	63.8	1.4	47.9	3.1	48.1	3.1
	Public only	41.8	1.5	40.7	1.8	42.5	2.6	37.2	2.8	43.9	2.2
	Uninsured	33.5	3.2	41.3	4.6	45.1	5.7	DSU	DSU	20.6	3.6
Location of residence^c	Metropolitan	52.1	1.0	55.0	1.2	59.2	1.5	42.2	2.2	42.6	1.8
	Large central metro	49.3	1.5	54.2	2.0	61.4	2.6	43.4	3.2	40.3	2.3
	Large fringe metro	55.3	2.0	57.6	2.1	60.8	2.4	44.5	4.7	43.1	4.4
	Medium metro	50.9	2.4	52.3	2.6	56.4	3.1	39.5	5.1	44.4	4.1
	Small metro	54.9	2.8	54.9	3.2	56.8	3.6	35.4	6.9	54.7	4.5
	Nonmetropolitan	52.5	2.1	54.1	2.2	56.4	2.6	37.1	4.5	37.1	4.3
	Micropolitan	51.6	2.7	53.2	2.9	56.7	3.4	29.7	6.3	36.3	5.5
	Noncore	54.1	3.8	55.6	3.9	56.0	4.3	DSU	DSU	38.6	8.0
Language spoken most often at home	English	54.9	1.0	55.5	1.1	59.1	1.3	42.1	2.1	49.5	2.6
Language spoken most often at home	Other	37.7	1.9	41.4	4.0	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	36.3	1.9
Perceived health status	Excellent/very good/good	52.2	0.9	54.9	1.1	58.7	1.3	41.5	2.1	41.9	1.7
Perceived health status	Fair/poor	48.9	5.2	48.8	6.2	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Children with special health care needs^c	Yes	61.8	1.6	63.4	1.9	65.8	2.2	52.8	3.8	53.4	3.7
Children with special health care needs^c	No	50.6	1.0	53.8	1.2	57.8	1.5	39.7	2.3	40.8	1.8
U.S. born	Yes	52.8	0.9	54.8	1.1	58.5	1.3	41.9	2.1	44.1	1.8
U.S. born	No	40.3	3.5	56.4	5.2	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	27.0	3.7

^a Dental visit is based on event data.

^b 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.

^c 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_2-2b: 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_2-2b.html