Table 6_4_5-1

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_5.1
Children ages 2-17 for whom a health provider gave advice within the past 2 years about the amount and kind of exercise, sports, or physically active hobbies they should have, United States, 2002-2007
		2007		2006		2005		2004		2003		2002
Population group		Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total		36.2	1.0	34.6	0.9	31.9	0.8	31.0	1.0	29.3	0.9	30.0	0.8
Age	2-5	34.4	1.6	31.0	1.3	31.1	1.5	27.4	1.4	24.1	1.4	25.0	1.2
Age	6-17	36.8	1.1	35.8	1.1	32.2	0.9	32.1	1.1	31.0	1.0	31.6	0.9
Gender	Male	36.0	1.1	34.7	1.2	31.9	1.1	31.2	1.1	28.4	1.1	29.2	0.9
Gender	Female	36.4	1.3	34.5	1.1	31.9	1.0	30.8	1.2	30.2	1.1	30.9	1.0
Race	White, single race	36.5	1.2	34.4	1.1	32.7	1.0	31.1	1.1	30.1	1.1	30.4	0.9
	Black, single race	35.0	2.2	37.0	1.9	31.8	1.9	31.9	1.9	28.0	2.0	30.8	1.7
	Asian, single race	32.4	3.7	28.3	4.1	24.8	3.1	31.9	3.9	22.5	3.1	27.7	4.2
	NHOPI, single race	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	AI/AN, single race	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	12.8	3.3
	Multiple races	36.3	4.6	36.5	4.1	25.5	3.5	24.5	4.3	23.6	3.6	25.8	4.4
Ethnicity	Non-Hispanic, all races	36.2	1.1	33.8	1.1	31.4	1.0	30.2	1.1	28.6	1.0	30.0	0.9
	Non-Hispanic, White	36.8	1.4	33.2	1.3	32.1	1.2	30.1	1.4	29.5	1.2	30.5	1.1
	Non-Hispanic, Black	34.7	2.2	36.9	2.0	31.5	1.9	31.5	1.9	27.7	2.0	30.5	1.8
	Hispanic, all races	36.0	1.6	37.8	1.9	34.3	1.6	34.2	1.7	32.5	1.6	30.4	1.4
Family income^a	Negative/poor	35.6	2.1	33.7	1.6	29.1	1.5	29.3	1.7	29.8	1.6	27.5	1.5
	Near poor/low	33.2	1.8	33.6	1.8	32.4	1.7	28.9	1.5	24.5	1.5	26.7	1.3
	Middle	33.4	1.6	31.0	1.5	30.4	1.4	29.2	1.6	27.2	1.6	28.2	1.3
	High	41.6	1.8	39.9	1.8	35.2	1.8	35.6	1.9	35.0	1.7	36.4	1.6
Health insurance	Any private	37.4	1.3	35.3	1.3	32.9	1.2	32.2	1.3	30.2	1.1	31.6	1.1
	Public only	35.2	1.5	34.5	1.4	31.6	1.4	30.2	1.3	29.2	1.3	28.1	1.2
	Uninsured	30.3	3.3	27.2	3.3	23.0	2.6	22.6	2.5	20.9	2.4	22.5	2.3
Location of residence^b	Metropolitan	38.3	1.1	36.5	1.1	33.6	0.9	32.9	1.0	30.4	1.1	31.5	0.9
	Large central metro	40.5	1.7	39.1	1.5	34.3	1.2	35.2	1.4	30.8	1.7	32.2	1.2
	Large fringe metro	42.2	2.1	36.1	2.2	35.7	1.9	37.2	2.2	33.8	1.7	35.4	1.6
	Medium metro	34.5	2.1	33.9	2.4	31.9	2.2	27.4	2.2	30.9	2.6	29.4	2.0
	Small metro	28.2	2.9	34.2	2.8	28.6	2.6	24.5	2.5	18.3	2.1	22.5	2.4
	Nonmetropolitan	25.9	2.1	24.6	1.9	22.9	1.8	21.3	2.0	22.8	1.8	22.0	2.0
	Micropolitan	25.6	2.6	24.3	2.2	21.2	2.2	21.8	2.7	21.6	2.2	21.9	2.6
	Noncore	26.3	3.4	25.0	3.6	26.0	4.3	20.5	2.9	25.1	3.6	22.2	2.7
Language spoken most often at home	English	36.5	1.1	34.8	1.0	31.9	0.9	30.7	1.1	29.5	1.0	30.6	0.8
Language spoken most often at home	Other	34.5	2.2	32.9	2.1	31.8	1.9	32.8	1.7	27.8	1.7	25.1	1.8
Perceived health status	Excellent/very good/good	35.8	1.0	34.3	1.0	31.6	0.8	30.6	1.0	29.2	0.9	29.7	0.8
Perceived health status	Fair/poor	55.5	5.1	47.2	4.0	46.0	4.2	48.0	4.2	35.7	3.8	43.1	4.4
Children with special health care needs^b	Yes	43.7	1.8	41.3	1.6	41.1	1.7	39.1	1.7	36.7	1.6	39.6	1.6
Children with special health care needs^b	No	34.2	1.1	32.8	1.0	29.5	0.9	28.9	1.0	27.3	1.0	27.5	0.8
U.S. born	Yes	36.4	1.0	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	29.7	0.9	30.1	0.8
U.S. born	No	32.5	3.1	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	20.5	2.4	27.8	2.8

^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.

DNC - Data have not been collected.

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

Key: AI/AN: American Indian or Alaska Native; NHOPI: Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander; 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_5-1: 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_5-1.html