Table 6_4_6-2c

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_6.2c
Children ages 2-17 for whom a health provider gave advice within the past 2 years about eating healthy, by family income,^a United States, 2007
		Total		Negative/poor		Near poor/low		Middle		High
Population group		Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total		52.8	1.0	53.7	2.0	47.5	1.9	49.3	1.6	59.6	1.8
Age	2-5	62.9	1.6	60.2	3.2	57.3	3.2	58.6	3.0	73.0	2.8
Age	6-17	49.6	1.1	51.0	2.2	44.7	2.0	46.7	1.8	55.5	2.0
Gender	Male	52.3	1.2	54.4	2.5	48.9	2.1	48.6	2.0	57.5	2.3
Gender	Female	53.3	1.3	53.0	2.4	46.2	2.4	50.0	2.1	61.8	2.2
Race	White, single race	53.0	1.2	53.5	2.7	46.8	2.2	48.4	1.9	61.2	1.9
	Black, single race	52.7	2.1	55.1	3.4	51.9	3.8	55.3	4.2	43.2	5.8
	Asian, single race	49.9	4.4	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	NHOPI, single race	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	AI/AN, single race	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Multiple races	52.7	4.3	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Ethnicity	Non-Hispanic, all races	53.2	1.2	54.5	2.8	47.6	2.4	48.6	1.9	59.8	1.9
	Non-Hispanic, White	53.7	1.4	55.6	4.3	45.8	3.3	47.6	2.2	61.7	2.0
	Non-Hispanic, Black	52.5	2.2	54.4	3.5	52.6	3.8	55.2	4.3	42.2	5.9
	Hispanic, all races	51.4	1.7	52.1	2.8	47.4	2.9	52.5	3.2	57.8	4.9
Health insurance	Any private	54.4	1.3	52.8	4.9	51.6	3.0	49.3	1.9	59.8	1.8
	Public only	52.0	1.6	55.9	2.3	46.8	2.4	52.1	3.5	DSU	DSU
	Uninsured	43.6	3.1	36.8	5.0	38.3	5.4	42.6	5.6	DSU	DSU
Location of residence^b	Metropolitan	55.0	1.1	56.4	2.3	48.1	2.0	52.5	1.8	61.1	1.8
	Large central metro	56.6	1.6	57.7	2.9	51.4	2.8	52.5	2.7	65.0	3.1
	Large fringe metro	58.2	2.2	60.7	6.4	49.5	4.9	56.0	3.5	61.9	3.1
	Medium metro	53.1	2.2	51.6	4.9	44.9	3.4	52.8	3.5	60.4	4.0
	Small metro	45.0	3.5	53.0	5.9	39.6	6.4	41.6	5.1	46.7	6.5
	Nonmetropolitan	42.0	2.4	43.4	4.1	45.2	4.7	36.0	3.5	47.9	6.0
	Micropolitan	42.3	3.4	41.1	4.8	45.4	6.0	37.5	5.1	DSU	DSU
	Noncore	41.4	3.2	47.5	7.4	44.8	8.3	34.3	4.6	DSU	DSU
Language spoken most often at home	English	53.6	1.1	54.5	2.2	49.6	2.3	49.0	1.8	60.0	1.8
Language spoken most often at home	Other	48.4	2.2	51.6	4.4	41.9	3.1	51.6	4.0	53.0	6.9
Perceived health status	Excellent/very good/good	52.4	1.0	53.2	2.0	47.1	1.9	48.9	1.7	59.4	1.8
Perceived health status	Fair/poor	69.3	4.6	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Children with special health care needs^b	Yes	60.3	1.8	53.3	3.6	51.4	3.8	61.6	3.1	67.6	3.0
Children with special health care needs^b	No	50.9	1.2	53.8	2.3	46.7	2.0	46.2	1.9	57.4	2.0
U.S. born	Yes	53.2	1.1	53.7	2.1	48.4	1.9	49.6	1.7	60.0	1.8
U.S. born	No	44.1	3.6	54.0	5.3	36.1	4.9	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU

^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: 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_6-2c: 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_6-2c.html