Table 6_4_8-2c

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_8.2c
Children for whom a health provider gave advice within the past 2 years about how smoking in the house can be bad for a child, 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		42.3	1.0	54.4	2.1	45.1	1.9	38.0	1.7	37.5	1.8
Age	0-5	52.3	1.5	65.6	2.7	55.8	2.9	47.7	2.7	43.8	3.0
Age	6-17	37.5	1.2	46.8	2.5	40.1	2.1	34.0	1.9	34.6	2.1
Gender	Male	42.8	1.2	55.0	2.5	46.8	2.2	38.2	2.0	37.1	2.3
Gender	Female	41.9	1.3	53.7	2.6	43.3	2.2	37.8	2.1	38.0	2.3
Race	White, single race	40.8	1.2	53.6	2.7	41.9	2.2	37.2	2.0	37.6	2.0
	Black, single race	50.5	2.1	56.9	3.2	55.2	4.2	46.5	4.4	32.3	6.6
	Asian, single race	33.2	4.8	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	25.4	6.3	32.1	6.8
	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	45.1	4.2	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Ethnicity	Non-Hispanic, all races	41.9	1.2	54.5	2.6	46.7	2.5	37.7	1.9	38.0	2.0
	Non-Hispanic, White	40.0	1.4	55.1	3.8	41.8	3.2	36.5	2.3	38.3	2.2
	Non-Hispanic, Black	50.7	2.2	56.6	3.2	55.8	4.2	47.3	4.5	31.2	6.7
	Hispanic, all races	43.9	1.8	54.1	3.3	41.9	2.9	39.5	3.1	32.8	4.4
Health insurance	Any private	38.5	1.3	46.9	4.9	41.4	3.0	37.9	2.0	37.5	1.9
	Public only	52.9	1.6	57.6	2.2	51.0	2.4	45.9	3.5	DSU	DSU
	Uninsured	29.7	3.0	35.0	7.2	28.8	4.6	22.3	4.6	DSU	DSU
Location of residence^b	Metropolitan	42.8	1.1	55.2	2.4	45.6	2.1	38.9	1.8	37.7	1.9
	Large central metro	45.1	1.8	55.1	2.9	44.8	3.1	38.9	2.8	44.1	4.0
	Large fringe metro	41.3	2.0	49.3	4.4	50.4	4.8	41.9	3.7	35.7	2.7
	Medium metro	44.0	2.7	59.3	6.1	45.0	3.6	39.1	3.8	38.7	4.4
	Small metro	36.9	3.5	57.5	5.3	40.3	6.9	30.2	4.9	24.5	5.9
	Nonmetropolitan	40.1	2.4	50.9	4.2	42.8	4.6	34.1	4.0	35.7	6.5
	Micropolitan	40.2	2.9	54.7	5.0	45.2	5.3	30.7	5.1	DSU	DSU
	Noncore	40.0	4.7	43.7	7.8	37.8	8.7	38.6	6.2	DSU	DSU
Language spoken most often at home	English	42.7	1.1	56.7	2.4	47.1	2.2	38.4	1.8	37.7	1.9
Language spoken most often at home	Other	40.7	2.1	48.2	3.9	39.4	3.4	35.3	3.6	34.7	6.2
Perceived health status	Excellent/very good/good	42.0	1.1	54.0	2.2	45.0	1.9	37.7	1.7	37.2	1.8
Perceived health status	Fair/poor	55.5	4.8	64.0	7.0	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Children with special health care needs^b	Yes	44.9	1.8	56.8	3.5	48.6	3.5	44.1	3.4	37.1	3.3
Children with special health care needs^b	No	41.8	1.2	53.8	2.3	44.5	2.0	36.6	1.7	37.6	2.1
U.S. born	Yes	42.7	1.1	54.6	2.1	46.0	1.9	38.5	1.7	37.8	1.8
U.S. born	No	34.5	3.6	51.3	6.8	31.5	5.1	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_8-2c: 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_8-2c.html