Table 6_4_9-1

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_9.1
Children 0-40 lb for whom a health provider gave advice within the past 2 years about using a child safety seat while riding in the car, 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		62.5	1.5	60.3	1.5	62.1	1.4	58.1	1.7	58.7	1.4	56.7	1.3
Age	0-5	63.3	1.4	60.9	1.6	63.1	1.4	58.5	1.7	59.5	1.5	57.7	1.3
Age	6-17	45.5	6.3	41.9	6.8	38.1	4.8	47.6	5.4	40.2	6.1	34.8	4.4
Gender	Male	65.3	1.9	60.4	1.9	63.7	1.8	58.6	2.0	58.0	1.9	57.0	1.6
Gender	Female	59.8	2.1	60.2	2.0	60.4	1.8	57.6	2.1	59.3	1.9	56.3	1.7
Race	White, single race	62.6	1.8	60.5	1.8	62.0	1.6	56.9	1.9	58.4	1.7	57.8	1.5
	Black, single race	69.1	3.1	59.9	2.8	63.2	3.0	64.2	3.5	61.5	3.1	56.4	3.3
	Asian, single race	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	66.9	5.6	63.4	7.2	58.6	6.7	DSU	DSU
	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	DSU	DSU
	Multiple races	53.9	8.0	67.9	6.4	53.4	6.3	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Ethnicity	Non-Hispanic, all races	63.3	1.7	60.7	1.7	62.0	1.6	57.9	1.9	58.3	1.7	56.9	1.5
	Non-Hispanic, White	63.5	2.3	61.6	2.1	62.1	1.9	55.9	2.2	57.8	2.2	58.5	1.9
	Non-Hispanic, Black	69.9	3.0	59.2	2.9	62.9	3.1	64.4	3.6	61.0	3.2	56.0	3.4
	Hispanic, all races	59.7	2.5	58.8	2.8	62.3	2.4	58.9	2.4	60.3	2.1	55.7	2.5
Family income^a	Negative/poor	66.7	2.6	60.8	2.5	60.3	2.5	57.6	2.4	63.3	2.5	50.8	2.8
	Near poor/low	63.6	2.9	60.3	2.6	58.8	2.5	54.4	3.0	53.3	2.8	57.4	2.6
	Middle	56.9	3.2	59.5	2.7	62.6	2.8	60.1	2.7	58.7	2.7	55.5	2.3
	High	63.6	3.2	60.7	3.1	65.6	2.8	59.2	3.3	59.2	2.9	62.9	3.3
Health insurance	Any private	61.6	2.1	61.3	2.0	65.0	1.7	58.1	2.2	59.0	2.0	57.2	1.8
	Public only	67.7	2.0	59.6	2.0	59.7	2.1	58.9	2.2	58.7	2.1	57.4	2.1
	Uninsured	38.7	6.0	52.6	7.5	47.2	6.3	53.7	4.9	54.8	7.0	45.5	6.2
Location of residence^b	Metropolitan	63.0	1.6	61.0	1.6	63.8	1.5	59.9	1.8	58.5	1.5	56.5	1.4
	Large central metro	65.4	2.2	60.7	2.6	64.6	2.5	59.7	2.7	55.1	2.2	54.1	2.5
	Large fringe metro	62.7	3.0	59.5	3.4	60.2	3.2	63.1	3.1	61.4	3.1	59.6	2.6
	Medium metro	61.9	3.3	60.1	3.2	65.3	3.6	59.5	4.6	58.3	3.8	56.9	2.6
	Small metro	58.4	5.4	67.6	4.1	68.2	3.8	51.2	4.3	61.2	3.8	56.2	5.1
	Nonmetropolitan	58.9	3.6	56.0	3.3	51.6	2.9	48.5	3.6	59.7	3.9	57.4	4.1
	Micropolitan	58.4	4.3	53.3	4.4	49.1	3.6	47.0	4.3	60.3	4.8	53.5	5.2
	Noncore	DSU	DSU	61.2	5.3	56.0	5.3	51.6	6.0	58.6	7.3	66.0	7.2
Language spoken most often at home	English	63.5	1.7	61.1	1.7	61.8	1.5	57.4	1.8	58.9	1.7	57.9	1.4
Language spoken most often at home	Other	57.8	3.0	56.5	3.2	63.3	2.8	61.7	2.7	57.5	2.8	48.3	3.1
Perceived health status	Excellent/very good/good	62.4	1.5	60.5	1.5	62.3	1.4	57.9	1.7	58.8	1.4	56.9	1.3
Perceived health status	Fair/poor	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Children with special health care needs^b	Yes	67.3	3.7	62.8	3.4	54.7	4.0	66.6	3.6	62.3	3.9	51.5	3.7
Children with special health care needs^b	No	62.1	1.5	60.2	1.6	63.0	1.4	57.1	1.7	58.0	1.5	57.4	1.3
U.S. born	Yes	62.5	1.5	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	58.9	1.5	57.0	1.3
U.S. born	No	DSU	DSU	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	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.

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_9-1: 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_9-1.html