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2011 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_1.1
Children who had their height and weight measured by a health provider within the past 2 years, United States, 2002-2008
		2008		2007		2006		2005		2004		2003		2002
Population group		Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total		89.5	0.7	89.2	0.6	90.2	0.6	88.7	0.7	88.3	0.7	88.6	0.5	86.7	0.6
Age	0-5	93.2	0.8	93.4	0.8	94.4	0.6	93.5	0.6	93.7	0.6	93.8	0.6	91.7	0.8
Age	6-17	87.6	0.8	87.1	0.7	88.1	0.7	86.4	0.9	85.8	0.8	86.1	0.7	84.4	0.7
Gender	Male	89.4	0.9	89.4	0.7	90.2	0.7	88.4	0.8	88.9	0.7	88.9	0.6	86.9	0.7
Gender	Female	89.6	0.7	88.9	0.7	90.1	0.7	89.0	0.8	87.8	0.9	88.3	0.7	86.6	0.6
Race	White, single race	89.7	0.9	89.4	0.6	90.4	0.6	88.7	0.8	88.0	0.8	89.1	0.6	86.9	0.6
	Black, single race	89.2	1.0	89.5	1.3	90.5	1.3	90.4	1.1	89.9	1.1	88.1	1.2	86.7	1.5
	Asian, single race	84.7	2.4	80.6	3.1	84.1	2.7	84.8	3.2	86.9	2.2	79.8	3.6	83.6	3.2
	NHOPI, single race	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	AI/AN, single race	84.0	5.1	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	86.0	5.1	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	73.0	7.1
	Multiple races	95.3	1.5	90.7	2.5	90.3	2.2	87.5	2.8	92.3	2.2	89.2	2.8	90.5	2.2
Ethnicity	Non-Hispanic, all races	90.4	0.9	89.9	0.7	91.2	0.7	90.4	0.7	89.6	0.8	89.8	0.6	87.9	0.6
	Non-Hispanic, White	91.1	1.1	90.6	0.8	91.9	0.7	91.1	0.8	89.7	1.0	91.0	0.7	88.5	0.7
	Non-Hispanic, Black	89.0	1.0	89.6	1.3	90.4	1.3	90.2	1.1	89.8	1.1	87.9	1.2	86.6	1.5
	Hispanic, all races	86.2	1.1	86.5	0.9	86.3	1.1	81.9	1.4	83.1	1.1	83.1	1.1	81.7	1.0
Family income^a	Negative/poor	85.7	1.2	87.9	1.1	88.9	1.2	85.9	1.1	85.4	1.3	85.8	1.0	82.5	1.4
	Near poor/low	87.9	1.3	85.5	1.2	87.8	1.0	86.7	1.0	85.8	1.1	85.1	1.2	84.2	1.1
	Middle	89.1	1.5	88.8	1.0	89.1	0.9	87.8	1.2	88.1	1.0	88.6	0.8	86.5	0.8
	High	94.1	0.7	92.7	1.0	93.9	0.8	93.0	1.0	92.4	0.9	92.9	0.7	91.6	0.7
Health insurance	Any private	91.6	0.9	90.8	0.7	91.7	0.7	90.9	0.9	90.0	0.8	90.6	0.6	89.7	0.6
	Public only	89.0	0.9	88.9	0.9	89.4	0.9	87.3	0.8	87.9	0.9	87.2	0.8	84.7	1.1
	Uninsured	73.8	2.7	77.2	2.4	78.8	2.6	72.4	3.1	74.7	2.6	74.9	2.4	68.1	2.9
Residence location^b	Metropolitan	90.2	0.8	89.8	0.6	90.6	0.6	89.2	0.7	88.9	0.6	88.8	0.6	87.3	0.7
	Large central metro	89.0	1.3	89.3	0.9	89.2	1.2	85.9	1.5	87.2	0.9	85.6	1.0	85.3	1.0
	Large fringe metro	93.4	0.9	92.9	0.8	91.4	1.0	91.5	1.0	90.5	1.0	91.1	1.1	89.0	1.1
	Medium metro	88.4	2.1	87.3	1.6	90.7	1.0	89.9	1.0	91.0	1.1	90.6	1.2	87.4	1.5
	Small metro	89.2	1.6	87.9	1.7	92.7	1.3	92.0	1.5	85.6	2.8	88.2	2.0	88.9	1.3
	Nonmetropolitan	85.6	2.5	86.0	1.6	88.1	1.9	86.3	2.3	85.4	2.3	87.4	1.2	83.8	1.4
	Micropolitan	90.6	1.8	86.3	1.7	87.7	2.6	84.0	3.4	85.5	3.5	87.6	1.2	84.6	1.7
	Noncore	77.2	5.2	85.4	3.1	89.0	2.1	90.2	1.6	85.3	2.5	87.1	2.5	82.1	2.4
Language spoken most often at home	English	90.7	0.8	90.2	0.6	91.5	0.6	90.5	0.7	89.8	0.7	90.3	0.5	87.8	0.6
Language spoken most often at home	Other	83.4	1.6	83.4	1.4	82.5	1.4	77.9	1.7	79.4	1.4	77.8	1.6	77.5	2.1
Perceived health status	Excellent/very good/good	89.5	0.7	89.1	0.6	90.1	0.6	88.5	0.7	88.3	0.7	88.6	0.5	86.7	0.6
Perceived health status	Fair/poor	90.1	3.4	90.9	3.3	91.6	2.6	95.4	1.5	90.8	2.4	88.3	2.2	88.8	2.6
CSHCN^c	Yes	94.8	0.7	95.3	0.6	95.1	0.6	95.6	0.6	93.5	0.7	93.5	0.7	92.5	0.7
CSHCN^c	No	88.2	0.8	87.7	0.7	88.9	0.7	86.9	0.9	87.1	0.7	87.3	0.6	85.4	0.7
U.S. born	Yes	90.0	0.7	89.6	0.6	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	89.3	0.5	87.5	0.6
U.S. born	No	77.1	3.3	77.8	2.6	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	73.0	2.4	69.7	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 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey entry in Appendix B: Detailed Methods.

^c. CSHCN: Children with special health care needs. For details, refer to the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey documentation for the 2008 Full Year Consolidated Data File at http://www.meps.ahrq.gov/mepsweb/data_stats/download_data_files_detail.jsp?cboPufNumber=HC-121.

DNC - Data not 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.

Page last reviewed October 2014

Internet Citation: T6_4_1_1: 2011 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. October 2014. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://archive.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr11/6_maternalchildhealth/T6_4_1_1.html