Table 12_3_1-1

2008 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 12_3_1.1
Racial and ethnic composition of nurse professionals and total U.S. population, United States, 2006
Population group		U.S. population		Registered nurse		Practical/vocational nurse
Population group		Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
Total		299,398,485	100.00	2,893,612	100.00	768,780	100.00
Race	White only	221,331,507	73.93	2,315,752	80.03	532,567	69.27
	Black only	37,051,483	12.38	277,465	9.59	172,545	22.44
	Asian only	13,100,095	4.38	211,777	7.32	25,759	3.35
	NHOPI only	426,194	0.14	2,665	0.09	718	0.09
	AI/AN only	2,369,431	0.79	11,934	0.41	6,376	0.85
	Other	19,007,129	6.35	45,362	1.57	20,053	2.61
	Multiple races	6,112,646	2.04	27,913	0.96	10,599	1.38
Ethnicity	Non-Hispanic, White only	DNA	DNA	2,245,622	77.61	507,369	66.00
	Non-Hispanic, Black only	DNA	DNA	274,873	9.50	171,794	22.35
	Non-Hispanic, Asian only	DNA	DNA	210,829	7.29	25,632	3.33
	Non-Hispanic, NHOPI only	DNA	DNA	2,470	0.09	556	0.07
	Non-Hispanic, AI/AN only	DNA	DNA	11,934	0.41	6,376	0.83
	Non-Hispanic, other	DNA	DNA	5,004	0.17	1,370	0.18
	Non-Hispanic, multiple races	DNA	DNA	23,003	0.79	8,808	1.15
	Hispanic, all races	44,252,278	14.8	119,877	4.14	46,875	6.10

DNA - Data have not been analyzed.

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

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey, 2006.

Current as of September 2009

Internet Citation: Table 12_3_1-1: 2008 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. September 2009. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://archive.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr08/12_patientcenteredness/T12_3_1-1.html