Table 16_10_6-1
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.
| Population group | Total | Negative/poor | Near poor/low | Middle | High | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Percent | SE | Percent | SE | Percent | SE | Percent | SE | Percent | SE | ||
| Total | 34.5 | 0.4 | 50.2 | 1.1 | 39.1 | 1.0 | 30.7 | 0.7 | 24.9 | 0.7 | |
| Race | White only | 29.4 | 0.5 | 43.9 | 1.5 | 34.2 | 1.1 | 27.4 | 0.7 | 23.2 | 0.7 |
| Black only | 47.8 | 1.2 | 56.4 | 2.0 | 47.4 | 2.5 | 41.4 | 2.5 | 33.4 | 3.0 | |
| Asian only | 40.2 | 3.8 | 55.4 | 12.7 | 55.3 | 9.8 | 28.2 | 8.1 | 40.9 | 5.8 | |
| AI/AN only | 47.5 | 3.6 | 63.7 | 5.7 | 39.8 | 6.7 | 40.4 | 6.6 | 29.1 | 8.2 | |
| NHOPI only | 42.7 | 9.1 | 75.9 | 8.0 | * | * | 34.8 | 10.0 | * | * | |
| Multiple races | 34.4 | 2.2 | 37.6 | 3.9 | 36.1 | 4.2 | 40.6 | 4.8 | 21.4 | 3.3 | |
| Ethnicity | Hispanic, all races | 52.6 | 1.5 | 62.4 | 2.6 | 55.8 | 3.2 | 46.5 | 3.0 | 35.4 | 3.2 |
| Non-Hispanic, all races | 32.0 | 0.4 | 47.2 | 1.2 | 36.0 | 1.0 | 29.0 | 0.7 | 24.2 | 0.7 | |
| Non-Hispanic, White | 28.0 | 0.5 | 41.1 | 1.6 | 32.1 | 1.1 | 26.6 | 0.7 | 22.8 | 0.7 | |
| Non-Hispanic, Black | 47.5 | 1.2 | 56.4 | 2.0 | 47.1 | 2.6 | 41.4 | 2.6 | 31.9 | 3.1 | |
| Non-Hispanic, other | 37.2 | 1.8 | 42.7 | 3.4 | 39.2 | 3.9 | 36.9 | 4.0 | 32.4 | 3.5 | |
a Imputed family income. Negative/poor refers to household incomes below the Federal poverty line; near poor/low, over 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.
* - Data do not meet the criteria for statistical reliability, data quality, or confidentiality.
Key: NHOPI: Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander; AI/AN: American Indian or Alaska Native; SE: standard error.
Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics, National Survey of Children with Special Health Care Needs.
Current as of September 2009
Internet Citation: Table 16_10_6-1: 2008 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports.
September 2009. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://archive.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr08/16_prioritypopulations/T16_10_6-1.html
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