Table 6_1_1-2a
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 | White | Black | API | AI/AN | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Percent | SE | Percent | SE | Percent | SE | Percent | SE | Percent | SE | ||
| Total | 83.9 | 0.0 | 85.5 | 0.0 | 76.3 | 0.1 | 85.3 | 0.1 | 69.6 | 0.2 | |
| Mother's age | Under 15 | 47.9 | 0.8 | 53.3 | 1.1 | 42.6 | 1.1 | 36.3 | 5.4 | 38.1 | 4.6 |
| 15–19 | 70.8 | 0.1 | 73.0 | 0.1 | 66.7 | 0.2 | 60.5 | 0.6 | 62.2 | 0.6 | |
| 20–24 | 78.9 | 0.0 | 80.4 | 0.1 | 74.7 | 0.1 | 74.4 | 0.3 | 68.7 | 0.4 | |
| 25–29 | 86.0 | 0.0 | 87.3 | 0.0 | 79.9 | 0.1 | 85.2 | 0.2 | 72.7 | 0.5 | |
| 30–34 | 89.4 | 0.0 | 90.5 | 0.0 | 82.1 | 0.1 | 89.5 | 0.1 | 74.7 | 0.6 | |
| 35 and over | 88.7 | 0.0 | 90.0 | 0.1 | 80.4 | 0.2 | 89.2 | 0.2 | 72.2 | 0.8 | |
| Mother's education,a age 20 and over | Less than high school | 72.8 | 0.1 | 73.9 | 0.1 | 68.1 | 0.2 | 72.0 | 0.4 | 60.3 | 0.6 |
| High school graduate | 82.0 | 0.0 | 84.0 | 0.0 | 76.1 | 0.1 | 78.8 | 0.2 | 69.8 | 0.4 | |
| At least some college | 91.2 | 0.0 | 92.5 | 0.0 | 84.5 | 0.1 | 90.0 | 0.1 | 80.6 | 0.4 | |
| Residence locationb | Metropolitan | 84.4 | 0.0 | 86.0 | 0.0 | 76.6 | 0.1 | 85.7 | 0.1 | 73.1 | 0.3 |
| Large central metro | 84.0 | 0.0 | 86.0 | 0.0 | 75.9 | 0.1 | 86.6 | 0.1 | 74.4 | 0.6 | |
| Large fringe metro | 86.2 | 0.0 | 87.7 | 0.0 | 77.8 | 0.1 | 87.1 | 0.2 | 79.6 | 0.8 | |
| Medium metro | 83.7 | 0.1 | 85.0 | 0.1 | 76.9 | 0.2 | 82.9 | 0.2 | 72.7 | 0.6 | |
| Small metro | 82.5 | 0.1 | 83.8 | 0.1 | 76.8 | 0.2 | 77.4 | 0.5 | 68.3 | 0.7 | |
| Micropolitan (nonmetro) | 81.5 | 0.1 | 83.2 | 0.1 | 73.9 | 0.3 | 73.7 | 0.6 | 67.0 | 0.5 | |
| Noncore (nonmetro) | 81.2 | 0.1 | 83.4 | 0.1 | 74.1 | 0.3 | 76.3 | 1.3 | 65.3 | 0.5 | |
a Education data are for persons age 20 and over and exclude the following States: FL, ID, KS, KY, NE, NH, NY (not including NYC), PA, SC, TN, TX, and WA, that implemented the 2003 Revisions to the U.S Standard Birth Certificate.
b For more information, see the National Vital Statistics System entry in Appendix A, Data Sources.
Key: AI/AN: American Indian or Alaska Native; API: Asian or Pacific Islander; SE: standard error.
Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics, National Vital Statistics System - Natality.
Current as of September 2009
Internet Citation: Table 6_1_1-2a: 2008 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports.
September 2009. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://archive.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr08/6_maternalchildhealth/T6_1_1-2a.html
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