Table 6_1_2-3c
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 | Less than high school | High school graduate | At least some college | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Percent | SE | Percent | SE | Percent | SE | Percent | SE | ||
| Total | 8.2 | 0.0 | 8.5 | 0.0 | 8.6 | 0.0 | 7.3 | 0.0 | |
| Mother's age | 20–24 | 8.3 | 0.0 | 8.7 | 0.1 | 8.4 | 0.1 | 7.5 | 0.1 |
| 25–29 | 7.4 | 0.0 | 7.8 | 0.1 | 8.0 | 0.1 | 6.7 | 0.0 | |
| 30–34 | 7.5 | 0.0 | 8.0 | 0.1 | 8.8 | 0.1 | 7.0 | 0.0 | |
| 35 and over | 9.2 | 0.0 | 10.1 | 0.1 | 10.9 | 0.1 | 8.6 | 0.1 | |
| Mother's race | AI/AN | 7.4 | 0.1 | 8.5 | 0.3 | 7.1 | 0.2 | 6.7 | 0.2 |
| API | 8.0 | 0.1 | 7.8 | 0.2 | 8.1 | 0.1 | 7.8 | 0.1 | |
| Black | 13.6 | 0.0 | 15.4 | 0.1 | 13.9 | 0.1 | 12.4 | 0.1 | |
| White | 7.2 | 0.0 | 7.3 | 0.0 | 7.4 | 0.0 | 6.5 | 0.0 | |
| Mother's ethnicity | Hispanic, all races | 6.9 | 0.0 | 6.2 | 0.0 | 6.7 | 0.1 | 6.7 | 0.1 |
| Non-Hispanic, all races | 8.6 | 0.0 | 11.5 | 0.1 | 9.3 | 0.0 | 7.4 | 0.0 | |
| Non-Hispanic, Black | 14.0 | 0.0 | 16.3 | 0.2 | 14.3 | 0.1 | 12.6 | 0.1 | |
| Non-Hispanic, White | 7.3 | 0.0 | 9.7 | 0.1 | 7.7 | 0.0 | 6.5 | 0.0 | |
| Residence locationb | Metropolitan | 8.2 | 0.0 | 8.3 | 0.0 | 8.6 | 0.0 | 7.4 | 0.0 |
| Large central metro | 8.4 | 0.0 | 8.1 | 0.1 | 8.7 | 0.1 | 7.7 | 0.0 | |
| Large fringe metro | 7.8 | 0.0 | 8.1 | 0.1 | 8.4 | 0.1 | 7.2 | 0.0 | |
| Medium metro | 8.2 | 0.0 | 8.6 | 0.1 | 8.7 | 0.1 | 7.3 | 0.1 | |
| Small metro | 8.1 | 0.0 | 9.0 | 0.1 | 8.7 | 0.1 | 6.9 | 0.1 | |
| Micropolitan (nonmetro) | 8.3 | 0.0 | 9.5 | 0.2 | 8.8 | 0.1 | 7.0 | 0.1 | |
| Noncore (nonmetro) | 8.4 | 0.1 | 9.3 | 0.2 | 8.7 | 0.1 | 6.9 | 0.1 | |
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_2-3c: 2008 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports.
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