Table 6_3_10-2

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 6_3_10.2
Children over 80 lbs for whom a health provider ever gave advice about using lap or shoulder belts when riding in a car, United States, 2002
Population group		Total population (in thousands)^c	Ever given advice		Within past year		Within past 2 years
Population group		Total population (in thousands)^c	Percent^d	SE	Percent^e	SE	Percent^e	SE
Total		72,699	32.3	1.1	22.3	1.0	26.9	1.0
Age	0–5	23,153	*	*	*	*	*	*
Age	6–17	49,546	32.3	1.1	22.3	1.0	26.9	1.0
Gender	Male	37,236	31.7	1.2	21.9	1.1	26.0	1.2
Gender	Female	35,463	32.9	1.4	22.8	1.3	27.9	1.4
Race	White, single race	56,132	32.5	1.2	21.8	1.1	26.5	1.2
	Black, single race	11,123	31.8	2.3	24.9	2.0	28.9	2.2
	Asian, single race	2,576	28.4	5.5	17.1	3.5	24.0	5.1
	NHOPI, single race	295	*	*	*	*	*	*
	AI/AN, single race	815	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Multiple races	1,757	*	*	*	*	*	*
Ethnicity	Non-Hispanic, all races	59,402	31.8	1.2	22.2	1.1	26.4	1.1
	Non-Hispanic, White	43,463	32.1	1.4	21.7	1.3	25.9	1.3
	Non-Hispanic, Black	10,859	31.5	2.3	25.0	2.0	28.7	2.3
	Hispanic	13,297	35.0	2.1	23.0	1.7	29.4	2.0
Family income^a	Negative/poor	12,438	29.8	2.4	21.0	1.9	25.4	2.1
	Near poor/low	15,494	30.3	2.1	20.9	1.8	26.5	2.0
	Middle	25,004	32.0	1.7	20.7	1.4	25.2	1.4
	High	19,762	35.3	2.5	25.9	2.2	29.9	2.3
Health insurance	Any private	47,956	33.1	1.3	23.0	1.2	27.4	1.2
	Public only	19,360	32.2	1.9	22.2	1.4	27.5	1.7
	Uninsured	5,382	26.6	3.3	17.1	2.7	21.6	2.9
Residence location^b	Metropolitan	61,800	33.8	1.2	23.2	1.1	28.1	1.2
	Large central metro	22,159	34.7	1.6	23.2	1.6	28.8	1.7
	Large fringe metro	18,261	36.2	2.2	25.3	2.2	29.8	2.3
	Medium metro	14,969	34.7	2.6	24.3	2.6	29.4	2.7
	Small metro	6,410	21.7	2.8	15.0	2.5	18.3	2.9
	Nonmetropolitan	10,899	24.2	2.5	17.3	2.0	20.2	2.2
	Micropolitan	7,270	25.1	2.8	19.4	2.4	22.1	2.7
	Noncore	3,629	22.3	3.9	13.0	2.8	16.3	3.3
Language spoken most often at home	English	64,808	32.4	1.1	22.5	1.1	27.0	1.1
Language spoken most often at home	Other	7,582	31.6	2.7	20.8	2.2	26.4	2.4
Perceived health status	Excellent/very good/good	71,080	32.2	1.1	22.1	1.0	26.8	1.0
Perceived health status	Fair/poor	1,619	37.9	5.0	32.5	4.8	33.2	4.8
CSHCN	Yes	14,116	34.8	1.9	26.3	1.7	30.0	1.8
CSHCN	No	57,966	31.6	1.1	21.2	1.0	26.0	1.1

^a 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.

^b For more information, see the MEPS entry in Appendix A, Data Sources.

^c Numbers may not add to total due to missing values or rounding.

^d Denominator is total population, excluding children whose parents don't know if they had ever been given advice.

^e Denominator is total population, excluding children whose parents don't know if they had ever been given the advice, or when they were given advice.

* - 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; CSHCN: children with special health care needs; SE: standard error.

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends, Medical Expenditure Panel Survey.

Current as of September 2009

Internet Citation: Table 6_3_10-2: 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_3_10-2.html