Table 6_3_4-1

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 6_3_4.1
Children ages 3–6 who ever had their vision checked by a health provider, United States, 2002 and 2005
Population group		2005			2002
Population group		Total population (in thousands)^c	Percent^d	SE	Total population (in thousands)^c	Percent^d	SE
Total		16,094	60.2	1.5	15,457	59.8	1.4
Gender	Male	8,165	59.7	2.1	7,981	59.9	1.8
Gender	Female	7,929	60.7	2.0	7,476	59.7	1.8
Race	White, single race	12,352	60.3	1.7	11,949	58.7	1.7
	Black, single race	2,232	64.6	2.7	2,401	65.5	2.5
	Asian, single race	712	*	*	492	*	*
	NHOPI, single race	74	*	*	48	*	*
	AI/AN, single race	157	*	*	142	*	*
	Multiple races	567	*	*	425	*	*
Ethnicity	Non-Hispanic, all races	12,591	60.6	1.7	12,448	61.2	1.6
	Non-Hispanic, White	9,110	61.0	2.0	9,067	60.4	2.0
	Non-Hispanic, Black	2,163	64.1	2.8	2,314	65.2	2.5
	Hispanic	3,502	58.6	2.4	3,009	53.9	2.4
Family income^a	Negative/poor	3,299	59.1	2.5	2,958	54.9	3.1
	Near poor/low	3,483	59.8	2.7	3,385	57.5	2.7
	Middle	4,819	58.4	2.7	5,433	59.3	2.3
	High	4,492	63.3	2.7	3,681	66.6	2.8
Health insurance	Any private	9,878	61.4	1.9	10,023	62.8	1.8
	Public only	5,466	60.5	2.1	4,511	58.0	2.0
	Uninsured	750	41.6	5.7	924	35.5	4.6
Residence location^b	Metropolitan	13,613	60.4	1.6	13,071	59.7	1.6
	Large central metro	4,952	56.8	2.5	4,828	58.7	2.2
	Large fringe metro	4,207	64.8	2.5	3,838	62.1	3.2
	Medium metro	3,119	63.3	3.8	2,980	63.1	2.8
	Small metro	1,335	53.1	4.1	1,426	49.5	4.9
	Nonmetropolitan	2,481	59.0	3.6	2,386	60.4	2.8
	Micropolitan	1,570	55.5	4.7	1,547	56.9	3.5
	Noncore	911	65.2	5.0	838	67.0	4.5
Language spoken most often at home	English	13,318	60.8	1.7	13,504	60.9	1.5
Language spoken most often at home	Other	2,775	57.5	2.9	1,946	52.2	3.4
Perceived health status	Excellent/very good/good	15,697	60.5	1.5	15,150	59.6	1.4
Perceived health status	Fair/poor	396	*	*	307	*	*
CSHCN	Yes	2,674	66.6	3.2	2,370	63.6	3.5
CSHCN	No	13,271	58.9	1.6	13,004	59.0	1.5

^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 excluded children whose parents don't know if their child had ever had a vision check.

* - 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_4-1: 2008 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. September 2009. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://archive.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr08/6_maternalchildhealth/T6_3_4-1.html