Table 6_3_4-2a

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.

Table 6_3_4.2a
Children ages 3–6 who ever had their vision checked by a health provider, by race, United States, 2005
Population group		Total		Single race										Multiple races
		Total		White		Black		Asian		NHOPI		AI/AN		Multiple races
		Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total		60.2	1.5	60.3	1.7	64.6	2.7	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Gender	Male	59.7	2.1	60.4	2.3	64.3	3.9	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Gender	Female	60.7	2.0	60.2	2.4	64.9	3.9	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Family income^a	Negative/poor	59.1	2.5	59.9	3.2	65.1	4.4	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Near poor/low	59.8	2.7	58.7	3.3	70.4	4.4	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Middle	58.4	2.7	57.6	2.8	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	High	63.3	2.7	64.5	3.2	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Health insurance	Any private	61.4	1.9	61.1	2.1	66.2	4.4	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Public only	60.5	2.1	61.1	2.6	64.2	3.3	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Uninsured	41.6	5.7	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Residence location^b	Metropolitan	60.4	1.6	61.1	1.8	64.2	3.1	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Large central metro	56.8	2.5	56.6	2.9	65.8	4.5	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Large fringe metro	64.8	2.5	65.7	2.6	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Medium metro	63.3	3.8	64.1	4.2	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Small metro	53.1	4.1	53.8	5.2	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Nonmetropolitan	59.0	3.6	55.9	4.4	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Micropolitan	55.5	4.7	51.9	5.6	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Noncore	65.2	5.0	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Language spoken most often at home	English	60.8	1.7	60.6	1.9	64.2	2.8	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Language spoken most often at home	Other	57.5	2.9	58.7	3.2	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Perceived health status	Excellent/very good/good	60.2	1.5	60.4	1.8	63.5	2.7	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Perceived health status	Fair/poor	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
CSHCN	Yes	66.6	3.2	66.2	3.6	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
CSHCN	No	58.9	1.6	59.0	1.9	63.0	3.0	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*

^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.

* - 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_4-2a: 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_3_4-2a.html