Table 6_3_5-1

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_5.1
Children ages 2–17 who had a dental visit in the calendar year,^a United States, 2002 and 2005
Population group		2005			2002
Population group		Total population (in thousands)	Percent	SE	Total population (in thousands)	Percent	SE
Total		65,865	50.7	1.1	65,351	49.1	0.9
Gender	Male	33,914	49.3	1.2	33,470	48.6	1.0
Gender	Female	31,952	52.1	1.3	31,881	49.6	1.1
Race	White, single race	50,152	53.6	1.3	50,241	52.2	1.0
	Black, single race	10,120	40.1	2.0	10,191	37.1	1.8
	Asian, single race	2,650	46.5	4.7	2,454	38.9	4.6
	NHOPI, single race	310	*	*	277	*	*
	AI/AN, single race	632	*	*	790	45.2	7.7
	Multiple races	2,001	44.9	4.9	1,399	43.7	4.8
Ethnicity	Non-Hispanic, all races	52,829	53.7	1.2	53,544	52.4	1.0
	Non-Hispanic, White	37,956	58.5	1.4	38,959	57.6	1.1
	Non-Hispanic, Black	9,856	40.2	2.1	9,968	37.0	1.8
	Hispanic	13,037	38.4	1.8	11,807	33.8	1.3
Family income^b	Negative/poor	11,823	36.4	1.9	10,938	33.0	1.8
	Near poor/low	13,834	39.5	1.7	13,929	35.9	1.5
	Middle	21,743	51.6	1.7	22,477	50.5	1.4
	High	18,465	67.2	1.8	18,008	67.3	1.4
Health insurance	Any private	42,408	58.7	1.4	43,441	56.9	1.0
	Public only	19,569	38.4	1.4	16,970	35.8	1.5
	Uninsured	3,889	24.5	3.0	4,940	25.5	2.1
Residence location^c	Metropolitan	55,579	51.5	1.2	55,521	49.0	1.0
	Large central metro	20,464	45.0	1.6	19,946	41.8	1.4
	Large fringe metro	17,053	55.7	2.4	16,484	53.5	1.9
	Medium metro	12,534	54.6	2.6	13,381	54.1	1.8
	Small metro	5,528	56.1	3.6	5,710	49.0	2.8
	Nonmetropolitan	10,287	46.1	2.3	9,830	49.5	2.0
	Micropolitan	6,699	46.4	2.5	6,554	52.5	2.5
	Noncore	3,588	45.7	4.7	3,276	43.5	3.2
Language spoken most often at home	English	56,194	53.3	1.2	58,531	51.4	0.9
Language spoken most often at home	Other	9,569	36.0	1.9	6,646	29.8	1.9
Perceived health status	Excellent/very good/good	64,250	50.9	1.1	63,705	49.4	0.9
Perceived health status	Fair/poor	1,615	42.5	4.3	1,646	37.7	3.7
CSHCN	Yes	13,762	56.3	1.9	13,762	56.3	1.9
CSHCN	No	51,360	50.3	1.2	51,360	50.3	1.2

^a Dental visit is based on event data.

^b 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.

^c 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_5-1: 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_5-1.html