Table 6_3_5-2a

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_5.2a
Children ages 2–17 who had a dental visit in the calendar year,^a 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		50.7	1.1	53.6	1.3	40.1	2.0	46.5	4.7	*	*	*	*	44.9	4.9
Age	2–5	34.6	1.7	36.5	2.0	27.3	2.7	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Age	6–17	55.9	1.2	59.1	1.3	43.9	2.3	51.8	5.5	*	*	*	*	50.3	6.0
Gender	Male	49.3	1.2	52.6	1.3	37.6	2.7	43.7	5.9	*	*	*	*	39.1	6.3
Gender	Female	52.1	1.3	54.7	1.6	42.6	2.3	49.1	5.6	*	*	*	*	51.0	5.4
Family income^b	Negative/poor	36.4	1.9	38.8	2.5	33.1	2.9	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Near poor/low	39.5	1.7	40.5	2.0	37.2	3.6	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Middle	51.6	1.7	53.6	2.0	43.3	3.6	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	High	67.2	1.8	69.1	1.9	55.1	5.2	61.1	6.7	*	*	*	*	*	*
Health insurance	Any private	58.7	1.4	61.1	1.5	46.1	2.9	56.9	5.3	*	*	*	*	52.8	6.9
	Public only	38.4	1.4	40.3	1.7	36.2	2.7	*	*	*	*	*	*	34.0	5.4
	Uninsured	24.5	3.0	25.1	3.7	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Residence location^c	Metropolitan	51.5	1.2	54.3	1.4	41.4	2.0	46.8	4.7	*	*	*	*	47.0	5.7
	Large central metro	45.0	1.6	46.6	1.9	40.2	2.9	42.3	5.2	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Large fringe metro	55.7	2.4	59.1	2.8	40.5	4.0	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Medium metro	54.6	2.6	57.1	2.7	42.4	5.9	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Small metro	56.1	3.6	57.5	4.0	49.3	5.3	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Nonmetropolitan	46.1	2.3	50.1	2.4	31.1	5.1	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Micropolitan	46.4	2.5	49.8	3.1	32.3	5.9	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Noncore	45.7	4.7	50.8	5.4	29.6	4.8	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Language spoken most often at home	English	53.3	1.2	56.9	1.3	40.1	2.1	55.2	6.4	*	*	*	*	46.2	5.1
Language spoken most often at home	Other	36.0	1.9	36.3	2.0	*	*	36.3	5.6	*	*	*	*	*	*
Perceived health status	Excellent/very good/good	50.9	1.1	53.9	1.3	39.9	2.1	46.5	4.7	*	*	*	*	44.5	4.7
Perceived health status	Fair/poor	42.5	4.3	41.4	5.2	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
CSHCN	Yes	56.3	1.9	59.7	2.2	45.5	3.5	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
CSHCN	No	50.3	1.2	53.1	1.4	39.5	2.1	48.4	5.0	*	*	*	*	43.4	5.3

^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_5-2a: 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_5-2a.html