Table 6_3_7-1

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_7.1
Children for whom a health provider ever gave advice about how smoking in the house can be bad for a child, United States, 2005
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		73,446	45.9	1.0	32.3	0.9	39.4	1.0
Age	0–5	23,707	53.1	1.5	44.8	1.4	50.8	1.4
Age	6–17	49,740	42.5	1.2	26.3	1.0	33.8	1.1
Gender	Male	37,725	46.0	1.2	31.4	1.1	38.4	1.1
Gender	Female	35,721	45.8	1.3	33.3	1.1	40.3	1.2
Race	White, single race	56,074	45.3	1.2	31.6	1.1	38.3	1.1
	Black, single race	11,127	50.9	1.8	37.8	1.8	45.3	2.0
	Asian, single race	2,920	33.9	4.2	24.9	4.1	31.3	4.3
	NHOPI, single race	323	*	*	*	*	*	*
	AI/AN, single race	681	51.2	8.5	34.8	5.5	46.3	9.3
	Multiple races	2,321	46.5	4.4	31.3	3.7	41.8	4.1
Ethnicity	Non-Hispanic, all races	58,835	44.8	1.1	31.4	1.0	38.0	1.1
	Non-Hispanic, White	42,381	43.6	1.4	30.1	1.3	36.1	1.3
	Non-Hispanic, Black	10,838	50.8	1.8	37.8	1.8	45.1	2.0
	Hispanic	14,612	50.5	1.9	36.2	1.6	44.9	1.8
Family income^a	Negative/poor	13,351	58.4	1.9	43.4	1.8	52.6	1.9
	Near poor/low	15,510	49.6	1.9	35.7	1.7	43.7	1.8
	Middle	23,882	45.2	1.8	29.4	1.5	37.2	1.6
	High	20,704	35.9	1.9	25.9	1.8	30.0	1.9
Health insurance	Any private	46,689	42.2	1.3	28.7	1.2	34.9	1.3
	Public only	22,228	55.6	1.5	42.4	1.4	50.7	1.5
	Uninsured	4,530	37.0	2.9	20.4	2.2	29.8	2.9
Residence location^b	Metropolitan	61,986	46.6	1.2	33.3	1.0	40.3	1.0
	Large central metro	22,637	48.2	1.9	34.6	1.7	41.9	1.8
	Large fringe metro	19,021	42.9	2.0	31.1	1.9	37.5	1.8
	Medium metro	14,076	47.4	2.3	33.9	2.1	41.2	2.3
	Small metro	6,253	49.9	4.1	33.4	3.5	41.3	3.6
	Nonmetropolitan	11,460	42.3	2.3	27.4	1.8	34.3	2.0
	Micropolitan	7,410	39.3	2.7	24.3	2.1	30.6	2.4
	Noncore	4,050	47.8	4.2	33.1	3.6	41.1	4.4
Language spoken most often at home	English	62,623	45.4	1.1	31.7	1.0	38.4	1.1
Language spoken most often at home	Other	10,773	48.8	1.9	35.9	1.8	45.1	1.9
Perceived health status	Excellent/very good/good	71,574	45.5	1.0	31.9	0.9	38.9	1.0
Perceived health status	Fair/poor	1,858	60.5	4.2	50.6	4.1	55.8	4.2
CSHCN	Yes	14,389	50.3	1.8	37.6	1.8	42.2	1.8
CSHCN	No	58,351	44.8	1.1	30.9	0.9	38.6	1.0

^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.

^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_7-1: 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_7-1.html