Table 6_4_3-2

2010 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_4_3.2
Children ages 5-11 with untreated dental caries,^a United States, 2005-2008
		2005-2008
Population group		Sample size	Weighted size	Percent	SE
Total		2,648	26,732,611	20.3	1.4
Gender	Male	1,332	13,710,532	22.1	1.8
Gender	Female	1,316	13,022,079	18.4	1.7
Ethnicity	Mexican American	800	3,871,107	25.0	1.9
	Non-Hispanic, Black	731	3,891,450	26.3	1.6
	Non-Hispanic, White	759	15,462,080	17.6	2.0
Family income^a	Negative/poor	793	5,763,649	30.4	2.1
	Near poor/low	697	6,088,081	22.8	2.1
	Middle	640	7,693,613	18.3	2.3
	High	386	6,093,513	10.8	2.0

^a Estimates are based on a revised definition of poverty that incorporates information on family income, size, and composition and is calculated as a percentage of the U.S. Census Bureau's poverty thresholds.� Negative or poor refers to family incomes below the Federal poverty line for a given household size and composition; 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.

DSU - Data do not meet the criteria for statistical reliability, data quality, or confidentiality.

Key: SE: standard error.

Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics, National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey.

Page last reviewed October 2014

Internet Citation: Table 6_4_3-2: 2010 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. October 2014. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://archive.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr10/6_maternalchildhealth/T6_4_3-2.html