Table 6_4_3-3

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_3.3
Children ages 5-17 with untreated dental caries,^a United States, 2005-2008
		2005-2008
Population group		Sample size	Weighted size	Percent	SE
Total		5,053	51,039,455	16.3	0.8
Gender	Male	2,545	25,998,574	17.3	1.0
Gender	Female	2,508	25,040,881	15.3	1.2
Ethnicity	Mexican American	1,514	6,692,338	22.0	1.5
	Non-Hispanic, Black	1,471	7,410,415	22.0	1.1
	Non-Hispanic, White	1,440	30,618,124	13.2	1.1
Family income^a	Negative/poor	1,414	9,936,772	26.1	1.8
	Near poor/low	1,283	10,860,041	18.2	1.4
	Middle	1,285	14,955,110	14.5	1.4
	High	808	13,047,921	8.8	1.2

^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.�� Respondents with unknown poverty information were excluded.

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_3-3: 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_3-3.html