T17_1_3_2b

2011 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 17_1_3.2b
People who had a dental visit in the calendar year,^a by ethnicity, United States, 2008
				Non-Hispanic
		Total		All races		White		Black		Hispanic, all races
Population group		Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total		42.2	0.6	44.8	0.6	48.1	0.7	29.6	1.0	28.2	0.8
Age	0-17	44.1	0.9	45.9	1.1	48.6	1.3	36.3	1.9	37.8	1.3
	18-44	36.7	0.7	40.2	0.8	42.9	1.1	27.2	1.3	21.3	1.0
	45-64	47.4	0.9	49.6	1.0	53.5	1.2	29.0	1.7	28.1	1.6
	65 and over	43.9	1.2	45.5	1.2	48.8	1.4	21.1	2.0	23.2	2.6
Gender	Male	38.5	0.7	41.1	0.8	44.1	0.9	26.3	1.2	25.2	0.9
Gender	Female	45.8	0.6	48.3	0.7	52.0	0.8	32.5	1.2	31.5	1.0
Family income^b	Negative/poor	26.2	0.8	26.3	1.0	27.3	1.5	23.4	1.4	25.9	1.2
	Near poor/low	30.1	0.9	32.2	1.1	35.5	1.4	22.2	1.6	23.8	1.2
	Middle	40.5	0.9	42.8	0.9	44.6	1.1	32.2	1.5	27.1	1.6
	High	55.5	0.9	56.9	1.0	59.3	1.0	41.7	2.4	39.9	2.0
Education,^c age 18 and over	Less than high school	23.3	0.8	26.2	1.1	29.5	1.4	16.4	1.3	16.7	1.1
	High school graduate	35.0	0.8	36.7	0.9	39.9	1.1	21.4	1.2	23.0	1.3
	At least some college	52.4	0.7	54.3	0.8	57.1	0.9	38.2	1.8	32.3	1.9
Employment status, ages 18-64	Employed	42.7	0.8	46.0	0.8	48.9	1.0	30.6	1.3	23.4	1.1
Employment status, ages 18-64	Not employed	35.5	1.1	38.0	1.3	43.1	1.5	20.3	1.4	22.8	1.5
Health insurance, ages 0-64	Any private	50.1	0.7	51.8	0.7	54.1	0.9	37.9	1.6	36.3	1.2
	Public only	30.9	1.0	29.7	1.2	30.8	1.7	27.6	1.4	33.8	1.7
	Uninsured	17.2	0.8	19.6	1.1	22.2	1.4	10.7	1.3	11.9	1.1
Health insurance, age 65 and over	Medicare only	38.8	1.9	40.1	2.0	43.9	2.3	16.1	3.2	21.5	3.6
	Medicare and private	52.3	1.5	53.2	1.5	54.6	1.7	32.9	4.3	33.0	6.2
	Medicare and other public	22.3	2.6	23.9	3.0	28.3	4.6	12.0	2.9	15.7	3.4
Residence location^d	Metropolitan	43.1	0.6	46.2	0.7	50.1	0.8	30.1	1.1	28.6	0.8
	Large central metro	39.6	0.8	44.3	1.0	50.6	1.5	29.7	1.7	27.0	1.2
	Large fringe metro	46.8	1.2	48.8	1.3	51.6	1.5	33.9	1.7	30.3	1.9
	Medium metro	43.7	1.3	46.3	1.4	49.9	1.5	28.2	1.9	29.4	1.6
	Small metro	42.9	1.6	43.9	1.6	45.9	1.8	24.7	2.9	34.4	3.6
	Nonmetropolitan	37.8	1.5	38.8	1.5	40.5	1.6	25.2	2.5	23.7	2.6
	Micropolitan	41.1	1.9	41.8	1.9	43.9	2.0	27.2	3.6	26.1	3.5
	Noncore	31.2	1.8	32.4	1.9	33.4	2.1	19.5	4.1	21.8	4.4
Language spoken most often at home	English	44.8	0.6	45.7	0.6	48.8	0.7	30.1	1.1	34.4	1.3
Language spoken most often at home	Other	28.5	1.0	37.9	1.9	41.5	3.3	24.9	5.1	24.3	0.9
Perceived health status	Excellent/very good/good	43.7	0.6	46.5	0.7	49.9	0.8	30.7	1.1	28.7	0.8
Perceived health status	Fair/poor	31.3	0.9	32.6	1.1	34.7	1.3	22.0	2.1	24.5	1.6
Activity limitations,^d age 18 and over	Basic activities	38.2	1.3	38.9	1.4	41.9	1.6	22.5	2.1	28.9	3.0
	Complex activities	33.6	1.6	33.9	1.7	36.5	2.0	19.4	2.5	30.0	3.8
	Neither basic nor complex activities	42.8	0.7	46.2	0.7	49.8	0.8	28.4	1.2	23.1	1.0
U.S. born	Yes	44.4	0.6	45.6	0.6	48.6	0.7	30.2	1.0	34.3	0.9
U.S. born	No	31.2	1.2	42.1	1.7	50.6	3.0	27.4	3.2	20.7	1.1

^a. Data on dental visits are based on information in the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS) Dental Event file.

^b. Negative/poor refers to household incomes below the Federal poverty line; near poor/low, 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. Less than high school refers to fewer than 12 years of education; high school graduate, 12 years of education; and at least some college, more than 12 years of education.

^d. For more information, see the MEPS entry in Appendix B: Detailed Methods.

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

Key: SE: standard error.

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access, and Cost Trends, Medical Expenditure Panel Survey.

Page last reviewed October 2014

Internet Citation: T17_1_3_2b: 2011 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. October 2014. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://archive.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr11/17_utilization/T17_1_3_2b.html