T6_4_2_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 6_4_2.2b
Children ages 2-17 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		49.3	1.0	51.1	1.2	54.1	1.4	40.3	2.1	42.8	1.5
Age	2-5	35.7	1.4	35.7	1.7	36.1	2.1	35.9	3.1	35.7	2.0
Age	6-17	53.8	1.1	55.9	1.3	59.6	1.6	41.8	2.3	45.6	1.7
Gender	Male	48.0	1.3	49.8	1.5	52.3	1.8	38.2	2.6	41.3	1.8
Gender	Female	50.6	1.3	52.3	1.5	55.9	1.9	42.4	2.3	44.3	2.0
Family income^b	Negative/poor	36.9	1.5	34.6	2.1	33.2	3.2	35.5	3.0	41.0	2.2
	Near poor/low	40.1	1.7	41.3	2.2	44.6	3.0	34.0	3.6	37.7	2.6
	Middle	50.6	1.8	52.0	2.0	52.8	2.3	43.5	3.6	43.4	3.2
	High	63.9	1.7	64.3	1.8	66.8	2.2	57.2	5.5	60.7	4.1
Health insurance	Any private	56.5	1.3	57.7	1.4	59.9	1.7	46.5	3.1	48.1	2.5
	Public only	40.5	1.5	38.2	1.8	38.6	2.7	37.0	2.6	44.3	2.3
	Uninsured	25.9	2.8	29.4	3.4	31.3	4.2	DSU	DSU	18.6	3.5
Residence location^c	Metropolitan	49.9	1.0	52.1	1.2	55.5	1.6	41.1	2.2	43.1	1.5
	Large central metro	46.0	1.6	48.9	2.0	55.1	3.1	40.4	3.4	40.8	2.1
	Large fringe metro	54.4	2.0	56.0	2.2	58.3	2.7	46.3	3.4	44.5	3.5
	Medium metro	51.0	1.8	52.8	2.2	56.5	2.7	38.7	4.2	45.1	3.0
	Small metro	47.0	2.4	46.7	2.6	47.1	3.3	32.7	7.0	48.3	5.9
	Nonmetropolitan	45.8	3.0	46.6	3.2	48.9	3.3	34.2	6.0	39.2	5.4
	Micropolitan	48.9	3.8	49.5	3.9	52.3	3.7	35.3	8.8	41.8	8.4
	Noncore	40.5	4.3	41.1	4.8	42.8	5.5	DSU	DSU	36.8	8.3
Language spoken most often at home	English	51.3	1.1	51.8	1.2	54.7	1.5	40.4	2.2	47.2	2.5
Language spoken most often at home	Other	39.5	1.7	39.7	3.3	38.7	4.6	DSU	DSU	39.5	1.8
Perceived health status	Excellent/very good/good	49.4	1.0	51.2	1.2	54.1	1.4	40.5	2.1	42.9	1.5
Perceived health status	Fair/poor	44.6	3.9	46.5	5.2	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	40.6	6.5
CSHCN^d	Yes	56.6	1.8	57.4	2.0	60.8	2.4	43.8	3.4	51.3	3.6
CSHCN^d	No	48.3	1.2	50.3	1.4	53.0	1.7	41.1	2.2	42.2	1.5
U.S. born	Yes	49.9	1.0	51.2	1.2	54.1	1.4	40.6	2.1	44.7	1.6
U.S. born	No	37.5	3.8	49.7	5.9	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	26.0	4.2

^a. Data on dental visits are based on information in the 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. For more information, see the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey entry in Appendix B: Detailed Methods.

^d. CSHCN: Children with special health care needs. For details, refer to the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey documentation for the 2008 Full Year Consolidated Data File at http://www.meps.ahrq.gov/mepsweb/data_stats/download_data_files_detail.jsp?cboPufNumber=HC-121.

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: T6_4_2_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/nhqrdr11/6_maternalchildhealth/T6_4_2_2b.html