T6_4_3_1_1

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_3.1_1
Children ages 12-17 with untreated dental caries, United States, 1999-2004 and 2005-2008
		2005-2008				1999-2004
Population group		Sample size	Weighted size	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total		2,405	24,306,843	11.9	0.8	17.7	1.0
Gender	Male	1,213	12,288,042	12.0	1.0	17.4	1.1
Gender	Female	1,192	12,018,801	11.8	1.3	18.0	1.3
Ethnicity	Mexican American	714	2,821,230	17.9	1.7	26.2	1.6
	Non-Hispanic, Black	740	3,518,965	17.2	1.4	23.1	1.4
	Non-Hispanic, White	681	15,156,044	8.6	1.0	14.2	1.5
Family income^a	Negative/poor	621	4,173,123	20.2	2.3	27.2	2.3
	Near poor/low	586	4,771,960	12.4	1.4	25.4	2.2
	Middle	645	7,261,497	10.4	1.7	13.0	1.3
	High	422	6,954,408	7.1	1.6	7.2	1.1

^a. 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.

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: T6_4_3_1_1: 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_3_1_1.html