T6_4_8_2c

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_8.2c
Children for whom a health provider gave advice within the past 2 years about how smoking in the house can be bad for a child, by family income,^a United States, 2008
		Total		Negative/poor		Near poor/low		Middle		High
Population group		Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total		37.0	1.3	50.8	2.3	39.6	2.0	32.3	1.8	30.9	1.8
Age	0-5	46.9	1.9	59.8	2.7	48.5	3.2	41.6	2.9	40.4	2.8
Age	6-17	32.0	1.3	44.8	2.5	35.0	2.1	27.9	1.8	26.6	2.1
Gender	Male	37.4	1.3	48.8	2.9	40.3	2.0	32.1	2.0	33.6	2.2
Gender	Female	36.6	1.4	52.8	2.4	38.8	2.6	32.4	2.3	27.9	2.0
Race	White, single race	36.3	1.5	49.5	3.2	38.5	2.2	32.5	2.0	31.9	2.2
	Black, single race	43.7	2.1	53.3	3.1	44.2	3.9	36.8	4.1	30.2	6.1
	Asian, single race	23.7	3.3	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	20.6	5.3	24.1	4.7
	NHOPI, single race	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	AI/AN, single race	37.4	7.2	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Multiple races	38.2	4.8	58.2	7.3	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Ethnicity	Non-Hispanic, all races	34.9	1.4	49.0	2.9	37.9	2.6	30.3	2.0	31.0	2.0
	Non-Hispanic, White	33.5	1.7	45.3	4.9	35.8	3.1	30.3	2.3	32.3	2.4
	Non-Hispanic, Black	43.0	2.1	52.9	3.2	43.6	4.0	35.4	4.2	30.8	6.3
	Hispanic, all races	44.5	1.9	54.0	3.4	42.9	2.5	41.9	3.6	29.7	4.6
Health insurance	Any private	31.9	1.5	45.7	4.8	35.4	3.2	30.3	2.1	31.1	1.9
	Public only	48.4	1.8	52.5	2.5	45.7	2.4	43.9	3.8	DSU	DSU
	Uninsured	29.7	2.9	41.4	6.5	26.7	4.9	28.1	5.2	DSU	DSU
Residence location^b	Metropolitan	37.6	1.4	51.9	2.6	41.7	2.2	32.3	1.9	31.0	1.9
	Large central metro	41.4	2.0	50.9	3.0	43.3	3.0	39.7	3.5	32.5	3.5
	Large fringe metro	33.6	2.1	46.1	7.0	39.1	4.4	29.0	2.9	31.3	3.2
	Medium metro	36.9	3.6	57.2	4.6	41.5	4.2	28.2	4.6	27.0	3.6
	Small metro	38.3	3.5	53.5	5.5	41.1	6.7	29.9	4.5	35.6	6.6
	Nonmetropolitan	33.8	2.9	45.0	4.8	30.6	4.0	31.9	4.6	DSU	DSU
	Micropolitan	32.8	3.4	44.3	5.4	28.5	5.0	34.4	5.9	DSU	DSU
	Noncore	35.6	4.9	46.3	9.2	35.2	6.5	28.3	5.9	DSU	DSU
Language spoken most often at home	English	36.0	1.3	52.6	2.2	39.0	2.3	31.0	1.9	31.2	1.9
Language spoken most often at home	Other	41.5	2.8	46.2	5.6	41.1	3.2	41.7	4.1	24.4	5.1
Perceived health status	Excellent/very good/good	36.8	1.2	50.4	2.3	39.5	2.0	32.0	1.8	30.9	1.8
Perceived health status	Fair/poor	47.0	4.9	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
CSHCN^c	Yes	39.4	2.2	51.1	3.4	44.3	3.9	36.1	3.7	32.3	3.7
CSHCN^c	No	36.3	1.3	50.4	2.5	38.1	2.1	31.4	1.9	30.4	1.9
U.S. born	Yes	37.2	1.3	51.2	2.4	40.1	2.0	32.6	1.8	30.9	1.8
U.S. born	No	30.8	3.3	42.9	5.4	27.0	4.9	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU

^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.

^b. For more information, see the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey entry in Appendix B: Detailed Methods.

^c. 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: AI/AN: American Indian or Alaska Native; NHOPI: Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander; 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_8_2c: 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_8_2c.html