T9_1_9_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 9_1_9.2c
Children ages 2-17 for whom a health provider ever advice within the past 2 years about healthy eating, 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		49.6	1.2	52.2	2.2	45.4	1.9	46.1	1.8	56.0	2.1
Age	2-5	57.6	1.8	56.1	3.0	51.2	2.9	59.3	3.1	62.8	3.6
Age	6-17	47.0	1.3	50.6	2.5	43.3	2.1	42.0	1.9	54.1	2.4
Gender	Male	50.1	1.3	52.4	2.7	45.4	2.0	44.8	2.1	59.1	2.6
Gender	Female	49.2	1.4	52.1	2.4	45.3	2.4	47.4	2.3	52.7	2.6
Race	White, single race	49.0	1.3	50.2	3.2	43.6	2.2	46.6	2.1	55.8	2.3
	Black, single race	53.0	2.1	55.7	2.9	52.9	3.4	46.1	4.1	59.5	5.6
	Asian, single race	48.7	3.5	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	39.9	5.8	61.4	5.7
	NHOPI, single race	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	AI/AN, single race	44.0	10.8	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Multiple races	52.4	4.9	59.3	7.7	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Ethnicity	Non-Hispanic, all races	49.6	1.4	52.1	2.9	44.1	2.4	45.5	2.1	56.7	2.2
	Non-Hispanic, White	49.0	1.6	48.0	5.3	41.4	3.2	46.0	2.4	56.7	2.5
	Non-Hispanic, Black	52.6	2.2	55.5	3.0	51.5	3.5	45.5	4.1	60.8	5.6
	Hispanic, all races	49.7	1.6	52.5	3.0	47.9	2.5	48.9	2.9	49.3	5.0
Health insurance	Any private	50.6	1.6	46.4	4.6	43.6	3.2	46.7	2.1	58.0	2.2
	Public only	52.2	1.6	55.0	2.5	50.0	2.3	49.5	3.7	DSU	DSU
	Uninsured	31.6	3.2	36.3	6.1	30.4	5.5	34.1	5.1	DSU	DSU
Residence location^b	Metropolitan	51.6	1.2	53.8	2.5	48.5	2.0	47.3	2.0	57.4	2.2
	Large central metro	53.1	1.7	53.6	2.6	51.2	3.0	51.0	2.8	57.8	3.7
	Large fringe metro	56.3	2.2	59.5	6.4	55.0	4.1	51.9	3.5	59.6	3.3
	Medium metro	47.0	3.1	50.6	5.2	43.4	3.7	39.6	5.2	56.1	5.7
	Small metro	44.2	3.5	51.7	5.6	39.1	6.8	41.3	4.3	DSU	DSU
	Nonmetropolitan	39.4	2.8	44.5	4.5	32.3	4.0	41.2	4.3	DSU	DSU
	Micropolitan	40.1	4.0	48.6	6.3	31.1	5.0	43.0	6.6	DSU	DSU
	Noncore	38.2	4.2	37.0	6.8	35.0	6.7	38.9	5.1	DSU	DSU
Language spoken most often at home	English	49.4	1.3	51.9	2.2	44.1	2.2	45.4	2.0	56.4	2.2
Language spoken most often at home	Other	50.9	2.3	53.4	4.7	49.0	2.7	51.1	3.5	48.4	6.3
Perceived health status	Excellent/very good/good	49.5	1.2	52.2	2.2	45.0	1.9	46.0	1.8	56.0	2.1
Perceived health status	Fair/poor	54.3	5.4	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
CSHCN^c	Yes	58.2	2.2	57.9	3.5	53.5	4.1	55.9	3.0	64.4	4.1
CSHCN^c	No	47.4	1.2	50.6	2.4	43.6	2.0	43.6	1.9	53.6	2.4
U.S. born	Yes	50.0	1.2	53.0	2.3	45.6	1.9	46.5	1.8	56.2	2.1
U.S. born	No	40.5	3.5	41.0	5.0	40.3	6.3	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 (MEPS)� entry in Appendix B: Detailed Methods.

^c. CSHCN: children with special health care needs. See MEPS 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 for details.

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: T9_1_9_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/nhqrdr11/9_lifestylemodification/T9_1_9_2c.html