Adults age 40 and over with diabetes who had a hemoglobin A1c measurement in the past year,a by ethnicity, United States, 2003 |
| Non-Hispanic | Hispanic, all races | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | All races | White | Black | ||||||||
| Population group | Percent | SE | Percent | SE | Percent | SE | Percent | SE | Percent | SE | |
| Total | 89.6 | 1.1 | 90.2 | 1.2 | 91.4 | 1.5 | 85.3 | 2.8 | 85.4 | 2.7 | |
| Age, not age adjusted | 40-59 | 88.9 | 1.7 | 90.0 | 1.9 | 91.4 | 2.2 | * | * | 82.1 | 4.0 |
| 60 and over | 90.7 | 1.3 | 90.7 | 1.4 | 91.4 | 1.6 | 84.1 | 3.6 | 90.7 | 3.4 | |
| Gender | Male | 89.0 | 1.7 | 90.2 | 1.8 | 91.2 | 1.9 | * | * | * | * |
| Female | 90.3 | 1.5 | 90.4 | 1.6 | 91.6 | 2.2 | 82.6 | 3.0 | 90.3 | 3.1 | |
| Family incomeb | Negative/poor | 84.8 | 3.3 | 84.2 | 3.8 | * | * | * | * | * | * |
| Near poor/low | 84.4 | 3.2 | 86.1 | 3.8 | 84.7 | 5.8 | * | * | * | * | |
| Middle | 90.2 | 1.9 | 91.7 | 1.9 | 93.0 | 1.9 | * | * | * | * | |
| High | 93.0 | 1.3 | 92.6 | 1.4 | 93.2 | 1.6 | * | * | * | * | |
| Educationc | Less than high school | 87.3 | 2.2 | 89.9 | 2.5 | 90.4 | 2.8 | * | * | 81.1 | 4.4 |
| High school graduate | 90.9 | 1.7 | 91.5 | 1.7 | 93.8 | 1.9 | * | * | * | * | |
| At least some college | 89.9 | 2.1 | 89.3 | 2.2 | 89.6 | 2.6 | * | * | * | * | |
| Health insurance, age 40-64 | Any private | 93.8 | 1.1 | 93.9 | 1.2 | 94.9 | 1.4 | * | * | * | * |
| Public only | 85.0 | 2.9 | 86.1 | 3.1 | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
| Uninsured | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
| Health insurance, age 65 and over | Medicare only | 85.8 | 3.4 | 85.4 | 3.9 | * | * | * | * | * | * |
| Medicare and private | 92.4 | 1.9 | 92.5 | 1.9 | 92.7 | 2.1 | * | * | * | * | |
| Medicare and other public | 88.0 | 4.1 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
| Residence locationd | Metropolitan-large | 87.5 | 1.7 | 87.9 | 2.0 | 90.1 | 2.6 | 82.8 | 3.5 | 85.4 | 3.7 |
| Metropolitan-small | 92.9 | 1.7 | 93.2 | 1.9 | 92.5 | 2.3 | * | * | * | * | |
| Micropolitan | 92.9 | 2.1 | 93.4 | 2.3 | 94.9 | 2.3 | * | * | * | * | |
| Noncore | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
| Preferred language | English | 90.3 | 1.2 | 90.4 | 1.3 | 91.3 | 1.5 | 85.2 | 2.8 | * | * |
| Other | 83.7 | 3.5 | * | * | * | * | * | * | 83.0 | 3.5 | |
| Born in U.S. | Yes | 90.8 | 1.2 | 90.9 | 1.3 | 91.5 | 1.5 | 87.8 | 2.3 | * | * |
| No | 83.3 | 2.9 | * | * | * | * | * | * | 82.9 | 3.7 | |
a Estimates are age adjusted to the 2000 standard population with two age-groups: 40-59, 60 and over.
b Negative/poor refers to household incomes below the Federal poverty line; near poor/low, over 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 See MEPS entry in the Data Sources Appendix (Appendix A) for more information.
* 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.