Adults age 40 and over with diabetes who had a retinal eye examination 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 | 66.4 | 1.6 | 67.2 | 1.7 | 66.5 | 2.0 | 69.2 | 3.3 | 61.2 | 3.6 | |
| Age, not age adjusted | 40-59 | 61.6 | 2.2 | 62.7 | 2.4 | 60.8 | 3.0 | 68.5 | 4.7 | 55.0 | 5.0 |
| 60 and over | 74.1 | 1.9 | 74.4 | 2.1 | 75.6 | 2.4 | 70.3 | 4.1 | 71.2 | 4.5 | |
| Gender | Male | 64.1 | 2.3 | 64.3 | 2.5 | 63.9 | 3.0 | * | * | 62.9 | 5.0 |
| Female | 68.8 | 2.3 | 70.2 | 2.5 | 69.8 | 3.2 | 74.4 | 3.9 | 60.1 | 4.8 | |
| Family incomeb | Negative/poor | 59.3 | 3.8 | 58.1 | 4.6 | 57.8 | 6.9 | 59.0 | 6.5 | * | * |
| Near poor/low | 56.6 | 3.7 | 56.8 | 4.2 | 58.2 | 6.1 | * | * | 55.0 | 6.4 | |
| Middle | 65.0 | 2.8 | 66.8 | 3.0 | 63.6 | 3.5 | * | * | * | * | |
| High | 75.1 | 2.5 | 75.0 | 2.6 | 72.7 | 3.0 | * | * | * | * | |
| Educationc | Less than high school | 59.7 | 2.9 | 60.8 | 3.5 | 62.4 | 4.1 | 55.8 | 7.5 | 56.9 | 4.9 |
| High school graduate | 69.0 | 2.4 | 69.6 | 2.7 | 69.2 | 3.4 | 67.2 | 5.5 | * | * | |
| At least some college | 69.7 | 2.7 | 69.3 | 2.8 | 66.9 | 3.6 | * | * | * | * | |
| Health insurance, age 40-64 | Any private | 69.5 | 2.4 | 69.8 | 2.5 | 68.5 | 2.9 | * | * | * | * |
| Public only | 62.6 | 3.3 | 62.2 | 3.8 | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
| Uninsured | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
| Health insurance, age 65 and over | Medicare only | 72.4 | 3.9 | 72.9 | 4.4 | 74.2 | 5.2 | * | * | * | * |
| Medicare and private | 76.7 | 3.2 | 76.1 | 3.3 | 76.5 | 3.5 | * | * | * | * | |
| Medicare and other public | 71.5 | 4.4 | 71.8 | 5.4 | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
| Residence locationd | Metropolitan-large | 69.3 | 2.0 | 70.7 | 2.2 | 71.4 | 3.0 | 70.7 | 3.9 | 61.9 | 4.3 |
| Metropolitan-small | 65.9 | 3.3 | 66.8 | 3.2 | 66.5 | 3.6 | * | * | * | * | |
| Micropolitan | 61.1 | 4.3 | 61.1 | 4.5 | 60.0 | 4.9 | * | * | * | * | |
| Noncore | 56.1 | 5.7 | 55.9 | 6.1 | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
| Preferred language | English | 67.0 | 1.6 | 67.2 | 1.7 | 66.2 | 2.0 | 69.2 | 3.3 | 63.6 | 5.3 |
| Other | 62.3 | 4.4 | * | * | * | * | * | * | 59.1 | 4.9 | |
| Born in U.S. | Yes | 67.5 | 1.6 | 67.5 | 1.7 | 66.5 | 2.1 | 67.7 | 3.6 | 66.5 | 5.3 |
| No | 61.4 | 3.7 | * | * | * | * | * | * | 57.8 | 5.0 | |
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.