2005 National Healthcare Quality Report, Data Tables. Table 1.17

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Table 1.17
Percent of adults age 18 and over with diabetes who reported receiving a lipid profile in the past 2 years, United States, 2000 and 2002

		2002			2000
Population group		Total population (in thousands)^g	Percent	Standard error	Total population (in thousands)^g	Percent	Standard error

Total		14,015	95.0	0.6	12,608	94.3	0.9

Race^a	White	10,765	95.1	0.7	- -	- -	- -
	Black	2,368	94.4	1.4	- -	- -	- -
	American Indian/Alaska Native	DSU	DSU	DSU	- -	- -	- -
	Asian	DSU	DSU	DSU	- -	- -	- -
	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	DSU	DSU	DSU	- -	- -	- -
	Multiple races	DSU	DSU	DSU	- -	- -	- -

Ethnicity^b	Hispanic, all races	1,753	91.4	1.6	1,633	91.2	2.1
	Non-Hispanic, all races	12,262	95.5	0.7	10,975	94.8	0.9
	Non-Hispanic, White	9,093	95.8	0.7	8,415	94.6	1.0
	Non-Hispanic, Black	2,359	94.3	1.4	2,081	94.8	1.7
	Non-Hispanic, other	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU

Gender	Male	6,914	94.4	1.0	5,872	95.6	1.1
Gender	Female	7,101	95.6	0.7	6,736	93.2	1.2

Age	18-44	1,884	85.3	2.7	2,072	87.6	3.5
	45-64	6,386	95.6	0.9	5,309	94.8	1.2
	65 and over	5,745	97.4	0.6	5,227	96.5	1.1

Education^c	Less than high school	4,511	93.7	0.9	3,986	93.7	1.5
	High school graduate	4,554	95.7	0.9	4,211	94.6	1.4
	At least some college	4,808	95.6	1.2	4,245	95.1	1.4

Employment status^d	Employed	5,124	93.4	1.2	4,726	93.3	1.4
Employment status^d	Not employed	3,146	93.3	1.4	2,655	91.9	2.0

Health insurance, age 18-64	Any private	5,677	95.2	1.0	5,330	94.0	1.3
	Public only	1,570	94.6	1.5	1,213	88.7	3.6
	Uninsured	1,023	80.8	3.7	DSU	DSU	DSU

Health insurance, age 65 and over	Medicare only	1,730	96.7	1.3	1,593	95.6	1.7
	Medicare and private	3,060	98.0	0.8	2,749	97.8	1.1
	Medicare and other public	924	96.3	1.7	DSU	DSU	DSU

Family income^e	Negative or poor	1,801	93.4	1.5	1,744	87.6	2.4
	Near poor/low income	3,454	93.7	1.3	3,085	93.8	1.7
	Middle income	4,112	94.5	1.1	3,610	93.5	1.5
	High income	4,647	97.1	0.9	4,168	98.2	0.9

Residence location^f	Metropolitan-large	7,127	95.1	0.9	6,417	94.7	1.3
	Metropolitan-small	4,049	95.6	1.0	3,457	95.4	1.5
	Micropolitan	1,872	95.0	1.3	1,706	91.4	2.2
	Noncore	967	92.0	2.9	DSU	DSU	DSU

Perceived health status	Excellent, very good or good	8,038	94.2	0.9	7,588	94.9	1.2
Perceived health status	Fair or poor	5,977	96.1	0.7	5,020	93.4	1.2

^a Prior to 2002, racial categories were not directly comparable to those used for 2002 data. Thus, race data for 2000 are not shown.

^b Beginning in 2002, individuals could report multiple races. For 2002 and later years, Non-Hispanic White and Black categories exclude multiple race individuals and are not directly comparable to data from previous years.

^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 Employment status for persons age 18-64 only.

^e "Negative or poor" refers to household incomes below the Federal poverty line; "near poor/low income", over the poverty line to just below 200 percent of the poverty line; "middle income", 200 percent to just below 400 percent of the poverty line; and "high income", 400 percent of the poverty line and over.

^f See the MEPS entry in the Data Sources section of the Measures Specifications Appendix for more information.

^g Total adult diabetes population, age 18 and over. Numbers may not add to total due to missing or rounding.

DSU - Data do not meet the criteria for statistical reliability, data quality or confidentiality.

- - Data not shown. See footnote a.

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends, Medical Expenditure Panel Survey.

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