2005 National Healthcare Quality Report, Data Tables. Table 1.22

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Table 1.22
Percent of adults (18 years and over) with diagnosed diabetes whose total cholesterol is < 200 mg/dl, United States, 1999-2002^a

Priority population		Percent	Standard error

Total		49.8	2.7

Gender	Male	50.6	4.8
Gender	Female	48.9	3.3

Race/Ethnicity	Mexican	51.1	5.2
	Non-Hispanic, Black	68.4	3.8
	Non-Hispanic, White	46.7	3.8

Family income^b	Negative or poor	46.7	8.5
	Near poor/low income	47.1	6.0
	Middle income	50.0	9.7
	High income	65.2	7.4

^a Estimates are age-adjusted to the 2000 standard population using 3 age groups: 18-39, 40-59, 60 and over.

^b "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.

Source:Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics, National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey.

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