National Healthcare Quality Report, 2006: Table 1.23

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Table 1.23
Percent of adults age 40 and over with diagnosed diabetes whose total cholesterol was less than 200 mg/dL, United States, 1988-1994 and 1999-2002^a
		1999-2002		1988-1994
Priority population		Percent	Standard error	Percent	Standard error
Total		48.1	2.8	29.9	2.3
Age, not age adjusted	40-59	45.9	4.3	27.0	3.7
Age, not age adjusted	60 and over	51.8	2.9	34.6	2.4
Gender	Female	45.9	4.6	22.5	2.3
Gender	Male	50.5	4.0	38.7	3.9
Hispanic ethnicity	Mexican	49.0	4.6	35.5	3.0
	Non-Hispanic, Black	51.3	4.2	33.7	3.4
	Non-Hispanic, White	47.0	3.8	28.2	2.9
Family income^b	Negative/poor	40.6	5.5	41.1	4.7
	Near poor/low	48.9	4.2	*31.8	6.8
	Middle	48.3	4.4	25.8	3.6
	High	53.5	6.7	*24.7	5.5

^a Estimates are age adjusted to the 2000 standard population using 2 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.

^* Data preceded by an asterisk have a relative standard error of 20-30 percent.

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

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