National Healthcare Quality Report, 2006: Table 1.24

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Table 1.24
Percent of adults age 40 and over with diagnosed diabetes with systolic blood pressure less than 140 mm Hg and diastolic blood pressure less than 80 mm Hg based on average of 3 measurements, United States, 1988-1994 and 1999-2002^a
		1999-2002		1988-1994
Priority population		Percent	Standard error	Percent	Standard error
Total		53.4	2.8	54.5	2.6
Age, not age adjusted	40-59	54.9	4.3	58.0	3.9
Age, not age adjusted	60 and over	51.2	2.2	49.0	2.2
Gender	Female	52.3	5.0	56.1	3.6
Gender	Male	55.6	3.2	53.9	4.2
Hispanic ethnicity	Mexican	48.9	2.8	48.5	3.8
	Non-Hispanic, Black	38.7	3.7	39.4	3.8
	Non-Hispanic, White	61.9	4.7	57.5	3.2
Family income^b	Negative/poor	46.6	5.4	48.8	6.2
	Near poor/low	53.4	4.4	59.0	6.1
	Middle	43.6	5.3	54.4	6.0
	High	66.7	5.5	59.2	5.8

^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.

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

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