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2008 National Healthcare Quality & Disparities Reports

Table 2_1_2.2b
Adults age 40 and over with diagnosed diabetes who received a hemoglobin A1c measurement in the calendar year,a by ethnicity, United States, 2005
Population group Total Non-Hispanic Hispanic, all races
All races White Black
Percent SE Percent SE Percent SE Percent SE Percent SE
Total 90.0 1.1 90.8 1.2 91.5 1.4 91.3 1.9 86.1 2.5
Age, not adjusted 40–59 88.0 1.6 89.3 1.7 90.3 1.9 * * 81.0 4.3
60 and over 93.2 1.1 93.0 1.2 93.4 1.4 89.4 2.5 94.2 1.8
Gender Male 88.9 1.8 90.1 2.0 91.3 2.2 * * 83.2 4.0
Female 91.0 1.3 91.4 1.4 91.6 1.7 91.8 2.2 89.1 3.4
Family incomeb Negative/poor 85.5 2.9 86.4 3.2 * * * * * *
Near poor/low 85.3 3.0 84.6 3.8 84.7 4.4 * * 87.0 3.9
Middle 92.8 1.7 93.8 1.6 93.5 2.0 * * * *
High 91.4 1.7 91.9 1.9 92.6 2.1 * * * *
Educationc Less than high school 88.4 2.3 88.0 3.2 89.4 3.2 * * 89.3 2.6
High school graduate 90.7 2.1 92.2 1.9 93.5 2.1 * * * *
At least some college 91.0 1.6 91.1 1.7 90.8 2.1 * * * *
Employment status, ages 40–64 Employed 90.7 1.5 91.5 1.6 91.6 1.9 * * * *
Not employed 90.5 1.9 91.0 2.2 92.3 2.4 * * 88.3 4.2
Health insurance, ages 40–64 Any private 92.5 1.4 93.1 1.6 92.9 1.8 * * * *
Public only 88.6 2.6 87.4 3.1 * * * * * *
Uninsured 79.0 4.9 * * * * * * * *
Health insurance, age 65 and over Medicare only 91.1 2.4 91.1 2.6 * * * * * *
Medicare and private 95.9 1.3 95.9 1.3 96.1 1.4 * * * *
Medicare and other public 88.1 3.5 * * * * * * * *
Residence locationd Metropolitan 89.6 1.3 90.5 1.4 91.2 1.6 91.7 2.0 85.2 2.8
  Large central metro 91.0 1.7 93.0 2.3 97.9 1.4 93.1 2.7 86.4 3.5
  Large fringe metro 90.6 2.9 90.5 3.1 88.9 3.9 * * * *
  Medium metro 86.7 2.6 87.5 2.6 88.4 2.7 * * * *
  Small metro 89.7 3.1 * * * * * * * *
Nonmetropolitan 91.8 2.1 91.5 2.3 92.1 2.4 * * * *
  Micropolitan 91.6 2.8 91.5 3.1 91.5 3.3 * * * *
  Noncore 91.9 3.2 * * * * * * * *
Language spoken most often at home English 90.0 1.2 91.0 1.2 91.4 1.4 91.3 1.9 81.4 4.0
Other 90.1 2.7 * * * * * * 91.6 2.1
Perceived health status Excellent/very good/good 89.5 1.4 89.9 1.6 90.1 1.9 92.0 2.7 86.9 3.2
Fair/poor 90.8 1.4 92.3 1.7 94.4 1.5 90.6 2.5 85.1 4.0
Activity limitationsd Basic activities 91.2 1.6 91.4 1.8 93.4 1.6 89.8 2.7 89.9 2.7
Complex activities 93.0 1.4 93.5 1.5 94.2 1.8 * * * *
Neither basic nor complex activities 89.6 1.4 90.6 1.5 90.5 1.8 93.6 2.6 85.6 3.2

a Estimates are age adjusted to the 2000 standard population with two age groups: 40–59 and 60 and over, except where indicated.

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 For more information, see the MEPS entry in Appendix A, Data Sources.

* - 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.

 

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