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2009 National Healthcare Quality & Disparities Reports

Table 2_1_1.2d
Adults age 40 and over with diagnosed diabetes who received all three recommended services for diabetes in the calendar year (hemoglobin A1c measurement, dilated eye examination, and foot examination),a by education,b United States, 2006
    Total Less than high school High school graduate At least some college
Population group Percent SE Percent SE Percent SE Percent SE
Total   41.4 1.7 31.4 2.6 42.9 2.8 46.4 2.6
Age 40–59 37.7 2.4 27.7 3.9 37.4 3.9 42.6 3.7
60 and over 47.2 2.1 37.5 3.4 51.6 3.8 52.4 3.8
Gender Male 41.0 2.4 26.7 3.8 45.2 4.1 45.9 3.6
Female 41.7 2.1 35.1 3.5 41.5 3.5 46.5 3.7
Race White, single race 42.4 1.9 31.2 3.1 44.6 3.3 47.2 3.1
Black, single race 36.6 4.1 38.6 6.2 DSU DSU DSU DSU
Asian, single race DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU
NHOPI, single race DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU
AI/AN, single race DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU
Multiple races DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU
Ethnicity Non-Hispanic, all races 43.3 1.8 32.3 3.6 45.0 3.1 47.1 2.8
Non-Hispanic, White 44.8 2.1 31.5 4.6 46.8 3.7 48.5 3.4
Non-Hispanic, Black 36.9 4.2 39.1 6.2 DSU DSU DSU DSU
Hispanic, all races 31.7 3.3 31.6 4.1 DSU DSU DSU DSU
Family incomec Negative/poor 33.8 4.5 33.9 5.6 DSU DSU DSU DSU
Near poor/low 31.7 2.7 27.6 4.3 37.8 4.7 DSU DSU
Middle 42.6 2.8 27.7 3.6 44.0 5.1 50.5 4.3
High 48.5 2.7 DSU DSU 49.3 4.8 49.3 3.9
Employment status, ages 40–64 Employed 44.9 3.1 27.4 6.0 45.9 5.4 49.5 4.5
Not employed 42.9 2.9 38.7 4.3 44.3 5.1 44.7 5.6
Health insurance, ages 40–64 Any private 48.5 2.8 DSU DSU 51.4 4.3 50.2 4.2
Public only 38.8 4.2 40.3 5.9 DSU DSU DSU DSU
Uninsured 20.9 5.1 DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU
Health insurance, age 65 and over Medicare only 43.4 4.0 33.9 5.8 DSU DSU DSU DSU
Medicare and private 47.9 3.9 DSU DSU DSU DSU 54.2 6.2
Medicare and other public 37.8 5.6 DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU
Residence locationd Metropolitan 43.8 1.8 35.2 3.0 45.7 3.1 47.2 2.8
  Large central metro 41.5 3.0 38.5 4.1 43.4 5.4 41.6 4.1
  Large fringe metro 46.3 3.7 DSU DSU DSU DSU 52.2 5.3
  Medium metro 43.0 2.6 35.4 6.1 DSU DSU 45.9 5.0
  Small metro 47.8 6.1 DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU
Nonmetropolitan 32.0 3.6 18.6 4.4 33.3 5.3 DSU DSU
  Micropolitan 38.5 4.4 23.5 6.6 DSU DSU DSU DSU
  Noncore 20.7 4.9 DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU
Language spoken most often at home English 42.3 1.8 32.2 3.3 42.8 2.9 47.2 2.8
Other 32.2 4.6 29.6 5.5 DSU DSU DSU DSU
Perceived health status Excellent/very good/good 44.1 2.1 29.8 3.3 47.8 3.6 47.4 3.3
Fair/poor 36.6 2.4 32.8 3.7 34.6 4.0 43.8 4.2
Activity limitationsd Basic activities 38.8 2.7 37.4 4.6 43.5 4.4 36.3 4.3
Complex activities 36.3 3.0 32.7 4.6 40.1 5.4 37.4 5.6
Neither basic nor complex activities 42.8 2.1 28.3 3.4 43.2 3.9 49.5 3.2

a Estimates are age adjusted to the 2000 standard population using two age groups: 40–59 and 60 and over.

b 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.

c Negative/poor refers to household incomes below the Federal poverty line; near poor/low, 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.

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

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

Key: AI/AN: American Indian or Alaska Native; NHOPI: Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander; 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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