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2009 National Healthcare Quality & Disparities Reports

Table 2_1_2.2d
Adults age 40 and over with diagnosed diabetes who received a hemoglobin A1c measurement in the calendar year,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   89.7 1.0 86.6 1.9 91.0 1.7 90.4 1.6
Age 40–59 88.1 1.5 84.9 2.9 90.1 2.5 88.0 2.3
60 and over 92.2 1.2 89.3 2.0 92.6 2.2 94.3 1.7
Gender Male 89.0 1.4 82.3 3.7 92.5 2.1 89.2 2.4
Female 90.5 1.5 89.8 2.1 89.4 2.7 91.8 1.9
Race White, single race 90.0 1.2 85.0 2.2 91.4 2.0 91.5 1.7
Black, single race 87.8 2.5 DSU DSU 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 90.1 1.2 87.6 2.8 90.9 1.9 90.7 1.7
Non-Hispanic, White 90.9 1.4 85.9 3.5 91.5 2.2 92.2 1.8
Non-Hispanic, Black 88.0 2.5 DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU
Hispanic, all races 88.7 1.9 87.1 2.5 DSU DSU DSU DSU
Family incomec Negative/poor 85.0 2.8 87.8 3.0 DSU DSU DSU DSU
Near poor/low 84.5 2.5 79.6 4.3 90.4 2.8 DSU DSU
Middle 92.6 1.5 88.5 3.3 93.7 2.6 94.8 2.0
High 91.7 1.7 DSU DSU 90.0 3.7 91.9 2.0
Employment status, ages 40–64 Employed 91.5 1.4 DSU DSU 93.3 2.5 91.9 2.0
Not employed 90.0 1.7 89.2 2.7 89.1 2.9 DSU DSU
Health insurance, ages 40–64 Any private 94.1 1.0 DSU DSU 94.6 1.8 94.7 1.5
Public only 88.0 2.4 91.7 3.0 DSU DSU DSU DSU
Uninsured 75.6 5.6 DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU
Health insurance, age 65 and over Medicare only 94.4 2.0 DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU
Medicare and private 88.6 2.4 DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU
Medicare and other public 91.6 2.6 DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU
Residence locationd Metropolitan 90.0 1.1 86.6 2.2 91.7 1.9 90.5 1.6
  Large central metro 89.0 1.7 84.3 3.1 94.9 1.8 87.2 3.3
  Large fringe metro 92.3 1.8 DSU DSU DSU DSU 93.4 2.6
  Medium metro 88.4 2.7 DSU DSU DSU DSU 91.4 2.6
  Small metro 90.9 2.8 DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU
Nonmetropolitan 88.4 2.4 86.4 3.6 DSU DSU DSU DSU
  Micropolitan 92.8 2.1 DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU
  Noncore 80.6 5.1 DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU
Language spoken most often at home English 89.9 1.1 87.7 2.5 91.2 1.8 90.2 1.6
Other 88.3 2.4 86.1 3.1 DSU DSU DSU DSU
Perceived health status Excellent/very good/good 90.6 1.2 83.0 3.0 93.8 2.1 91.2 1.8
Fair/poor 88.0 1.8 90.5 2.2 86.0 2.8 88.3 3.2
Activity limitationsd Basic activities 87.7 1.9 89.9 2.8 86.5 3.2 88.0 3.5
Complex activities 87.6 2.2 87.4 3.8 87.5 3.5 DSU DSU
Neither basic nor complex activities 90.4 1.2 84.3 2.5 93.1 2.0 91.1 1.8

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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