Table 2_1_1-1

2008 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports

The National Healthcare Quality Report (NHQR) is a comprehensive national overview of quality of health care in the United States. It is organized around four dimensions of quality of care: effectiveness, patient safety, timeliness, and patient centeredness.

Table 2_1_1.1
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), United States, 2002 and 2005
Population group		2005			2002
Population group		Total population (in thousands)^d	Percent^e	SE	Total population (in thousands)^d	Percent^e	SE
Total		15,757	40.1	1.8	12,935	43.2	1.6
Age, not adjusted	40–59	6,921	39.0	2.4	5,357	41.3	2.2
Age, not adjusted	60 and over	8,835	41.9	2.2	7,578	46.4	2.1
Gender	Male	7,569	39.2	2.7	6,423	43.4	2.3
Gender	Female	8,187	41.0	2.2	6,512	43.1	2.4
Race	White, single race	12,235	41.0	2.1	9,941	43.3	1.8
	Black, single race	2,358	37.0	3.7	2,167	42.8	3.3
	Asian, single race	*	*	*	*	*	*
	NHOPI, single race	*	*	*	*	*	*
	AI/AN, single race	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Multiple races	*	*	*	*	*	*
Ethnicity	Non-Hispanic, all races	13,613	41.2	2.0	11,400	44.6	1.7
	Non-Hispanic, White	10,157	42.4	2.4	8,486	45.1	2.0
	Non-Hispanic, Black	2,335	37.4	3.8	2,158	42.9	3.3
	Hispanic	2,144	33.8	3.3	1,535	33.7	3.5
Family income^a	Negative/poor	2,174	30.3	3.4	1,629	38.6	4.2
	Near poor/low	3,547	28.5	2.8	3,193	35.0	3.4
	Middle	4,865	38.4	3.2	3,774	41.4	2.6
	High	5,171	52.6	3.1	4,339	52.1	3.0
Education^b	Less than high school	4,606	31.5	2.8	4,299	34.1	2.8
	High school graduate	5,471	39.9	2.9	4,243	43.1	2.8
	At least some college	5,476	47.7	3.0	4,265	51.3	2.9
Employment status, ages 40–64	Employed	5,192	44.7	3.8	4,298	44.4	3.2
Employment status, ages 40–64	Not employed	3,800	39.8	2.7	2,868	38.9	3.1
Health insurance, ages 40–64	Any private	6,080	47.8	3.1	4,916	45.8	2.8
	Public only	1,884	32.6	3.7	1,400	34.6	4.1
	Uninsured	1,028	32.9	5.8	850	23.2	4.6
Health insurance, age 65 and over	Medicare only	1,989	39.5	4.7	1,730	45.9	3.7
	Medicare and private	3,527	43.1	3.3	3,060	50.9	3.2
	Medicare and other public	1,143	31.0	4.5	927	44.5	5.5
Residence location^c	Metropolitan	12,335	41.9	2.1	10,329	45.7	1.9
	Large central metro	4,283	40.4	3.2	4,175	44.6	3.5
	Large fringe metro	3,332	43.5	3.6	2,325	50.4	3.7
	Medium metro	3,336	42.3	4.2	2,625	45.5	3.9
	Small metro	1,382	41.5	8.0	1,204	39.1	5.7
	Nonmetropolitan	3,422	33.8	3.5	2,607	33.4	3.4
	Micropolitan	2,153	35.9	5.0	1,775	35.5	4.6
	Noncore	1,269	31.9	4.1	832	29.7	6.3
Language spoken most often at home	English	14,190	40.9	2.0	11,482	44.7	1.7
Language spoken most often at home	Other	1,567	33.1	3.7	1,453	32.1	3.3
Perceived health status	Excellent/very good/good	9,567	41.0	2.4	7,307	45.7	2.1
Perceived health status	Fair/poor	6,190	38.7	2.3	5,629	39.8	2.5
Activity limitations^c	Basic activities	6,549	37.0	2.8	5,424	42.5	3.0
	Complex activities	3,916	38.7	3.2	3,233	40.9	3.1
	Neither basic nor complex activities	8,616	40.7	2.3	7,149	43.4	2.0

^a 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.

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

^d Adult diabetes population, age 40 and over. Numbers may not add to total due to missing values or rounding.

^e Estimates are age adjusted to the 2000 standard population with two age groups: 40–59 and 60 and over, except where indicated. Denominator excludes missing values.

* - 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.

Current as of September 2009

Internet Citation: Table 2_1_1-1: 2008 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. September 2009. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr08/2_diabetes/T2_1_1-1.html