Table 2_1_1-2d

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_1.2d
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, 2005
Population group		Total		Less than high school		High school graduate		At least some college
Population group		Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total		40.4	1.8	31.5	2.8	39.9	2.8	47.7	3.0
Age, not adjusted	40–59	39.1	2.4	30.8	4.0	38.5	3.7	44.4	4.1
Age, not adjusted	60 and over	42.4	2.2	32.6	2.8	42.1	4.0	53.1	4.1
Gender	Male	39.3	2.7	33.1	4.2	39.8	4.1	42.9	4.2
Gender	Female	41.3	2.2	30.3	3.9	39.9	3.7	53.3	3.9
Race	White, single race	41.2	2.0	30.3	3.1	40.3	3.3	50.0	3.4
	Black, single race	37.2	3.7	33.2	5.7	*	*	*	*
	Asian, single race	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	NHOPI, single race	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	AI/AN, single race	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Multiple races	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Ethnicity	Non-Hispanic, all races	41.4	1.9	31.5	3.9	40.8	2.9	48.0	3.0
	Non-Hispanic, White	42.4	2.3	29.1	4.8	41.3	3.5	50.4	3.6
	Non-Hispanic, Black	37.6	3.7	33.7	5.9	*	*	*	*
	Hispanic	34.3	3.2	32.2	3.4	*	*	*	*
Family income^c	Negative/poor	30.8	3.5	26.0	3.8	*	*	*	*
	Near poor/low	28.5	2.7	26.5	4.4	31.2	4.5	*	*
	Middle	38.3	3.2	33.6	5.4	34.7	4.5	45.1	5.5
	High	53.0	3.1	*	*	52.8	5.4	53.6	4.2
Employment status, ages 40–64	Employed	44.9	3.8	*	*	38.1	5.3	53.4	5.4
Employment status, ages 40–64	Not employed	39.6	2.7	30.9	3.8	41.7	4.6	*	*
Health insurance, ages 40–64	Any private	47.8	3.0	*	*	44.8	4.4	52.7	4.6
	Public only	32.3	3.7	29.2	4.7	*	*	*	*
	Uninsured	33.2	5.8	*	*	*	*	*	*
Health insurance, age 65 and over	Medicare only	40.2	4.8	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Medicare and private	43.1	3.3	*	*	*	*	50.3	5.1
	Medicare and other public	31.9	4.6	30.2	5.3	*	*	*	*
Residence location^d	Metropolitan	42.1	2.1	33.2	3.3	42.3	3.4	48.4	3.2
	Large central metro	40.5	3.3	34.4	5.0	40.1	5.7	46.0	5.2
	Large fringe metro	43.5	3.7	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Medium metro	43.1	4.1	40.7	7.2	*	*	*	*
	Small metro	41.5	8.0	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Nonmetropolitan	34.0	3.4	25.3	5.0	32.0	5.2	*	*
	Micropolitan	36.3	4.9	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Noncore	31.9	3.9	*	*	*	*	*	*
Language spoken most often at home	English	41.1	1.9	30.6	3.5	40.5	2.8	48.7	3.0
Language spoken most often at home	Other	33.6	3.7	35.7	4.8	*	*	*	*
Perceived health status	Excellent/very good/good	41.3	2.3	32.4	4.3	39.4	3.6	48.5	3.5
Perceived health status	Fair/poor	38.7	2.3	31.5	3.3	40.8	4.1	45.8	4.6
Activity limitations^d	Basic activities	37.0	2.8	30.4	3.9	38.1	4.1	43.8	5.1
	Complex activities	38.5	3.2	30.9	4.4	43.5	4.7	*	*
	Neither basic nor complex activities	41.2	2.2	29.0	3.9	39.7	3.8	49.0	3.6

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

^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, 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.

^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: 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_1-2d: 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_1-2d.html