Table 2_1_2-1

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_2.1
Adults age 40 and over with diagnosed diabetes who received a hemoglobin A1c measurement in the calendar year, 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	90.0	1.1	12,935	91.7	0.9
Age, not adjusted	40–59	6,921	88.0	1.6	5,357	92.3	1.2
Age, not adjusted	60 and over	8,835	93.2	1.1	7,578	90.6	1.2
Gender	Male	7,569	88.9	1.8	6,423	92.5	1.2
Gender	Female	8,187	91.0	1.3	6,512	90.8	1.3
Race	White, single race	12,235	90.4	1.3	9,941	91.6	1.0
	Black, single race	2,358	91.4	1.9	2,167	90.4	2.2
	Asian, single race	*	*	*	*	*	*
	NHOPI, single race	*	*	*	*	*	*
	AI/AN, single race	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Multiple races	*	*	*	*	*	*
Ethnicity	Non-Hispanic, all races	13,613	90.8	1.2	11,400	92.2	0.9
	Non-Hispanic, White	10,157	91.5	1.3	8,486	92.3	1.1
	Non-Hispanic, Black	2,335	91.3	1.9	2,158	90.4	2.2
	Hispanic	2,144	86.1	2.5	1,535	87.6	2.4
Family income^a	Negative/poor	2,174	85.5	2.9	1,629	90.9	2.7
	Near poor/low	3,547	85.3	3.1	3,193	91.3	1.8
	Middle	4,865	92.8	1.7	3,774	89.2	1.7
	High	5,171	91.4	1.8	4,339	94.3	1.2
Education^b	Less than high school	4,606	88.4	2.3	4,299	87.3	2.2
	High school graduate	5,471	90.7	2.1	4,243	92.0	1.4
	At least some college	5,476	91.0	1.7	4,265	94.4	1.2
Employment status, ages 40–64	Employed	5,192	90.7	1.5	4,298	93.3	1.6
Employment status, ages 40–64	Not employed	3,800	90.5	1.9	2,868	90.6	1.8
Health insurance, ages 40–64	Any private	6,080	92.5	1.4	4,916	94.7	1.1
	Public only	1,884	88.6	2.6	1,400	88.7	3.1
	Uninsured	1,028	79.0	4.9	850	84.8	3.8
Health insurance, age 65 and over	Medicare only	1,989	91.1	2.4	1,730	86.7	3.1
	Medicare and private	3,527	95.9	1.3	3,060	90.4	2.0
	Medicare and other public	1,143	88.1	3.5	927	94.0	2.4
Residence location^c	Metropolitan	12,335	89.6	1.2	10,329	92.3	1.0
	Large central metro	4,283	91.0	1.7	4,175	90.6	1.6
	Large fringe metro	3,332	90.6	2.8	2,325	94.7	1.6
	Medium metro	3,336	86.7	2.6	2,625	92.3	2.0
	Small metro	1,382	89.7	3.1	1,204	93.0	2.3
	Nonmetropolitan	3,422	91.8	2.1	2,607	89.2	1.9
	Micropolitan	2,153	91.6	2.8	1,775	88.2	2.3
	Noncore	1,269	91.9	3.2	*	*	*
Language spoken most often at home	English	14,190	90.0	1.2	11,482	91.8	1.0
Language spoken most often at home	Other	1,567	90.1	2.7	1,453	90.5	2.5
Perceived health status	Excellent/very good/good	9,567	89.5	1.4	7,307	92.4	1.1
Perceived health status	Fair/poor	6,190	90.8	1.4	5,629	90.5	1.6
Activity limitations^c	Basic activities	6,549	91.2	1.7	5,424	89.7	1.8
	Complex activities	3,916	93.0	1.4	3,233	90.3	2.0
	Neither basic nor complex activities	8,616	89.6	1.4	7,149	92.4	1.0

^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_2-1: 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_2-1.html