Table 2_1_2-2b

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_2.2b
Adults age 40 and over with diagnosed diabetes who received a hemoglobin A1c measurement in the calendar year,^a by ethnicity, United States, 2005
Population group		Total		Non-Hispanic						Hispanic, all races
		Total		All races		White		Black		Hispanic, all races
		Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total		90.0	1.1	90.8	1.2	91.5	1.4	91.3	1.9	86.1	2.5
Age, not adjusted	40–59	88.0	1.6	89.3	1.7	90.3	1.9	*	*	81.0	4.3
Age, not adjusted	60 and over	93.2	1.1	93.0	1.2	93.4	1.4	89.4	2.5	94.2	1.8
Gender	Male	88.9	1.8	90.1	2.0	91.3	2.2	*	*	83.2	4.0
Gender	Female	91.0	1.3	91.4	1.4	91.6	1.7	91.8	2.2	89.1	3.4
Family income^b	Negative/poor	85.5	2.9	86.4	3.2	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Near poor/low	85.3	3.0	84.6	3.8	84.7	4.4	*	*	87.0	3.9
	Middle	92.8	1.7	93.8	1.6	93.5	2.0	*	*	*	*
	High	91.4	1.7	91.9	1.9	92.6	2.1	*	*	*	*
Education^c	Less than high school	88.4	2.3	88.0	3.2	89.4	3.2	*	*	89.3	2.6
	High school graduate	90.7	2.1	92.2	1.9	93.5	2.1	*	*	*	*
	At least some college	91.0	1.6	91.1	1.7	90.8	2.1	*	*	*	*
Employment status, ages 40–64	Employed	90.7	1.5	91.5	1.6	91.6	1.9	*	*	*	*
Employment status, ages 40–64	Not employed	90.5	1.9	91.0	2.2	92.3	2.4	*	*	88.3	4.2
Health insurance, ages 40–64	Any private	92.5	1.4	93.1	1.6	92.9	1.8	*	*	*	*
	Public only	88.6	2.6	87.4	3.1	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Uninsured	79.0	4.9	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Health insurance, age 65 and over	Medicare only	91.1	2.4	91.1	2.6	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Medicare and private	95.9	1.3	95.9	1.3	96.1	1.4	*	*	*	*
	Medicare and other public	88.1	3.5	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Residence location^d	Metropolitan	89.6	1.3	90.5	1.4	91.2	1.6	91.7	2.0	85.2	2.8
	Large central metro	91.0	1.7	93.0	2.3	97.9	1.4	93.1	2.7	86.4	3.5
	Large fringe metro	90.6	2.9	90.5	3.1	88.9	3.9	*	*	*	*
	Medium metro	86.7	2.6	87.5	2.6	88.4	2.7	*	*	*	*
	Small metro	89.7	3.1	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Nonmetropolitan	91.8	2.1	91.5	2.3	92.1	2.4	*	*	*	*
	Micropolitan	91.6	2.8	91.5	3.1	91.5	3.3	*	*	*	*
	Noncore	91.9	3.2	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Language spoken most often at home	English	90.0	1.2	91.0	1.2	91.4	1.4	91.3	1.9	81.4	4.0
Language spoken most often at home	Other	90.1	2.7	*	*	*	*	*	*	91.6	2.1
Perceived health status	Excellent/very good/good	89.5	1.4	89.9	1.6	90.1	1.9	92.0	2.7	86.9	3.2
Perceived health status	Fair/poor	90.8	1.4	92.3	1.7	94.4	1.5	90.6	2.5	85.1	4.0
Activity limitations^d	Basic activities	91.2	1.6	91.4	1.8	93.4	1.6	89.8	2.7	89.9	2.7
	Complex activities	93.0	1.4	93.5	1.5	94.2	1.8	*	*	*	*
	Neither basic nor complex activities	89.6	1.4	90.6	1.5	90.5	1.8	93.6	2.6	85.6	3.2

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

^b 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.

^c 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.

^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: 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_2-2b: 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_2-2b.html