Table 2_1_3-2b

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_3.2b
Adults age 40 and over with diagnosed diabetes who had their blood cholesterol checked in the last 2 years,^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		96.1	0.8	96.5	0.8	97.1	0.9	96.9	1.4	93.8	1.8
Age, not adjusted	40–59	95.0	1.2	95.7	1.2	96.1	1.5	97.6	1.5	91.0	3.0
Age, not adjusted	60 and over	97.9	0.6	97.8	0.6	98.7	0.5	95.8	1.7	98.4	0.9
Gender	Male	94.8	1.3	95.3	1.5	96.3	1.6	*	*	92.7	2.9
Gender	Female	97.3	0.6	97.7	0.6	97.8	0.8	97.2	1.2	95.0	2.3
Family income^b	Negative/poor	95.3	1.4	95.6	1.7	95.9	2.1	*	*	*	*
	Near poor/low	91.7	2.9	90.2	3.7	90.2	4.6	*	*	96.6	1.7
	Middle	97.4	1.0	98.7	0.7	99.7	0.3	*	*	*	*
	High	97.6	0.9	97.9	0.9	97.8	1.1	*	*	*	*
Education^c	Less than high school	93.6	2.0	93.2	2.7	96.0	2.2	94.2	3.7	94.4	2.1
	High school graduate	96.5	1.1	97.3	0.9	97.7	1.0	*	*	*	*
	At least some college	97.2	1.2	97.3	1.2	96.9	1.6	*	*	*	*
Employment status, ages 40–64	Employed	97.0	1.1	97.3	1.1	96.8	1.5	*	*	95.0	2.3
Employment status, ages 40–64	Not employed	94.1	1.5	94.5	1.6	96.2	1.5	*	*	92.7	3.1
Health insurance, ages 40–64	Any private	97.2	1.0	97.1	1.0	96.6	1.3	*	*	*	*
	Public only	93.7	2.1	92.8	2.6	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Uninsured	89.9	3.4	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Health insurance, age 65 and over	Medicare only	98.9	0.6	99.0	0.6	99.3	0.7	*	*	*	*
	Medicare and private	99.7	0.3	99.7	0.4	99.6	0.4	*	*	*	*
	Medicare and other public	93.2	3.1	91.5	4.2	*	*	*	*	*	*
Residence location^d	Metropolitan	96.1	0.8	96.7	0.9	97.5	0.9	97.5	1.3	93.4	2.0
	Large central metro	94.2	1.7	95.5	2.1	97.2	2.3	97.3	2.2	91.6	2.9
	Large fringe metro	96.5	1.4	96.2	1.5	96.8	1.7	*	*	*	*
	Medium metro	97.5	1.1	98.0	1.2	98.1	1.3	*	*	*	*
	Small metro	98.9	0.7	98.8	0.8	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Nonmetropolitan	96.0	1.8	95.9	2.0	96.0	2.2	*	*	*	*
	Micropolitan	97.8	1.5	97.6	1.6	97.3	2.0	*	*	*	*
	Noncore	93.5	3.8	93.6	4.0	*	*	*	*	*	*
Language spoken most often at home	English	96.4	0.8	96.8	0.8	97.1	0.9	97.0	1.4	92.3	3.0
Language spoken most often at home	Other	93.3	2.2	*	*	*	*	*	*	95.4	2.0
Perceived health status	Excellent/very good/good	96.3	0.9	96.5	1.0	96.3	1.3	99.0	1.0	95.0	2.2
Perceived health status	Fair/poor	95.8	1.2	96.6	1.3	98.6	0.8	94.5	2.5	92.5	3.2
Activity limitations^d	Basic activities	96.3	1.3	96.2	1.4	97.6	1.0	96.1	2.4	97.1	1.8
	Complex activities	97.1	1.0	96.9	1.1	97.9	1.0	94.0	3.5	*	*
	Neither basic nor complex activities	96.1	1.0	96.9	1.0	96.8	1.3	97.5	1.7	92.7	2.3

^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_3-2b: 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_3-2b.html