Table 2_1_5-2b

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_5.2b
Adults age 40 and over with diagnosed diabetes who had their feet checked for sores or irritation 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		70.7	1.4	71.9	1.5	72.2	1.9	75.5	3.1	64.7	3.1
Age, not adjusted	40–59	70.6	2.0	72.6	2.1	72.9	2.7	77.3	4.2	59.5	4.4
Age, not adjusted	60 and over	70.9	1.9	70.6	2.1	71.0	2.4	72.8	4.5	73.1	4.5
Gender	Male	70.8	2.4	71.7	2.6	72.1	3.1	77.7	5.4	66.5	5.0
Gender	Female	70.6	1.8	72.0	2.0	72.3	2.6	74.1	3.9	62.9	4.1
Family income^b	Negative/poor	67.9	3.2	70.1	3.8	74.2	5.0	*	*	*	*
	Near poor/low	63.8	3.4	63.0	4.1	59.6	5.8	*	*	66.8	5.0
	Middle	71.6	2.6	72.9	2.8	70.8	3.4	*	*	*	*
	High	74.6	2.6	75.4	2.6	77.0	2.9	*	*	*	*
Education^c	Less than high school	67.6	2.7	69.0	3.5	70.0	4.4	75.8	6.8	66.2	3.6
	High school graduate	69.9	2.5	71.7	2.5	69.9	3.2	*	*	*	*
	At least some college	75.0	2.6	75.1	2.7	77.1	2.9	*	*	*	*
Employment status, ages 40–64	Employed	72.3	3.2	73.7	3.3	74.2	3.6	*	*	62.8	9.1
Employment status, ages 40–64	Not employed	67.3	2.7	68.4	3.1	68.9	4.0	*	*	62.4	6.1
Health insurance, ages 40–64	Any private	71.3	2.6	72.2	2.6	73.3	3.0	*	*	*	*
	Public only	72.7	3.9	73.3	3.8	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Uninsured	60.4	5.3	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Health insurance, age 65 and over	Medicare only	67.1	4.3	65.8	4.8	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Medicare and private	73.8	2.8	74.1	2.8	74.8	3.0	*	*	*	*
	Medicare and other public	69.3	5.0	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Residence location^d	Metropolitan	71.3	1.7	72.6	1.9	72.3	2.4	78.9	2.9	65.7	3.2
	Large central metro	72.4	2.7	74.0	3.3	77.8	4.7	78.8	3.5	69.2	4.1
	Large fringe metro	68.3	3.5	70.5	3.8	67.4	4.7	*	*	*	*
	Medium metro	72.2	3.2	72.9	3.3	75.0	3.6	*	*	*	*
	Small metro	73.7	6.0	74.0	6.4	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Nonmetropolitan	68.7	2.8	69.4	2.8	71.5	3.1	*	*	*	*
	Micropolitan	70.3	3.8	71.4	3.8	75.3	4.0	*	*	*	*
	Noncore	67.4	4.2	67.2	4.3	*	*	*	*	*	*
Language spoken most often at home	English	71.2	1.6	72.2	1.5	71.9	1.9	75.5	3.1	61.2	5.7
Language spoken most often at home	Other	66.7	3.6	*	*	*	*	*	*	68.1	3.8
Perceived health status	Excellent/very good/good	71.0	1.9	71.8	2.0	71.7	2.5	76.5	4.1	66.9	4.5
Perceived health status	Fair/poor	70.1	2.2	71.9	2.3	73.0	2.8	74.4	4.5	62.2	5.2
Activity limitations^d	Basic activities	72.5	2.4	72.9	2.6	73.8	3.1	80.0	5.1	69.6	5.5
	Complex activities	72.0	2.7	72.3	2.9	72.7	3.6	*	*	*	*
	Neither basic nor complex activities	68.6	1.9	70.1	2.1	70.1	2.5	73.0	4.8	63.3	4.0

^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_5-2b: 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_5-2b.html