Table 2_2_1-1

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_2_1.1
Adults age 40 and over with diagnosed diabetes with HbA1c level less than 7.0% (optimal control), United States, 1988-1994 and 2003-2006^a
Population group		2003-2006		1988-1994
Population group		Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total		54.6	2.8	41.2	3.2
Age, not age adjusted	40-59	48.9	4.0	38.1	4.6
Age, not age adjusted	60 and over	63.9	3.0	46.0	2.6
Gender	Male	51.7	3.4	44.4	3.6
Gender	Female	57.3	3.6	37.7	4.1
Ethnicity	Mexican American	37.6	3.6	34.5	2.5
	Non-Hispanic, Black	43.0	4.2	39.9	3.3
	Non-Hispanic, White	60.5	4.2	41.6	3.9
Family income^b	Negative/poor	42.7	5.2	45.9	6.2
	Near poor/low	54.3	5.9	38.9	7.0
	Middle	58.9	3.6	39.7	5.4
	High	56.4	5.5	42.2	7.3
Education	Less than high school	37.6	4.3	DNA	DNA
	High school graduate	56.6	6.4	DNA	DNA
	Some college	62.2	3.4	DNA	DNA

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

^b Negative/poor refers to household incomes below the Federal poverty line; near poor/low, at or 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.

DNA - Data have not been analyzed.

Key: SE: standard error.

Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics, National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey.

Current as of September 2009

Internet Citation: Table 2_2_1-1: 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_2_1-1.html