Table 18_5_2-1a

2009 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 18_5_2.1a
Diabetes patients age 40 and over who had hemoglobin A1c measurement, retinal eye examination, and foot examination within the past year, by race, California, 2007
				Non-Hispanic
		Total		White		Black		Asian		NHOPI		AI/AN		Multiple races
Population group		Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total		45.1	1.4	51.4	1.5	46.4	4.9	43.7	3.8	DSU	DSU	61.2	9.4	57.3	6.3
Health insurance,^a under age 65	Private	50.1	2.2	55.6	2.6	53.3	7.5	42.9	6.5	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Public	43.5	3.6	46.6	4.8	38.1	10.7	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	45.1	12.7
	Uninsured	19.5	4.8	29.9	7.4	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Health insurance, age 65 and over	Total	48.1	1.7	50.9	2.0	54.6	6.4	42.1	5.3	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	53.2	9.0
	Medicare and private	50.4	2.1	50.7	2.3	55.5	9.5	43.6	6.9	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	58.5	10.9
	Medicare and public	41.3	3.5	44.2	4.9	54.1	8.7	36.9	9.5	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Medicare only	53.3	6.5	69.0	5.8	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Family income^b	Negative/poor	31.6	3.3	31.6	4.9	42.8	8.2	32.8	8.9	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Near poor/low	38.6	3.3	42.0	4.1	56.2	9.4	48.6	8.9	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Middle	44.1	3.7	46.6	4.2	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	High	55.2	1.6	58.3	1.8	47.6	6.4	48.5	5.2	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	69.9	7.1
Education	Less than high school	28.2	2.8	28.2	4.8	49.4	9.9	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	High school graduate	46.3	2.7	50.4	3.0	30.4	8.1	33.1	8.4	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	47.7	11.7
	At least some college	54.5	1.6	55.9	1.8	57.9	6.2	51.0	4.5	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	66.6	6.4
Residence location	Urban	44.8	1.5	51.9	1.7	46.0	5.0	42.2	3.9	DSU	DSU	50.7	12.0	54.7	7.5
Residence location	Rural	47.0	2.9	49.3	3.0	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	65.9	10.0
English proficiency	English only	51.8	1.5	52.1	1.6	45.7	5.0	60.0	7.0	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	52.9	6.9
	Well/very well	46.8	2.9	46.2	5.7	DSU	DSU	47.4	5.6	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Not well/not at all	25.1	3.4	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	29.1	6.8	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Born in U.S.	Yes	50.7	1.4	52.1	1.5	47.1	4.9	54.7	8.1	DSU	DSU	61.2	9.4	56.0	6.4
Born in U.S.	No	34.5	2.8	44.4	6.6	DSU	DSU	41.5	4.2	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU

^a A small number of people who were covered by both public and private health insurance plans were included in the "public health insurance" category only.

^b Negative/poor refers to household incomes below the Federal poverty line; near poor/low, the poverty line to just below 200 percent of the poverty line; middle, 200 percent to just below 300 percent of the poverty line; and high, 300 percent of the poverty line and over. Missing values for family income were imputed using multiple imputation methodology. A small number of people were excluded because their family income could not be imputed.

DSU - 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: University of California, Los Angeles, Center for Health Policy Research, California Health Interview Survey.

Current as of March 2010

Internet Citation: Table 18_5_2-1a: 2009 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. March 2010. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr09/18_populations/T18_5_2-1a.html