Table 2_1_2-1

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 2_1_2.1
Adults age 40 and over with diagnosed diabetes who received a hemoglobin A1c measurement in the calendar year, United States, 2002 and 2006
		2006			2002
Population group		Total population (in thousands)^d	Percent^e	SE	Total population (in thousands)^d	Percent^e	SE
Total		16,477	89.6	1.0	12,935	91.7	0.9
Age	40–59	7,142	88.2	1.5	5,357	92.3	1.2
Age	60 and over	9,336	91.8	1.2	7,578	90.6	1.2
Gender	Male	8,222	88.9	1.5	6,423	92.5	1.2
Gender	Female	8,256	90.3	1.5	6,512	90.8	1.3
Race	White, single race	12,930	89.9	1.2	9,941	91.6	1.0
	Black, single race	2,465	87.7	2.5	2,167	90.4	2.2
	Asian, single race	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	NHOPI, single race	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	AI/AN, single race	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Multiple races	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Ethnicity	Non-Hispanic, all races	14,298	90.0	1.2	11,400	92.2	0.9
	Non-Hispanic, White	10,924	90.8	1.4	8,486	92.3	1.1
	Non-Hispanic, Black	2,425	87.9	2.5	2,158	90.4	2.2
	Hispanic, all races	2,179	88.6	1.9	1,535	87.6	2.4
Family income^a	Negative/poor	2,127	85.2	2.7	1,629	90.9	2.7
	Near poor/low	3,631	84.8	2.6	3,193	91.3	1.8
	Middle	4,928	92.2	1.4	3,774	89.2	1.7
	High	5,790	91.6	1.7	4,339	94.3	1.2
Education^b	Less than high school	4,553	86.6	1.9	4,299	87.3	2.2
	High school graduate	5,441	91.0	1.7	4,243	92.0	1.4
	At least some college	6,267	90.4	1.6	4,265	94.4	1.2
Employment status, ages 40–64	Employed	5,597	91.5	1.3	4,298	93.3	1.6
Employment status, ages 40–64	Not employed	4,089	90.1	1.7	2,868	90.6	1.8
Health insurance, ages 40–64	Any private	6,613	94.2	1.0	4,916	94.7	1.1
	Public only	1,979	87.7	2.4	1,400	88.7	3.1
	Uninsured	1,095	75.7	5.6	850	84.8	3.8
Health insurance, age 65 and over	Medicare only	2,207	93.0	2.3	1,730	86.7	3.1
	Medicare and private	3,494	88.6	2.4	3,060	90.4	2.0
	Medicare and other public	1,010	91.3	2.6	927	94.0	2.4
Residence location^c	Metropolitan	12,873	89.8	1.1	10,329	92.3	1.0
	Large central metro	4,188	88.9	1.8	4,175	90.6	1.6
	Large fringe metro	3,639	91.9	1.8	2,325	94.7	1.6
	Medium metro	3,586	88.5	2.7	2,625	92.3	2.0
	Small metro	1,460	90.9	2.8	1,204	93.0	2.3
	Nonmetropolitan	3,604	88.5	2.4	2,607	89.2	1.9
	Micropolitan	2,225	92.9	2.1	1,775	88.2	2.3
	Noncore	1,379	80.6	5.1	DSU	DSU	DSU
Language spoken most often at home	English	14,926	89.9	1.1	11,482	91.8	1.0
Language spoken most often at home	Other	1,543	87.9	2.3	1,453	90.5	2.5
Perceived health status	Excellent/very good/good	10,087	90.4	1.3	7,307	92.4	1.1
Perceived health status	Fair/poor	6,390	88.3	1.8	5,629	90.5	1.6
Activity limitations^c	Basic activities	6,534	87.5	1.9	5,424	89.7	1.8
	Complex activities	4,168	87.7	2.2	3,233	90.3	2.0
	Neither basic nor complex activities	9,263	90.4	1.2	7149	92.4	1.0

^a 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 400 percent of the poverty line; and high, 400 percent of the poverty line and over.

^b 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.

^c For more information, see the MEPS entry in Appendix A, Data Sources.

^d Adult diabetes population, age 40 and over. Numbers may not add to total due to missing values or rounding.

^e Estimates are age adjusted to the 2000 standard population using two age groups: 40–59 and 60 and over, except where indicated. Denominator excludes missing values.

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: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access, and Cost Trends, Medical Expenditure Panel Survey.

Current as of March 2010

Internet Citation: Table 2_1_2-1: 2009 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. March 2010. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr09/2_diabetes/T2_1_2-1.html