Table 2_1_2-2c

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_2.2c
Adults age 40 and over with diagnosed diabetes who received a hemoglobin A1c measurement in the calendar year,^a by family income,^b United States, 2006
		Total		Negative/poor		Near poor/low		Middle		High
Population group		Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total		89.6	1.0	85.2	2.7	84.8	2.5	92.2	1.4	91.6	1.7
Age	40–59	88.2	1.5	82.3	3.9	81.4	4.0	91.2	2.1	91.4	2.2
Age	60 and over	91.8	1.2	89.7	3.1	90.3	2.4	93.8	2.0	91.8	2.2
Gender	Male	88.9	1.5	DSU	DSU	82.1	4.4	90.8	2.3	90.9	2.3
Gender	Female	90.3	1.5	84.4	3.6	87.0	2.8	93.8	1.9	92.5	2.6
Race	White, single race	89.9	1.2	85.7	3.1	84.8	3.0	91.5	1.7	92.2	1.8
	Black, single race	87.7	2.4	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Asian, single race	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	NHOPI, single race	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	AI/AN, single race	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Multiple races	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Ethnicity	Non-Hispanic, all races	90.0	1.2	84.4	3.6	84.2	3.2	93.7	1.5	91.5	1.8
	Non-Hispanic, White	90.8	1.4	DSU	DSU	84.3	4.0	93.7	1.8	92.2	1.9
	Non-Hispanic, Black	87.9	2.4	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Hispanic, all races	88.6	1.9	DSU	DSU	87.7	3.8	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Education^c	Less than high school	86.6	1.9	87.8	3.0	79.6	4.3	88.5	3.3	DSU	DSU
	High school graduate	91.0	1.7	DSU	DSU	90.4	2.8	93.7	2.6	90.0	3.7
	At least some college	90.4	1.6	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	94.8	2.0	91.9	2.0
Employment status, ages 40–64	Employed	91.5	1.3	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	92.0	3.0	92.4	2.1
Employment status, ages 40–64	Not employed	90.1	1.7	87.0	3.2	84.9	3.7	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Health insurance, ages 40–64	Any private	94.2	1.0	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	96.7	1.6	94.2	1.5
	Public only	87.7	2.4	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Uninsured	75.7	5.6	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Health insurance, age 65 and over	Medicare only	93.0	2.3	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Medicare and private	88.6	2.4	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Medicare and other public	91.3	2.6	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Residence location^d	Metropolitan	89.8	1.2	85.3	2.9	86.6	2.5	92.7	1.5	90.3	2.0
	Large central metro	88.9	1.8	DSU	DSU	88.0	3.5	91.2	2.5	DSU	DSU
	Large fringe metro	91.9	1.9	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Medium metro	88.5	2.7	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Small metro	90.9	2.8	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Nonmetropolitan	88.5	2.4	DSU	DSU	79.8	6.1	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Micropolitan	92.9	2.1	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Noncore	80.6	5.1	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Language spoken most often at home	English	89.9	1.1	85.4	3.3	83.9	2.9	92.9	1.6	91.7	1.7
Language spoken most often at home	Other	87.9	2.3	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Perceived health status	Excellent/very good/good	90.4	1.2	87.0	3.4	84.4	3.9	93.3	1.4	90.9	2.0
Perceived health status	Fair/poor	88.3	1.8	82.9	4.1	85.2	3.1	89.3	3.4	94.3	2.3
Activity limitations^d	Basic activities	87.5	1.9	86.6	4.4	87.2	3.0	87.5	4.4	88.2	4.2
	Complex activities	87.7	2.2	85.8	4.4	85.1	3.9	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Neither basic nor complex activities	90.4	1.2	83.2	4.0	83.4	4.0	92.6	1.7	92.5	1.8

^a Estimates are age adjusted to the 2000 standard population 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, 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.

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_2-2c: 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_2-2c.html