Table 2_1_4-2d

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_4.2d
Adults age 40 and over with diagnosed diabetes who had their feet checked for sores or irritation in the calendar year,^a by education,^b United States, 2006
		Total		Less than high school		High school graduate		At least some college
Population group		Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total		69.2	1.6	64.0	2.5	67.9	2.5	72.9	2.3
Age	40–59	66.5	2.3	58.8	3.9	63.8	3.5	72.3	3.3
Age	60 and over	73.5	1.8	72.3	3.0	74.4	3.2	73.8	2.9
Gender	Male	68.3	2.3	57.8	4.2	70.0	3.6	71.8	3.4
Gender	Female	70.0	1.9	68.6	3.2	66.1	3.3	73.9	3.2
Race	White, single race	68.3	1.9	64.7	3.0	66.8	3.0	71.4	2.7
	Black, single race	77.9	2.8	73.0	6.3	78.1	4.0	DSU	DSU
	Asian, single race	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	NHOPI, single race	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	AI/AN, single race	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Multiple races	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Ethnicity	Non-Hispanic, all races	70.6	1.7	65.3	3.6	68.8	2.7	73.9	2.4
	Non-Hispanic, White	69.7	2.1	64.7	4.6	67.4	3.2	73.0	2.9
	Non-Hispanic, Black	78.0	2.8	73.2	6.1	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Hispanic, all races	62.1	3.6	61.9	3.7	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Family income^c	Negative/poor	71.1	3.1	76.6	3.5	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Near poor/low	60.9	3.1	60.8	5.0	61.1	4.8	DSU	DSU
	Middle	70.1	2.7	56.6	4.5	70.1	4.7	75.8	3.7
	High	72.3	2.8	DSU	DSU	72.1	4.6	74.2	3.4
Employment status, ages 40–64	Employed	71.0	2.6	59.3	5.9	71.1	4.1	74.6	3.8
Employment status, ages 40–64	Not employed	73.1	2.3	74.8	3.5	71.0	3.6	73.3	4.5
Health insurance, ages 40–64	Any private	72.4	2.4	DSU	DSU	72.9	3.5	74.4	3.4
	Public only	76.5	2.9	75.6	4.1	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Uninsured	57.1	5.6	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Health insurance, age 65 and over	Medicare only	67.8	3.7	67.4	4.8	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Medicare and private	73.4	3.2	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	75.9	4.5
	Medicare and other public	70.3	5.7	69.1	6.1	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Residence location^d	Metropolitan	70.7	1.6	64.9	2.8	70.9	2.6	73.0	2.6
	Large central metro	70.9	2.9	69.5	4.3	69.4	4.9	72.6	4.2
	Large fringe metro	73.2	3.5	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	74.0	5.4
	Medium metro	67.2	2.9	61.8	4.9	DSU	DSU	70.9	4.3
	Small metro	71.9	4.9	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Nonmetropolitan	63.9	4.0	62.2	6.5	57.8	5.4	DSU	DSU
	Micropolitan	71.8	4.0	67.9	6.4	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Noncore	50.7	5.7	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Language spoken most often at home	English	70.2	1.7	65.2	3.3	68.2	2.6	73.9	2.5
Language spoken most often at home	Other	59.6	4.0	60.5	4.8	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Perceived health status	Excellent/very good/good	67.8	2.0	56.3	3.5	68.0	3.5	71.9	3.0
Perceived health status	Fair/poor	71.4	2.2	71.9	3.6	67.6	3.6	75.2	3.8
Activity limitations^d	Basic activities	73.6	2.2	74.5	4.1	73.8	3.7	72.9	4.0
	Complex activities	74.8	2.5	76.6	4.2	76.0	4.0	71.2	5.2
	Neither basic nor complex activities	66.3	2.1	56.1	3.4	64.0	3.7	72.2	3.0

^a Estimates are age adjusted to the 2000 standard population using two age groups: 40–59 and 60 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 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.

^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_4-2d: 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_4-2d.html