Table 2_1_5-1

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_5.1
Adults age 40 and over with diagnosed diabetes who received a flu shot in the last 12 months, 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	59.1	1.6	12,935	56.3	1.6
Age	40–59	7,142	51.4	2.2	5,357	47.3	2.4
Age	60 and over	9,336	71.5	2.0	7,578	70.7	1.8
Gender	Male	8,222	55.1	2.6	6,423	56.9	2.3
Gender	Female	8,256	62.8	2.0	6,512	55.9	2.0
Race	White, single race	12,930	61.2	1.9	9,941	58.7	1.7
	Black, single race	2,465	49.6	3.3	2,167	45.1	3.5
	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	61.6	1.8	11,400	58.1	1.8
	Non-Hispanic, White	10,924	64.3	2.2	8,486	61.7	2.1
	Non-Hispanic, Black	2,425	49.9	3.5	2,158	45.1	3.6
	Hispanic, all races	2,179	46.4	2.9	1,535	44.0	3.9
Family income^a	Negative/poor	2,127	55.7	3.3	1,629	53.8	3.7
	Near poor/low	3,631	54.7	2.9	3,193	59.3	3.5
	Middle	4,928	55.2	2.8	3,774	51.6	2.7
	High	5,790	66.1	2.8	4,339	59.6	3.0
Education^b	Less than high school	4,553	52.8	2.7	4,299	53.8	2.6
	High school graduate	5,441	59.0	2.6	4,243	59.1	3.1
	At least some college	6,267	63.0	2.5	4,265	56.5	2.7
Employment status, ages 40–64	Employed	5,597	53.0	2.8	4,298	51.2	3.1
Employment status, ages 40–64	Not employed	4,089	60.1	2.9	2,868	56.0	2.8
Health insurance, ages 40–64	Any private	6,613	57.6	2.6	4,916	51.2	2.6
	Public only	1,979	55.6	3.6	1,400	61.8	3.6
	Uninsured	1,095	44.9	5.6	850	44.5	5.3
Health insurance, age 65 and over	Medicare only	2,207	75.4	3.0	1,730	73.6	3.7
	Medicare and private	3,494	74.8	3.1	3,060	76.3	2.9
	Medicare and other public	1,010	73.9	4.2	927	64.8	4.4
Residence location^c	Metropolitan	12,873	58.7	1.8	10,329	55.0	1.8
	Large central metro	4,188	56.1	2.9	4,175	50.2	2.7
	Large fringe metro	3,639	54.4	4.1	2,325	56.6	3.5
	Medium metro	3,586	63.3	3.3	2,625	56.8	3.8
	Small metro	1,460	65.7	5.5	1,204	64.1	4.6
	Nonmetropolitan	3,604	61.0	3.4	2,607	61.9	3.0
	Micropolitan	2,225	66.4	3.8	1,775	60.6	3.7
	Noncore	1,379	52.1	5.9	832	64.4	5.3
Language spoken most often at home	English	14,926	59.9	1.7	11,482	58.6	1.7
Language spoken most often at home	Other	1,543	52.7	3.8	1,453	38.9	3.8
Perceived health status	Excellent/very good/good	10,087	58.0	2.1	7,307	55.1	2.1
Perceived health status	Fair/poor	6,390	60.9	2.3	5,629	57.9	2.5
Activity limitations^c	Basic activities	6,534	63.6	2.7	5,424	59.0	2.8
	Complex activities	4,168	66.4	2.7	3,233	61.4	3.0
	Neither basic nor complex activities	9,263	55.8	2.1	7149	53.9	2.0

^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_5-1: 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_5-1.html