Table 2_1_2-1

2010 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,^a United States, 2002-2007
		2007		2006		2005		2004		2003		2002
Population group		Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total		88.0	1.2	89.6	1.0	90.0	1.1	91.5	1.0	89.6	1.1	91.7	0.9
Age	40-59	84.9	1.8	88.2	1.5	88.0	1.6	90.7	1.4	88.9	1.7	92.3	1.2
Age	60 and over	93.0	1.0	91.8	1.2	93.2	1.1	92.8	1.1	90.7	1.3	90.6	1.2
Gender	Male	88.3	1.7	88.9	1.5	88.9	1.8	91.0	1.5	89.0	1.7	92.5	1.1
Gender	Female	87.7	1.7	90.3	1.5	91.0	1.3	91.8	1.3	90.3	1.5	90.8	1.3
Race	White, single race	88.6	1.3	89.9	1.2	90.4	1.3	91.7	1.1	90.3	1.3	91.6	1.0
	Black, single race	83.8	2.6	87.7	2.4	91.4	1.9	88.3	3.1	85.3	2.8	90.4	2.2
	Asian, single race	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	NHOPI, single race	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	AI/AN, single race	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Multiple races	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Ethnicity	Non-Hispanic, all races	90.0	1.2	90.0	1.2	90.8	1.2	92.7	1.1	90.2	1.2	92.2	0.9
	Non-Hispanic, White	91.3	1.4	90.8	1.4	91.5	1.4	93.5	1.2	91.4	1.5	92.3	1.0
	Non-Hispanic, Black	83.8	2.6	87.9	2.4	91.3	1.9	88.2	3.2	85.3	2.8	90.4	2.2
	Hispanic, all races	77.8	3.2	88.6	1.9	86.1	2.5	83.7	2.6	85.4	2.7	87.6	2.4
Family income^b	Negative/poor	80.7	3.5	85.2	2.7	85.5	2.9	87.1	3.2	84.8	3.3	90.9	2.7
	Near poor/low	84.0	2.9	84.8	2.5	85.3	3.0	92.2	1.7	84.4	3.2	91.3	1.8
	Middle	86.2	2.5	92.2	1.4	92.8	1.7	90.5	1.9	90.2	1.9	89.2	1.7
	High	93.5	1.5	91.6	1.7	91.4	1.7	93.4	1.6	93.0	1.3	94.3	1.2
Education^c	Less than high school	81.7	3.0	86.6	1.9	88.4	2.3	87.5	2.1	87.3	2.2	87.3	2.2
	High school graduate	87.6	1.9	91.0	1.7	90.7	2.1	91.3	2.1	90.9	1.7	92.0	1.3
	At least some college	91.0	1.8	90.4	1.6	91.0	1.6	94.1	1.4	89.9	2.1	94.4	1.2
Employment status, ages 40-64	Employed	89.2	1.7	91.5	1.3	90.7	1.5	92.3	1.8	91.9	1.7	93.3	1.6
Employment status, ages 40-64	Not employed	88.1	2.0	90.1	1.7	90.5	1.9	90.1	1.6	89.4	1.8	90.6	1.8
Health insurance, ages 40-64	Any private	91.5	1.5	94.2	1.0	92.5	1.4	92.8	1.3	93.8	1.1	94.7	1.1
	Public only	84.7	3.0	87.7	2.4	88.6	2.6	89.8	2.5	85.0	2.9	88.7	3.1
	Uninsured	75.3	5.0	75.7	5.6	79.0	4.9	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	84.8	3.8
Health insurance, age 65 and over	Medicare only	86.9	3.3	93.0	2.3	91.1	2.4	92.7	2.2	85.8	3.4	86.7	3.1
	Medicare and private	96.9	1.1	88.6	2.4	95.9	1.3	92.4	1.8	92.4	1.9	90.4	2.0
	Medicare and other public	DSU	DSU	91.3	2.6	88.1	3.5	96.5	1.4	88.0	4.1	94.0	2.3
Location of residence^d	Metropolitan	87.7	1.3	89.8	1.2	89.6	1.3	90.8	1.1	89.5	1.3	92.3	1.0
	Large central metro	82.2	2.5	88.9	1.8	91.0	1.7	89.5	2.0	85.0	2.3	90.6	1.6
	Large fringe metro	92.0	2.0	91.9	1.9	90.6	2.9	93.5	1.8	91.5	2.6	94.7	1.6
	Medium metro	89.1	2.3	88.5	2.7	86.7	2.6	89.9	2.3	92.7	1.9	92.3	2.0
	Small metro	DSU	DSU	90.9	2.8	89.7	3.1	91.1	2.8	94.3	2.8	93.0	2.3
	Nonmetropolitan	89.6	2.8	88.5	2.4	91.8	2.1	94.2	1.9	89.9	2.0	89.2	1.9
	Micropolitan	90.2	3.8	92.9	2.1	91.6	2.8	93.2	2.7	92.9	2.1	88.2	2.3
	Noncore	DSU	DSU	80.6	5.1	91.9	3.2	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Language spoken most often at home	English	89.1	1.2	89.9	1.1	90.0	1.2	91.6	1.0	90.3	1.2	91.8	0.9
Language spoken most often at home	Other	79.2	3.9	87.9	2.3	90.1	2.7	90.4	3.0	83.7	3.5	90.5	2.6
Perceived health status	Excellent/very good/good	88.9	1.5	90.4	1.2	89.5	1.4	91.4	1.3	88.9	1.5	92.4	1.0
Perceived health status	Fair/poor	86.5	1.9	88.3	1.8	90.8	1.4	91.5	1.4	90.6	1.6	90.5	1.6
Activity limitations^d	Basic activities	85.5	2.2	87.5	1.9	91.2	1.6	92.0	1.6	90.4	1.7	89.7	1.8
	Complex activities	86.2	2.3	87.7	2.2	93.0	1.4	92.2	1.9	89.7	2.3	90.3	2.0
	Neither basic nor complex activities	89.0	1.5	90.4	1.2	89.6	1.4	90.9	1.3	89.7	1.4	92.4	1.0

^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 B: Detailed Methods.

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 February 2011

Internet Citation: Table 2_1_2-1: 2010 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. February 2011. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr10/2_diabetes/T2_1_2-1.html