Table 2_1_2-2b

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_2.2b
Adults age 40 and over with diagnosed diabetes who received a hemoglobin A1c measurement in the calendar year,^a by ethnicity, United States, 2007
				Non-Hispanic
		Total		All races		White		Black		Hispanic, all races
Population group		Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total		88.0	1.2	90.0	1.2	91.3	1.4	83.8	2.6	77.8	3.2
Age	40-59	84.9	1.8	87.9	1.9	89.0	2.3	DSU	DSU	71.0	4.8
Age	60 and over	93.0	1.0	93.4	1.1	94.9	1.0	84.4	4.0	DSU	DSU
Gender	Male	88.3	1.7	90.8	1.7	91.8	1.8	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Gender	Female	87.7	1.7	89.0	1.9	90.5	2.4	82.9	3.5	81.4	3.7
Family income^b	Negative/poor	80.7	3.5	85.5	4.0	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Near poor/low	84.0	2.9	85.3	3.5	83.9	4.6	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Middle	86.2	2.5	85.9	2.9	87.4	3.3	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	High	93.5	1.5	95.3	1.3	96.5	1.3	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Education^c	Less than high school	81.7	3.0	83.4	3.9	82.4	4.7	DSU	DSU	78.1	4.5
	High school graduate	87.6	1.9	88.2	2.1	90.2	2.4	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	At least some college	91.0	1.8	93.4	1.6	94.7	1.9	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Employment status, ages 40-64	Employed	89.2	1.7	91.2	1.8	92.4	1.9	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Employment status, ages 40-64	Not employed	88.1	2.0	89.2	2.2	91.8	2.4	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Health insurance, ages 40-64	Any private	91.5	1.5	93.0	1.5	94.6	1.6	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Public only	84.7	3.0	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Uninsured	75.3	5.0	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Health insurance, age 65 and over	Medicare only	86.9	3.3	87.5	3.5	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Medicare and private	96.9	1.1	97.1	1.1	96.8	1.3	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Medicare and other public	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Location of residence^d	Metropolitan	87.7	1.3	90.1	1.4	91.6	1.6	84.0	2.9	77.2	3.4
	Large central metro	82.2	2.5	86.0	2.9	DSU	DSU	85.2	3.9	74.0	5.0
	Large fringe metro	92.0	2.0	92.9	2.0	94.3	2.2	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Medium metro	89.1	2.3	90.1	2.5	90.6	3.1	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Small metro	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Nonmetropolitan	89.6	2.8	89.8	2.9	90.3	3.2	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Micropolitan	90.2	3.8	90.5	3.9	90.8	4.4	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Noncore	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Language spoken most often at home	English	89.1	1.2	90.0	1.3	91.2	1.4	83.6	2.7	DSU	DSU
Language spoken most often at home	Other	79.2	3.9	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	77.2	4.5
Perceived health status	Excellent/very good/good	88.9	1.5	91.1	1.6	92.2	1.9	85.7	3.5	76.2	4.8
Perceived health status	Fair/poor	86.5	1.9	87.9	2.0	89.5	2.3	DSU	DSU	80.1	4.1
Activity limitations^d	Basic activities	85.5	2.2	87.3	2.3	88.4	2.8	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Complex activities	86.2	2.3	87.9	2.4	89.7	2.8	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Neither basic nor complex activities	89.0	1.5	91.4	1.5	92.8	1.7	84.5	3.9	79.4	3.7
U.S. born	Yes	89.5	1.2	90.1	1.3	91.5	1.4	83.0	2.9	DSU	DSU
U.S. born	No	80.5	3.3	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	76.0	4.2

^a Estimates are age adjusted to the 2000 standard population with two age-groups: 40-59, 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: 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_2-2b: 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_2-2b.html