Table 2_1_3-1

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_3.1
Adults age 40 and over with diagnosed diabetes who received a dilated eye examination in the calendar year, United States, 2002-2007^a
		2007		2006		2005		2004		2003		2002
Population group		Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total		61.0	1.5	59.3	1.5	59.7	1.8	62.5	1.5	61.9	1.6	62.1	1.5
Age	40-59	54.6	2.4	53.2	2.2	54.9	2.3	58.7	2.0	57.5	2.2	59.1	2.2
Age	60 and over	71.4	1.6	69.1	1.8	67.5	2.1	68.6	2.0	69.0	2.0	67.0	1.6
Gender	Male	60.9	2.2	58.1	2.3	59.5	2.7	62.9	2.3	59.6	2.3	61.2	2.0
Gender	Female	61.2	2.3	60.4	2.0	59.9	2.1	62.0	2.2	64.3	2.3	62.9	2.2
Race	White, single race	60.7	1.9	60.2	1.7	60.5	2.0	62.2	1.8	61.2	1.8	62.0	1.7
	Black, single race	63.2	3.0	53.0	4.4	54.3	3.5	64.1	3.1	62.2	3.2	62.6	3.1
	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	63.0	1.7	60.8	1.7	61.3	1.9	63.7	1.7	62.6	1.6	62.7	1.6
	Non-Hispanic, White	63.2	2.2	62.3	1.9	62.4	2.2	63.8	2.1	61.9	1.9	62.8	1.9
	Non-Hispanic, Black	62.6	3.0	53.5	4.4	54.8	3.5	64.3	3.1	62.0	3.3	62.6	3.1
	Hispanic, all races	51.9	3.2	50.8	3.6	50.3	3.6	55.0	3.6	57.6	3.8	57.2	3.3
Family income^b	Negative/poor	52.1	3.4	50.9	4.2	47.5	3.4	56.1	3.8	51.8	3.6	55.9	3.7
	Near poor/low	53.6	3.3	53.7	2.9	47.2	3.1	53.6	3.5	52.0	3.6	55.5	3.4
	Middle	57.3	3.1	60.1	2.5	59.3	3.3	60.2	3.0	62.5	3.0	61.2	2.5
	High	71.4	2.7	64.9	2.4	72.3	2.6	70.9	2.4	70.0	2.9	69.5	2.7
Education^c	Less than high school	54.1	2.8	50.8	2.7	48.9	3.1	54.9	2.7	55.3	3.0	55.7	2.8
	High school graduate	58.7	2.6	60.4	2.5	61.9	2.6	62.5	2.8	65.4	2.4	63.4	2.8
	At least some college	67.8	2.5	63.8	2.5	65.4	2.7	67.9	2.5	64.5	2.8	66.3	2.5
Employment status, ages 40-64	Employed	59.4	2.8	57.3	3.0	61.1	3.4	61.8	3.3	59.5	3.2	61.4	2.8
Employment status, ages 40-64	Not employed	58.3	2.6	61.1	2.5	57.7	2.7	57.3	3.2	62.6	3.0	56.8	2.9
Health insurance, ages 40-64	Any private	62.6	2.5	64.1	2.5	67.9	2.6	61.8	2.7	64.6	2.6	62.9	2.7
	Public only	55.8	4.1	55.7	3.7	48.2	3.9	61.5	3.7	56.2	3.5	52.3	3.8
	Uninsured	44.7	5.9	35.4	5.8	43.9	5.6	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	42.1	5.4
Health insurance, age 65 and over	Medicare only	65.4	4.0	67.0	3.3	69.8	4.3	72.7	3.6	68.4	4.0	69.7	3.6
	Medicare and private	76.8	2.6	73.0	2.8	69.0	3.2	70.3	3.1	72.3	3.3	72.2	2.4
	Medicare and other public	75.6	3.6	58.5	4.8	56.1	5.2	67.0	4.7	63.9	4.7	64.1	4.7
Location of residence^d	Metropolitan	62.0	1.6	61.8	1.8	60.5	2.1	62.8	1.7	63.5	1.8	63.1	1.8
	Large central metro	61.1	2.6	60.0	2.6	55.5	2.9	60.8	2.8	63.9	2.8	63.9	2.8
	Large fringe metro	64.3	3.3	65.0	3.6	69.8	3.4	66.2	3.3	65.5	3.4	62.7	3.5
	Medium metro	60.1	3.5	60.9	3.1	56.5	4.2	60.3	3.7	64.8	3.8	62.0	3.5
	Small metro	65.0	5.2	62.7	6.3	62.9	6.5	65.9	3.8	53.9	4.9	62.1	6.4
	Nonmetropolitan	57.1	4.1	48.7	3.0	56.8	3.2	61.4	3.3	55.1	3.1	58.0	3.2
	Micropolitan	57.1	4.4	52.7	3.8	57.2	4.1	62.3	4.2	56.3	4.2	58.9	3.9
	Noncore	56.7	7.7	42.0	3.8	56.8	4.6	60.0	5.5	54.1	4.9	56.5	6.1
Language spoken most often at home	English	62.5	1.6	60.1	1.6	60.9	1.9	64.0	1.6	62.5	1.6	63.3	1.6
Language spoken most often at home	Other	51.3	3.6	50.7	3.9	49.5	4.8	49.2	4.2	57.1	4.6	52.5	3.5
Perceived health status	Excellent/very good/good	65.0	2.0	61.8	2.0	61.3	2.2	61.4	2.0	64.8	2.1	63.6	2.0
Perceived health status	Fair/poor	54.5	2.4	55.1	2.3	57.2	2.4	64.0	2.4	57.6	2.5	60.2	2.1
Activity limitations^d	Basic activities	60.9	2.5	57.6	2.7	55.6	2.9	64.9	2.6	64.2	2.7	61.2	2.6
	Complex activities	55.5	2.9	53.9	3.0	58.2	3.0	62.1	2.8	63.5	3.0	61.1	2.9
	Neither basic nor complex activities	61.5	2.0	60.7	1.9	60.9	2.2	62.2	2.0	60.0	2.0	62.1	2.0

^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_3-1: 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_3-1.html