Table 2_1_6-1

2010 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports

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Table 2_1_6.1
Adults age 40 and over with diagnosed diabetes,^a United States, 2001-2004 and 2005-2008
		2005-2008				2001-2004
Priority population		Sample size	Weighted size	Percent	SE	Sample size	Weighted size	Percent	SE
Total		1,322	20,862,361	76.8	2.2	1,130	18,306,361	72.3	2.5
Age^b	40-59	416	8,659,252	80.0	3.0	334	8,483,577	72.6	4.1
Age^b	60 and over	906	12,203,108	71.6	3.4	796	9,822,784	71.8	2.7
Gender	Male	659	10,400,962	71.4	3.9	580	9,964,773	64.6	3.3
Gender	Female	663	10,461,399	82.3	3.1	550	8,341,588	82.8	2.7
Ethnicity	Mexican American	252	1,578,334	76.9	3.9	288	1,172,458	80.2	3.8
	Non-Hispanic, Black	397	3,632,270	79.4	3.3	242	2,426,929	80.6	4.8
	Non-Hispanic, White	534	13,773,489	75.8	3.9	526	12,827,988	69.1	3.4
Family income^c	Negative/poor	257	2,659,220	82.0	4.3	211	2,330,970	74.1	6.0
	Near poor/low	382	5,510,153	73.4	3.9	343	4,630,072	75.5	4.3
	Middle	338	6,015,480	76.0	5.9	284	5,219,133	70.9	6.0
	High	218	5,168,250	77.2	4.1	200	4,529,633	73.1	4.5
Education	Less than high school	562	6,054,407	80.3	3.0	492	5,445,499	74.0	2.8
	High school graduate	341	6,749,027	65.5	3.8	247	4,539,280	73.2	5.6
	Some college	417	8,051,756	82.1	3.0	387	8,233,006	71.7	4.7

^a Physican-diagnosed diabetes among people with physician-diagnosed (based on self-reported data;excludes women who reported having diabetes only during pregnancy) and undiagnosed diabetes (defined as a fasting blood glucose level of 123 mg/dL or higher). Estimates are age adjusted to the 2000 standard population using two age groups: 40 to 59 and 60 and over, except where indicated.

^b Age data are unadjusted.

^c Estimates are based on a revised definition of poverty that incorporates information on family income, size, and composition and is calculated as a percentage of the U.S. Census Bureau's poverty thresholds.� Negative or poor refers to family incomes below the Federal poverty line for a given household size and composition; near poor/low, over 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.�� Respondents with unknown poverty information were excluded.

Key: SE: standard error.

Source:� Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics, National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey.

Current as of February 2011

Internet Citation: Table 2_1_6-1: 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_6-1.html