T4_1_4_2b

2011 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 4_1_4.2b
Adults age 40 and over with diagnosed diabetes who had their feet checked for sores or irritation in the calendar year,^a by ethnicity, United States, 2008
				Non-Hispanic
		Total		All races		White		Black		Hispanic, all races
Population group		Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total		64.3	1.6	65.9	1.8	66.8	2.3	64.8	2.8	54.6	3.0
Age	40-59	61.2	2.4	63.2	2.7	63.3	3.4	62.0	4.2	52.0	3.6
Age	60 and over	69.2	1.7	70.4	1.8	72.3	2.2	69.3	3.0	58.7	4.4
Gender	Male	64.3	2.3	66.6	2.5	68.0	2.9	64.1	4.9	50.8	5.0
Gender	Female	64.3	2.0	65.3	2.3	65.3	3.2	65.5	3.1	57.9	3.9
Family income^b	Negative/poor	59.2	3.8	60.7	4.5	61.2	6.8	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Near poor/low	66.7	3.0	69.9	3.3	71.0	5.0	71.4	4.7	54.5	5.6
	Middle	60.5	2.9	62.1	3.4	60.5	4.1	69.7	5.8	52.7	5.4
	High	67.9	2.6	68.6	2.8	71.2	3.1	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Education^c	Less than high school	56.8	2.9	56.9	4.2	52.5	5.3	67.6	6.3	56.2	3.4
	High school graduate	63.0	2.9	63.7	3.3	62.3	4.2	67.0	4.6	DSU	DSU
	At least some college	69.1	2.3	70.7	2.4	74.5	2.8	60.2	4.9	DSU	DSU
Employment status, ages 40-64	Employed	66.2	2.5	67.9	2.7	70.4	3.1	65.4	4.5	47.6	5.7
Employment status, ages 40-64	Not employed	63.0	3.2	65.7	3.6	63.7	5.0	73.7	5.0	52.5	4.6
Health insurance, ages 40-64	Any private	66.3	2.5	67.0	2.8	69.3	3.2	62.1	4.8	60.5	4.8
	Public only	63.0	3.6	66.3	4.1	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Uninsured	56.0	5.7	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Health insurance, age 65 and over	Medicare only	66.9	3.8	67.7	4.2	69.2	5.0	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Medicare and private	71.0	3.2	72.1	3.3	74.6	3.5	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Medicare and other public	69.4	4.7	71.2	5.1	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Residence location^d	Metropolitan	66.1	1.6	68.3	1.8	70.0	2.3	65.0	3.0	55.5	3.2
	Large central metro	60.0	3.0	64.3	3.7	70.3	4.4	57.3	5.0	48.4	4.0
	Large fringe metro	69.0	3.0	69.4	3.2	68.0	4.2	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Medium metro	70.9	3.2	72.6	3.4	74.4	4.6	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Small metro	66.9	4.6	66.2	5.4	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Nonmetropolitan	54.3	4.5	54.9	4.7	53.2	5.4	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Micropolitan	55.1	6.1	55.4	6.3	53.3	7.3	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Noncore	52.5	5.1	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Language spoken most often at home	English	65.4	1.8	66.0	1.9	66.8	2.3	64.8	2.8	57.4	4.9
Language spoken most often at home	Other	56.5	3.5	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	52.6	3.4
Perceived health status	Excellent/very good/good	63.3	2.1	64.6	2.3	66.1	2.8	60.5	3.7	53.6	4.3
Perceived health status	Fair/poor	66.3	2.3	68.7	2.7	68.5	3.6	72.3	4.1	54.7	3.6
Activity limitations^d	Basic activities	69.3	2.8	69.5	3.0	68.5	3.7	74.0	5.1	69.6	5.3
	Complex activities	66.9	3.0	67.9	3.2	67.1	3.9	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Neither basic nor complex activities	62.2	2.0	64.2	2.3	65.7	2.8	60.5	3.7	53.5	3.3
U.S. born	Yes	65.3	1.8	66.4	1.9	66.6	2.3	65.7	3.0	51.0	5.2
U.S. born	No	59.2	3.2	61.8	5.6	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	56.5	3.5

^a. Estimates are age adjusted to the 2000 U.S. 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 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey 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.

Page last reviewed October 2014

Internet Citation: T4_1_4_2b: 2011 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. October 2014. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://archive.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr11/4_diabetes/T4_1_4_2b.html