T4_1_5_1

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_5.1
Adults age 40 and over with diagnosed diabetes who received a flu shot in the calendar year,^a United States, 2008
		2008
Population group		Percent	SE
Total		58.2	1.7
Age	40-59	49.7	2.4
Age	60 and over	71.9	1.7
Gender	Male	57.8	2.3
Gender	Female	58.5	2.1
Race	White, single race	58.7	1.9
	Black, single race	51.8	3.0
	Asian, single race	DSU	DSU
	NHOPI, single race	DSU	DSU
	AI/AN, single race	DSU	DSU
	Multiple races	DSU	DSU
Ethnicity	Non-Hispanic, all races	59.0	1.9
	Non-Hispanic, White	59.8	2.2
	Non-Hispanic, Black	52.0	3.0
	Hispanic, all races	52.9	3.0
Family income^b	Negative/poor	56.0	3.5
	Near poor/low	56.1	3.3
	Middle	56.0	3.2
	High	62.4	2.8
Education^c	Less than high school	54.6	3.0
	High school graduate	57.4	2.8
	At least some college	61.7	2.5
Employment status, ages 18-64	Employed	53.5	2.8
Employment status, ages 18-64	Not employed	60.0	2.8
Health insurance, ages 18-64	Any private	60.6	2.6
	Public only	52.5	3.8
	Uninsured	36.7	5.8
Health insurance, age 65 and over	Medicare only	69.8	3.5
	Medicare and private	78.8	2.5
	Medicare and other public	72.0	4.1
Residence location^d	Metropolitan	58.8	1.7
	Large central metro	58.6	2.9
	Large fringe metro	60.5	3.0
	Medium metro	59.5	3.7
	Small metro	54.2	4.6
	Nonmetropolitan	55.0	4.7
	Micropolitan	55.1	5.7
	Noncore	55.2	8.0
Language spoken most often at home	English	58.6	1.8
Language spoken most often at home	Other	55.0	3.5
Perceived health status	Excellent/very good/good	58.0	2.0
Perceived health status	Fair/poor	58.4	2.6
Activity limitations^d	Basic activities	61.4	2.9
	Complex activities	62.1	3.1
	Neither basic nor complex activities	56.1	2.0
U.S. born	Yes	58.5	1.9
U.S. born	No	56.6	3.4

^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: 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.

Page last reviewed October 2014

Internet Citation: T4_1_5_1: 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_5_1.html