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Table 10b: Adults with diabetes who had a hemoglobin A1c measurement in past year, by ethnicity, United States, 2001

			Non-Hispanic
	Total		All races		White		Black		Hispanic
Population group	Percent^d	SE	Percent^d	SE	Percent^d	SE	Percent^d	SE	Percent^d	SE

Total	90.0	1.2	91.0	1.3	91.4	1.5	89.3	3.2	82.6	2.9

Age
18-44	85.1	3.2	87.3	3.5	*	*	*	*	*	*
45-64	93.0	1.5	93.5	1.6	94.0	1.8	*	*	89.5	3.0
65 and over	88.6	1.9	89.7	2.0	91.2	2.1	*	*	*	*

Gender
Male	90.2	1.8	91.2	1.9	91.2	2.2	*	*	*	*
Female	89.8	1.5	90.8	1.6	91.6	1.8	88.6	3.9	82.7	3.9

Family income^a
Negative or poor	83.0	3.6	85.0	4.1	*	*	*	*	*	*
Near poor/low	90.0	2.1	91.1	2.4	91.9	3.0	*	*	*	*
Middle	90.4	2.0	91.8	2.2	90.7	2.6	*	*	*	*
High	92.0	1.9	92.0	2.0	92.9	2.0	*	*	*	*

Education^b (age 18 and over)
Less than high school graduate	87.1	2.2	88.8	2.7	88.7	3.2	*	*	81.7	3.8
High school graduate	88.7	2.1	89.5	2.2	89.8	2.3	*	*	*	*
At least some college	93.3	1.6	93.6	1.6	94.3	1.8	*	*	*	*

Insurance coverage
Under age 65
Any private	91.1	1.8	91.7	1.9	91.0	2.3	*	*	*	*
Public only	92.5	2.7	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Uninsured	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Age 65 and over
Medicare only	84.2	4.1	84.7	4.3	*	*	*	*	*	*
Medicare and private	93.0	1.9	93.2	2.0	93.7	2.1	*	*	*	*
Medicare and other public	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*

Residence location^c
Metropolitan-large	88.7	1.8	89.8	2.0	91.0	2.4	*	*	82.7	3.3
Metropolitan-small	91.5	2.1	92.4	2.2	91.6	2.6	*	*	*	*
Micropolitan	89.8	2.8	90.6	2.9	90.5	3.2	*	*	*	*
Noncore	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*

^aNegative or poor refers to household incomes below the Federal poverty line; 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.

^bLess than high school graduate 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.

^cSee MEPS entry in the Data Sources Appendix (Appendix A) for more information.

^dEstimates exclude cases where the respondent did not know whether the test was provided or a response was not ascertained by the interviewer (about one-fifth of the cases each year). Without excluding these cases, the estimated overall percent of persons who definitively had the test was 66.8 percent in 2001. These lower estimates can be interpreted as the lowest possible estimated percent having the test, while the higher estimates shown in the table assume that the estimated percent of persons with a test would be similar for sample persons without a response (if responses were obtained) as for those with a response.

^*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.

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