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National Healthcare Disparities Report, 2007

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Table 23c
Adults age 40 and over with diabetes who had a foot examination in past year,a by family income, United States, 2004
Population group Total Family incomeb
Negative/poor Near poor/low Middle High
Percent SE Percent SE Percent SE Percent SE Percent SE
Total   71.5 1.6 74.7 3.1 63.3 3.6 69.1 2.9 76.2 2.9
Age, not age adjusted 40-59 71.4 2.3 76.0 4.2 60.4 5.5 66.8 4.2 77.9 4.1
60 and over 71.7 1.7 72.6 4.1 67.9 3.6 72.9 3.0 73.6 3.2
Gender Male 71.5 2.2 * * 62.5 5.3 72.1 4.0 74.2 3.5
Female 71.6 2.3 78.3 3.2 64.1 4.5 66.4 4.0 79.4 4.4
Race White, single race 71.8 1.9 76.8 3.7 62.8 4.6 68.0 3.3 77.0 3.3
Black, single race 74.7 3.4 * * * * * * * *
Asian, single race * * * * * * * * * *
NHOPI, single race * * * * * * * * * *
AI/AN, single race * * * * * * * * * *
Multiple races * * * * * * * * * *
Ethnicity Non-Hispanic, all races 71.5 1.8 75.2 3.5 62.4 4.1 67.7 3.3 76.7 3.0
Non-Hispanic, White 71.9 2.2 78.5 4.6 60.8 5.6 66.3 3.9 77.5 3.5
Non-Hispanic, Black 75.0 3.5 * * * * * * * *
Hispanic 71.4 3.3 * * * * * * * *
Educationc Less than high school 67.1 2.7 75.6 4.1 56.4 5.6 66.6 5.4 * *
High school graduate 69.7 3.0 * * 69.6 5.5 66.1 4.7 72.7 6.2
At least some college 76.7 2.5 * * * * 76.3 5.3 78.6 3.1
Health insurance, ages 40-64 Any private 72.1 2.8 * * * * 67.4 4.6 76.0 4.0
Public only 73.6 4.0 78.8 5.7 * * * * * *
Uninsured * * * * * * * * * *
Health insurance, age 65 and over Medicare only 67.2 3.9 * * * * * * * *
Medicare and private 73.1 2.9 * * * * 77.1 4.2 * *
Medicare and other public 72.1 4.4 * * * * * * * *
Residence locationd Metropolitan-large 73.5 2.3 76.8 5.0 57.1 5.2 77.5 4.1 78.3 4.0
Metropolitan-small 70.9 2.6 78.9 4.5 * * 65.5 5.0 * *
Micropolitan 68.9 4.3 * * * * * * * *
Noncore 65.7 6.4 * * * * * * * *
Language spoken most often at home English 72.2 1.7 75.4 3.3 62.4 4.1 70.3 3.1 76.4 3.0
Other 65.6 4.6 * * * * * * * *
Activity limitationsd Basic activities 74.6 2.4 75.3 4.2 68.9 5.4 71.2 5.1 83.7 3.8
Complex activities 75.6 2.3 76.5 4.4 69.0 5.4 71.2 5.3 * *
Neither basic nor complex activities 70.1 2.2 70.7 5.9 60.1 4.8 69.1 3.5 74.2 3.5

a Estimates are age adjusted to the 2000 standard population with two age-groups: 40-59, 60 and over, except where indicated.

b Negative/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.

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 A, Data Sources.

* 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.

 

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