Table 2_1_7-1

2008 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 2_1_7.1
Adults age 40 and over with diabetes whose condition was diagnosed, United States, 1999–2002 and 2003–2006^a
Population group		2003–2006		1999–2002
Population group		Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total		76.8	2.7	68.8	2.7
Age, not age adjusted	40–59	78.6	3.8	66.7	4.8
Age, not age adjusted	60 and over	73.9	3.5	72.2	3.0
Gender	Male	69.4	4.1	63.8	3.6
Gender	Female	84.9	2.6	76.3	4.3
Ethnicity	Mexican American	85.4	3.5	75.9	4.5
	Non-Hispanic, Black	82.5	3.6	77.1	5.3
	Non-Hispanic, White	73.5	4.0	62.2	3.7
Family income^b	Negative/poor	89.1	4.1	67.4	5.9
	Near poor/low	75.3	4.1	72.7	5.6
	Middle	73.0	5.6	72.3	7.0
	High	78.8	4.7	64.4	3.6
Education	Less than high school	80.3	3.6	69.8	3.6
	High school graduate	71.8	5.1	67.8	6.6
	Some college	78.2	4.5	68.7	5.3

^a Estimates are age adjusted to the 2000 standard population, except where indicated, 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, 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.

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 September 2009

Internet Citation: Table 2_1_7-1: 2008 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. September 2009. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://archive.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr08/2_diabetes/T2_1_7-1.html