Table 2_1_2-2d

2010 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_2.2d
Adults age 40 and over with diagnosed diabetes who received a hemoglobin A1c measurement in the calendar year,^a by education,^b United States, 2007
		Total		Less than high school		High school graduate		At least some college
Population group		Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total		87.8	1.2	81.7	3.0	87.6	1.9	91.0	1.8
Age	40-59	84.7	1.9	77.3	4.6	85.1	2.9	87.4	2.8
Age	60 and over	92.9	1.0	88.7	2.2	91.7	2.3	96.8	1.2
Gender	Male	88.2	1.7	83.7	3.9	86.7	3.1	91.4	2.5
Gender	Female	87.4	1.7	79.4	4.1	88.6	2.4	90.4	2.6
Race	White, single race	88.4	1.4	80.9	3.3	89.1	2.2	91.5	2.1
	Black, single race	83.7	2.6	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Asian, single race	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	NHOPI, single race	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	AI/AN, single race	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Multiple races	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Ethnicity	Non-Hispanic, all races	89.9	1.3	83.4	3.9	88.2	2.1	93.4	1.6
	Non-Hispanic, White	91.2	1.5	82.4	4.7	90.2	2.4	94.7	1.9
	Non-Hispanic, Black	83.7	2.6	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Hispanic, all races	77.0	3.3	78.1	4.5	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Family income^c	Negative/poor	79.7	3.6	81.1	5.5	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Near poor/low	83.9	3.0	77.2	5.6	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Middle	86.0	2.5	DSU	DSU	88.7	3.2	84.8	4.8
	High	93.5	1.5	DSU	DSU	91.0	3.1	94.7	1.8
Employment status, ages 40-64	Employed	89.1	1.7	DSU	DSU	89.7	2.7	90.8	2.3
Employment status, ages 40-64	Not employed	87.7	2.0	86.7	3.7	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Health insurance, ages 40-64	Any private	91.4	1.5	DSU	DSU	90.7	2.8	93.9	1.8
	Public only	84.3	3.0	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Uninsured	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Health insurance, age 65 and over	Medicare only	86.9	3.4	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Medicare and private	96.9	1.1	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Medicare and other public	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Location of residence^d	Metropolitan	87.5	1.4	79.8	3.6	85.9	2.3	91.6	1.7
	Large central metro	81.5	2.6	75.2	5.4	DSU	DSU	85.2	3.8
	Large fringe metro	91.9	2.0	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	95.2	2.0
	Medium metro	89.0	2.3	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Small metro	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Nonmetropolitan	89.6	2.8	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Micropolitan	90.2	3.8	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Noncore	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Language spoken most often at home	English	89.0	1.3	82.1	3.8	87.7	2.0	92.7	1.7
Language spoken most often at home	Other	78.3	4.1	79.8	4.8	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Perceived health status	Excellent/very good/good	88.7	1.6	81.7	4.5	88.7	2.4	91.0	2.2
Perceived health status	Fair/poor	86.2	1.9	81.1	3.8	85.5	3.5	90.9	3.2
Activity limitations^d	Basic activities	85.4	2.2	79.3	5.4	84.0	3.7	90.9	2.8
	Complex activities	85.8	2.4	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Neither basic nor complex activities	88.9	1.5	81.1	3.8	90.2	2.3	90.7	2.2
U.S. born	Yes	89.3	1.3	83.3	3.8	87.8	2.0	92.9	1.8
U.S. born	No	79.7	3.4	78.0	4.5	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU

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

^b 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.

^c 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.

^d For more information, see the MEPS 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: Table 2_1_2-2d: 2010 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. October 2014. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://archive.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr10/2_diabetes/T2_1_2-2d.html