Table 2_1_3-2d

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_3.2d
Adults age 40 and over with diagnosed diabetes who received a dilated eye examination 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		61.3	1.5	54.1	2.8	58.7	2.6	67.8	2.5
Age	40-59	55.0	2.4	47.7	4.2	51.1	4.1	61.9	3.7
Age	60 and over	71.5	1.6	64.5	3.0	70.8	3.1	77.4	2.6
Gender	Male	61.0	2.1	52.6	4.2	57.4	3.7	68.6	3.5
Gender	Female	61.7	2.3	55.5	3.6	60.2	3.9	66.7	3.7
Race	White, single race	61.0	1.9	54.2	3.1	56.8	3.2	68.5	3.0
	Black, single race	63.3	3.0	54.3	7.5	65.6	4.8	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	63.2	1.7	55.3	3.8	60.0	2.9	69.2	2.7
	Non-Hispanic, White	63.5	2.2	55.8	4.5	58.5	3.7	70.3	3.3
	Non-Hispanic, Black	62.7	3.0	54.0	7.5	64.4	4.8	DSU	DSU
	Hispanic, all races	52.0	3.3	51.7	4.1	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Family income^c	Negative/poor	53.8	3.5	49.2	5.1	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Near poor/low	53.3	3.3	50.6	4.9	55.9	6.1	DSU	DSU
	Middle	57.2	3.1	56.2	5.8	51.2	4.4	65.5	4.8
	High	71.4	2.7	DSU	DSU	71.3	4.3	72.2	3.5
Employment status, ages 40-64	Employed	59.8	2.9	56.4	5.5	52.6	5.5	65.8	3.7
Employment status, ages 40-64	Not employed	58.6	2.7	56.8	4.5	57.9	4.8	61.4	5.5
Health insurance, ages 40-64	Any private	62.8	2.5	DSU	DSU	60.2	4.2	66.4	3.5
	Public only	56.6	4.1	53.6	5.9	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Uninsured	44.6	5.9	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Health insurance, age 65 and over	Medicare only	65.3	4.0	51.3	5.7	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Medicare and private	76.9	2.6	DSU	DSU	75.1	4.2	80.8	3.9
	Medicare and other public	75.9	3.6	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Location of residence^d	Metropolitan	62.3	1.6	55.0	3.4	59.6	2.8	67.9	2.6
	Large central metro	61.7	2.6	49.7	4.3	65.0	4.5	66.7	4.4
	Large fringe metro	64.6	3.3	DSU	DSU	65.0	5.9	66.8	4.8
	Medium metro	60.0	3.5	60.4	6.6	50.6	5.5	68.6	5.0
	Small metro	64.5	5.3	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Nonmetropolitan	57.5	4.1	52.0	4.6	55.5	6.5	DSU	DSU
	Micropolitan	57.7	4.4	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Noncore	57.0	7.6	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Language spoken most often at home	English	62.8	1.6	56.0	3.4	59.0	2.8	69.0	2.6
Language spoken most often at home	Other	51.6	3.7	49.4	4.6	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Perceived health status	Excellent/very good/good	65.4	2.0	57.8	4.4	61.2	3.3	72.1	3.0
Perceived health status	Fair/poor	54.7	2.4	50.1	3.5	54.3	4.1	59.4	4.4
Activity limitations^d	Basic activities	61.1	2.5	56.7	5.0	60.5	4.4	65.7	4.2
	Complex activities	55.4	2.9	53.8	5.4	49.3	5.6	63.4	5.0
	Neither basic nor complex activities	61.8	2.0	52.0	3.7	57.4	3.3	69.2	3.1
U.S. born	Yes	62.9	1.7	56.4	3.6	58.9	2.8	69.8	2.7
U.S. born	No	52.9	3.4	50.4	4.3	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_3-2d: 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_3-2d.html