Table 2_1_4-2d

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_4.2d
Adults age 40 and over with diagnosed diabetes who had their feet checked for sores or irritation 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		66.8	1.7	63.9	3.0	63.1	2.7	71.8	2.5
Age	40-59	64.8	2.4	62.0	4.4	60.3	3.7	69.9	3.7
Age	60 and over	70.2	1.7	67.0	3.3	67.6	3.4	74.8	3.0
Gender	Male	66.9	2.3	64.4	4.4	62.3	3.8	72.3	3.5
Gender	Female	67.1	2.1	63.7	3.7	65.2	3.7	71.2	3.3
Race	White, single race	66.4	1.9	62.2	3.4	62.7	3.1	71.7	2.9
	Black, single race	70.9	3.1	76.0	6.0	65.1	6.0	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	67.4	1.9	64.7	4.0	64.0	2.9	71.7	2.6
	Non-Hispanic, White	67.1	2.2	62.0	4.9	64.0	3.4	71.6	3.1
	Non-Hispanic, Black	70.3	3.1	75.8	6.0	63.9	6.1	DSU	DSU
	Hispanic, all races	63.4	3.6	63.3	4.5	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Family income^c	Negative/poor	64.8	3.5	69.1	4.5	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Near poor/low	61.8	3.6	62.4	5.1	58.4	6.1	DSU	DSU
	Middle	62.0	3.0	59.6	5.7	65.4	4.3	59.4	5.3
	High	74.2	2.5	DSU	DSU	68.1	4.2	77.9	3.2
Employment status, ages 40-64	Employed	65.9	2.9	54.0	6.7	63.2	5.3	71.7	3.6
Employment status, ages 40-64	Not employed	71.1	2.7	75.6	3.7	65.8	5.0	73.5	4.7
Health insurance, ages 40-64	Any private	67.4	2.6	DSU	DSU	64.3	4.3	72.1	3.2
	Public only	77.4	3.6	80.5	4.3	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Uninsured	51.9	5.9	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Health insurance, age 65 and over	Medicare only	72.0	3.2	68.7	5.4	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Medicare and private	66.9	3.0	DSU	DSU	66.2	5.1	71.4	4.7
	Medicare and other public	71.1	4.5	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Location of residence^d	Metropolitan	67.3	1.9	62.5	3.5	64.6	3.1	71.5	2.5
	Large central metro	63.3	3.0	65.1	4.5	58.1	5.3	65.8	4.4
	Large fringe metro	70.4	3.5	DSU	DSU	72.5	5.7	73.4	4.3
	Medium metro	68.0	3.6	59.9	6.5	65.7	5.9	72.8	5.6
	Small metro	70.9	5.1	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Nonmetropolitan	65.1	4.0	68.3	4.8	57.9	5.4	DSU	DSU
	Micropolitan	67.6	4.6	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Noncore	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Language spoken most often at home	English	67.6	1.8	65.8	3.7	64.3	2.7	71.5	2.6
Language spoken most often at home	Other	61.8	3.8	60.6	4.9	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Perceived health status	Excellent/very good/good	64.3	2.2	60.8	4.9	58.5	3.5	70.9	3.0
Perceived health status	Fair/poor	70.9	2.2	67.0	3.6	71.6	4.2	73.0	4.0
Activity limitations^d	Basic activities	68.6	2.7	73.9	4.4	64.7	4.4	68.6	4.6
	Complex activities	72.7	2.9	78.7	4.1	69.0	5.2	71.9	4.8
	Neither basic nor complex activities	64.8	2.2	53.6	4.4	61.6	3.5	72.4	3.0
U.S. born	Yes	67.2	1.8	66.2	3.9	63.5	2.8	71.4	2.6
U.S. born	No	64.7	3.5	59.8	4.7	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_4-2d: 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_4-2d.html