Table 4_1_2-1

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 4_1_2.1
Adults with hypertension whose blood pressure is under control,^a United States, 2001-2004, and 2005-2008
		2005-2008				2001-2004
Population group		Sample size	Weighted size	Percent	SE	Sample size	Weighted size	Percent	SE
Total		3,617	62,599,574	41.2	2.0	3,283	55,902,908	34.4	2.2
Age	18-39	290	6,043,150	32.4	4.0	221	5,375,088	29.2	4.3
	40-59	1,053	25,103,105	48.6	1.7	901	23,075,626	39.0	2.3
	60 and over	2,274	31,453,319	46.1	1.4	2,161	27,452,194	36.9	1.3
Gender	Male	1,801	30,009,857	36.6	1.9	1,589	26,298,147	32.3	2.2
Gender	Female	1,816	32,589,716	53.0	3.3	1,694	29,604,761	40.9	3.5
Ethnicity	Mexican American	447	2,847,990	32.3	2.3	543	2,263,161	24.0	3.2
	Non-Hispanic, Black	975	8,905,211	38.6	2.3	764	7,601,187	32.2	1.8
	Non-Hispanic, White	1,860	46,379,891	44.1	2.8	1,785	41,654,350	35.4	3.3
Family income^b	Negative/poor	574	6,351,312	43.0	4.8	505	6,230,159	34.3	4.9
	Near poor/low	992	13,739,312	34.3	3.1	895	12,095,040	32.6	4.1
	Middle	988	18,680,579	42.7	3.6	890	16,626,037	30.0	3.0
	High	805	20,137,739	43.3	3.4	769	17,441,987	41.2	5.0
Education, age 20 and over	Less than high school	1,198	14,152,678	36.6	4.4	1,147	13,061,272	31.1	3.1
	High school graduate	932	17,341,303	47.5	2.7	822	15,899,970	35.9	3.1
	Some college	1,432	30,159,252	44.7	2.3	1,274	26,307,898	36.1	2.5

^a Percentages are age adjusted to the 2000 standard population, using three age groups: 18-39, 40-59, 60 and over.� Age data are unadjusted. Hypertension is defined as either having elevated blood pressure (average systolic pressure of at least 140 mm Hg or average diastolic pressure of at least 90 mm Hg) or taking antihypertension medication. Blood pressure under control is defined as average systolic blood pressure less than 140 mm Hg and average diastolic blood pressure less than 90 mm Hg based on average of three measurements and taking antihypertension medication.

^b Estimates are based on a revised definition of poverty that incorporates information on family income, size, and composition and is calculated as a percentage of the U.S. Census Bureau's poverty thresholds.� Negative or poor refers to family incomes below the Federal poverty line for a given household size and composition; 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.

Page last reviewed October 2014

Internet Citation: Table 4_1_2-1: 2010 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. October 2014. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://archive.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr10/4_heartdiseases/T4_1_2-1.html