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2011 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.

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Adults age 40 and over with diagnosed diabetes who received two or more hemoglobin A1c measurements in the calendar year,^a United States, 2002-2008
		2008		2007		2006		2005		2004		2003		2002
Population group		Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total		72.0	1.8	75.0	1.6	76.8	1.6	76.6	1.5	76.9	1.7	75.3	1.6	80.7	1.4
Age	40-59	69.8	2.6	71.8	2.4	73.1	2.4	72.9	2.3	75.4	2.2	72.0	2.4	81.7	1.9
Age	60 and over	75.6	1.8	80.1	1.8	82.8	1.7	82.5	1.7	79.2	2.0	80.5	1.7	79.2	1.7
Gender	Male	72.5	2.3	77.1	2.2	75.2	2.5	74.9	2.2	76.9	2.3	76.4	2.2	80.9	1.9
Gender	Female	71.6	2.5	72.5	2.3	78.4	1.9	78.1	1.9	76.8	2.3	73.9	2.5	80.7	2.0
Race	White, single race	73.5	2.1	75.6	1.8	77.0	1.8	76.7	1.8	77.5	1.8	74.8	1.9	80.1	1.6
	Black, single race	68.9	3.6	74.6	3.1	76.4	3.4	82.6	2.9	74.7	4.4	75.4	4.0	81.5	3.4
	Asian, single race	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	NHOPI, single race	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	AI/AN, single race	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Multiple races	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Ethnicity	Non-Hispanic, all races	73.5	2.0	77.0	1.7	77.0	1.8	76.9	1.6	77.6	1.8	76.2	1.8	81.2	1.6
	Non-Hispanic, White	75.8	2.4	78.4	2.0	77.2	2.1	77.3	1.9	78.7	2.0	76.1	2.1	80.6	1.9
	Non-Hispanic, Black	69.0	3.5	74.5	3.1	76.4	3.4	82.4	2.9	74.8	4.5	75.3	4.1	81.3	3.4
	Hispanic, all races	63.6	3.1	63.8	3.8	78.0	2.8	75.2	3.2	72.3	3.5	69.7	3.6	77.6	2.8
Family income^b	Negative/poor	68.7	4.2	68.3	4.4	74.8	3.6	77.7	3.4	75.7	4.5	73.8	4.4	83.9	3.3
	Near poor/low	68.3	4.0	71.1	3.8	74.5	3.1	69.9	3.8	75.5	4.1	75.2	3.3	81.6	3.1
	Middle	70.5	3.1	74.6	3.0	79.1	2.3	77.1	2.7	75.9	2.6	72.4	3.3	77.6	2.5
	High	76.1	3.0	79.4	2.6	76.7	2.9	78.6	2.4	78.6	2.4	78.1	2.5	81.7	2.4
Education^c	Less than high school	62.3	3.4	69.5	3.4	77.1	2.6	79.6	2.6	76.4	2.8	73.9	2.8	77.0	2.8
	High school graduate	72.6	3.1	74.4	2.6	78.4	2.5	76.3	2.8	75.5	3.1	74.4	2.6	81.9	2.1
	At least some college	75.6	2.6	77.6	2.5	76.9	2.5	76.1	2.4	78.1	2.4	77.4	2.9	82.0	2.1
Employment status, ages 18-64	Employed	71.5	2.6	75.9	2.4	74.8	2.5	74.3	3.1	77.1	2.6	76.2	2.9	78.6	2.6
Employment status, ages 18-64	Not employed	71.6	3.4	78.0	2.6	81.2	2.3	80.5	2.5	75.0	2.9	75.8	3.0	84.2	2.3
Health insurance, ages 18-64	Any private	73.2	2.7	79.0	2.2	79.1	2.1	78.7	2.4	77.2	2.3	76.4	2.8	81.9	2.0
	Public only	72.9	4.2	75.9	3.7	76.3	3.3	80.8	2.9	81.5	4.0	77.0	3.2	81.1	4.2
	Uninsured	56.8	6.3	62.6	5.5	69.4	6.0	65.2	5.6	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	73.8	5.0
Health insurance, age 65 and over	Medicare only	72.6	3.8	73.3	4.2	84.1	3.4	80.2	3.6	80.9	4.3	76.5	4.1	79.0	3.6
	Medicare and private	78.2	3.3	81.8	2.9	80.4	3.1	85.2	2.7	77.1	3.1	80.4	2.8	79.0	2.9
	Medicare and other public	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	83.0	3.4	73.6	5.3	88.9	4.0	85.9	4.2	83.2	4.1
Residence location^d	Metropolitan	71.7	1.9	74.6	1.8	76.5	1.8	76.6	1.7	76.4	1.8	74.6	1.9	80.8	1.6
	Large central metro	66.9	3.1	71.3	2.8	74.0	2.9	78.4	2.6	77.3	2.6	73.1	3.0	79.0	2.7
	Large fringe metro	71.1	3.3	77.5	3.2	77.0	3.1	74.1	4.0	79.8	3.4	76.5	3.6	84.9	2.4
	Medium metro	74.7	4.0	74.9	3.3	77.8	3.6	76.4	2.8	75.6	4.0	77.3	3.8	77.3	3.4
	Small metro	79.3	4.1	DSU	DSU	80.7	5.0	77.8	5.4	70.3	5.0	72.3	6.1	85.8	3.3
	Nonmetropolitan	72.8	4.8	76.9	3.8	78.4	3.3	76.5	3.1	78.8	3.9	77.7	3.3	80.6	2.7
	Micropolitan	75.9	5.5	77.2	4.8	83.6	2.9	83.8	3.7	79.0	4.5	81.2	4.5	80.0	3.6
	Noncore	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	69.4	6.8	66.8	4.7	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Language spoken most often at home	English	74.0	2.0	76.3	1.7	77.4	1.7	76.3	1.6	76.8	1.8	76.1	1.8	81.2	1.5
Language spoken most often at home	Other	58.3	4.0	64.6	4.5	73.0	3.7	79.4	3.9	77.9	4.3	69.8	4.3	77.7	4.0
Perceived health status	Excellent/very good/good	72.0	2.3	74.6	2.1	75.2	2.0	73.5	2.1	76.0	2.1	71.7	2.2	79.1	1.8
Perceived health status	Fair/poor	72.3	2.7	75.6	2.6	79.8	2.1	81.8	2.0	78.3	2.4	80.7	2.2	83.1	2.0
Activity limitations^d	Basic activities	75.7	3.4	71.7	2.9	81.5	2.2	80.3	2.2	78.5	2.7	79.1	2.5	83.3	2.3
	Complex activities	79.0	3.5	77.1	3.1	80.5	2.5	84.2	2.3	79.8	2.9	80.2	2.8	83.4	2.8
	Neither basic nor complex activities	70.0	2.1	75.6	2.0	74.4	2.1	74.7	2.2	76.3	1.9	72.4	2.3	78.6	1.8
U.S. born	Yes	74.0	2.1	76.5	1.7	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	76.0	1.8	82.0	1.5
U.S. born	No	63.1	3.6	66.9	3.6	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	72.7	3.8	73.2	4.1

^a. Estimates are age adjusted to the 2000 U.S. standard population 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, 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.

^c. 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.

^d. For more information, see the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey entry in Appendix B: Detailed Methods.

DNC - Data not collected.

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: T4_1_2_1: 2011 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. October 2014. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://archive.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr11/4_diabetes/T4_1_2_1.html