Percent of adults age 18 and over with diagnosed diabetes with HbA1c level less than 7.0% (optimal control) and 9.0% (fair control), United States, 1988-1994 and 1999-2002a |
| 1999-2002 | 1988-1994 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hemoglobin A1c < 7.0 | Hemoglobin A1c < 9.0 | Hemoglobin A1c < 7.0 | |||||
| Priority population | Percent | Standard error | Percent | Standard error | Percent | Standard error | |
| Total | 39.8 | 4.3 | 74.1 | 5.0 | 43.2 | 4.5 | |
| Gender | Male | 40.8 | 6.2 | 66.9 | 6.5 | ||
| Female | 39.0 | 5.0 | 80.0 | 4.2 | |||
| Hispanic ethnicity | Mexican | 37.2 | 5.9 | 77.7 | 4.6 | ||
| Non-Hispanic, Black | 35.4 | 6.2 | 74.1 | 5.6 | |||
| Non-Hispanic, White | 46.8 | 6.7 | 74.9 | 6.8 | |||
| Family incomeb | Negative or poor | 32.4 | 6.0 | 66.5 | 7.5 | ||
| Near poor/low income | 42.8 | 7.6 | 79.4 | 7.6 | |||
| Middle income | * 44.7 | 9.8 | 69.9 | 8.9 | |||
| High income | * 44.0 | 9.6 | 74.9 | 10.4 | |||
a Estimates are age-adjusted to the 2000 standard population using 3 age groups: 18-39, 40-59, 60 and over.
b "Negative or poor" refers to household incomes below the Federal poverty line; "near poor/low income", over the poverty line to just below 200 percent of the poverty line; "middle income", 200 percent to just below 400 percent of the poverty line; and "high income", 400 percent of the poverty line and over.
* Data preceded by an asterisk have a relative standard error of 20-30 percent.
Source:Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics, National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey.