2007 National Healthcare Disparities Report: Data Tables Appendix--Table 30

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Table 30
Percent of adults age 40 and over^a with diagnosed diabetes whose hemoglobin A1c level was less than 7.0% (optimal control), United States, 1999-2004

Priority population		Percent	SE
Total		48.7	2.3
Age, not age adjusted	40-59	46.2	3.1
Age, not age adjusted	60 and over	52.8	2.6
Gender	Male	46.9	3.0
Gender	Female	50.4	3.1
Ethnicity	Mexican American	33.9	2.4
	Non-Hispanic, Black	36.6	3.1
	Non-Hispanic, White	55.7	3.4
Family income^b	Negative/poor	38.3	4.2
	Near poor/low	46.1	5.0
	Middle	51.8	3.3
	High	50.7	4.9
Education	Less than high school	39.0	3.3
	High school graduate	51.0	4.8
	Some college	54.4	3.1

^a Estimates are age adjusted to the 2000 standard population, except where indicated.
^b Negative/poor refers to household incomes below the Federal poverty line; 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.