2007 National Healthcare Disparities Report: Data Tables Appendix--Table 31

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Table 31
Percent of adults age 40 and over^a with diagnosed diabetes whose total cholesterol was less than 200 mg/dL, United States, 1999-2004

Priority population		Percent	SE
Total		48.2	2.0
Age, not age adjusted	40-59	44.5	3.0
Age, not age adjusted	60 and over	54.2	2.1
Gender	Male	50.4	3.1
Gender	Female	46.2	3.4
Ethnicity	Mexican American	49.8	3.3
	Non-Hispanic, Black	52.0	3.1
	Non-Hispanic, White	47.0	2.6
Family income^b	Negative/poor	42.4	4.0
	Near poor/low	45.0	3.2
	Middle	52.0	3.3
	High	51.8	4.5
Education	Less than high school	49.9	3.2
	High school graduate	41.8	4.9
	Some college	50.7	3.3

^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.