2005 National Healthcare Quality Report, Data Tables. Table 1.15

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Table 1.15
Percent of adults age 18 and over with diabetes who had at least one hemoglobin A1c test, a retinal eye examination, and a foot examination in the past year, United States, 2000 and 2002

		2002			2000
Population group		Total population (in thousands)^g	Percent^h	Standard error	Total population (in thousands)^g	Percent^h	Standard error

Total		14,015	52.7	1.6	12,608	48.2	2.0

Race^a	White	10,765	52.4	1.8	- -	- -	- -
	Black	2,368	54.1	3.6	- -	- -	- -
	American Indian/Alaska Native	DSU	DSU	DSU	- -	- -	- -
	Asian	DSU	DSU	DSU	- -	- -	- -
	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	DSU	DSU	DSU	- -	- -	- -
	Multiple races	DSU	DSU	DSU	- -	- -	- -

Ethnicity^b	Hispanic, all races	1,753	37.9	3.4	1,633	44.3	5.0
	Non-Hispanic, all races	12,262	54.7	1.7	10,975	48.8	2.2
	Non-Hispanic, White	9,093	55.1	1.9	8,415	50.0	2.7
	Non-Hispanic, Black	2,359	54.1	3.7	2,081	42.3	5.8
	Non-Hispanic, other	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU

Gender	Male	6,914	53.5	2.4	5,872	52.6	3.3
Gender	Female	7,101	52.0	2.1	6,736	44.3	2.3

Age	18-44	1,884	36.3	4.1	2,072	41.6	4.5
	45-64	6,386	52.8	2.1	5,309	48.2	3.5
	65 and over	5,745	58.6	2.4	5,227	51.6	3.2

Education^c	Less than high school	4,511	46.2	2.9	3,986	46.8	3.0
	High school graduate	4,554	53.9	2.5	4,211	42.4	3.6
	At least some college	4,808	57.4	2.7	4,245	54.5	2.9

Employment status^d	Employed	5,124	48.7	2.4	4,726	43.7	3.4
Employment status^d	Not employed	3,146	49.2	3.2	2,655	51.2	3.9

Health insurance, age 18-64	Any private	5,677	54.1	2.3	5,330	47.7	3.1
	Public only	1,570	46.0	4.6	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Uninsured	1,023	24.0	4.5	DSU	DSU	DSU

Health insurance, age 65 and over	Medicare only	1,730	56.8	4.1	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Medicare and private	3,060	59.3	3.4	2,749	47.7	4.8
	Medicare and other public	924	58.7	5.6	DSU	DSU	DSU

Family income^e	Negative or poor	1,801	45.6	4.4	1,744	39.8	4.4
	Near poor/low income	3,454	46.6	3.4	3,085	45.8	4.0
	Middle income	4,112	50.3	2.7	3,610	49.2	3.9
	High income	4,647	61.1	2.6	4,168	52.0	4.0

Residence location^f	Metropolitan-large	7,127	55.1	2.7	6,417	50.4	2.7
	Metropolitan-small	4,049	53.5	2.7	3,457	44.2	3.6
	Micropolitan	1,872	46.2	4.5	1,706	48.9	5.7
	Noncore	967	44.5	7.0	DSU	DSU	DSU

Perceived health status	Excellent, very good or good	8,038	54.2	2.1	7,588	46.7	2.3
Perceived health status	Fair or poor	5,977	50.5	2.4	5,020	50.7	3.5

^a Prior to 2002, racial categories were not directly comparable to those used for 2002 data. Thus, race data for 2000 are not shown.

^b Beginning in 2002, individuals could report multiple races. For 2002 and later years, Non-Hispanic White and Black categories exclude multiple race individuals and are not directly comparable to data from previous years.

^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 Employment status for persons age 18-64 only.

^e "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.

^f See the MEPS entry in the Data Sources section of the Measures Specifications Appendix for more information.

^g Total adult diabetes population, age 18 and over. Numbers may not add to total due to missing or rounding.

^h Estimates exclude cases where the respondent did not know whether the tests were provided or a response was not ascertained by the interviewer.

DSU - Data do not meet the criteria for statistical reliability, data quality or confidentiality.

- - Data not shown. See footnote a.

Source:Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends, Medical Expenditure Panel Survey.

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