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Table 1.28
Percent of adults age 40 and over with diagnosed diabetes with systolic blood pressure less than 140 mm Hg and diastolic blood pressure less than 80 mm Hg based on average of 3 measurements, United States, 1988-1994 and 1999-2004a
Priority population 1999-2004 1988-1994
Percent Standard error Percent Standard error
Total   56.6 2.2 54.5 2.6
Age, not age adjusted 40-59 58.2 3.4 58.0 3.9
60 and over 54.1 2.1 49.0 2.2
Gender Male 58.9 2.8 53.9 4.2
Female 54.8 3.4 56.1 3.6
Ethnicity Mexican American 56.1 2.8 48.5 3.8
Non-Hispanic, Black 45.0 3.3 39.4 3.8
Non-Hispanic, White 63.4 3.4 57.5 3.2
Family incomeb Negative/poor 53.6 4.6 48.8 6.2
Near poor/low 50.7 3.7 59.0 6.1
Middle 51.3 4.3 54.4 6.0
High 70.4 4.2 59.2 5.8
Education Less than high school 50.5 3.4 DNA DNA
High school graduate 60.7 4.2 DNA DNA
Some college 59.7 3.6 DNA DNA

a Estimates are age adjusted to the 2000 standard population, except where indicated, using 2 age groups: 40-59, 60 and over.

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.

DNA - Data have not been analyzed.

Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics, National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey.

 

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