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Table 20b
Adults age 40 and over with diabetes who had a hemoglobin A1c measurement in past year,a by ethnicity, United States, 2004
Population group Total Non-Hispanic Hispanic, all races
All races White Black
Percent SE Percent SE Percent SE Percent SE Percent SE
Total   91.5 1.0 92.7 1.1 93.5 1.2 88.2 3.2 83.7 2.7
Age, not age adjusted 40-59 90.7 1.4 92.2 1.5 93.0 1.8 * * 81.3 4.3
60 and over 92.8 1.0 93.4 1.1 94.2 1.1 88.4 3.6 87.6 3.6
Gender Male 91.0 1.5 92.2 1.6 93.9 1.6 * * * *
Female 91.8 1.3 93.1 1.4 93.1 1.8 93.3 2.5 84.1 3.6
Family incomeb Negative/poor 87.1 3.2 87.5 3.7 * * * * * *
Near poor/low 92.2 1.7 94.7 1.4 95.8 1.6 * * * *
Middle 90.5 1.9 90.9 2.1 91.3 2.6 * * * *
High 93.4 1.6 94.7 1.5 95.2 1.7 * * * *
Educationc Less than high school 87.5 2.1 91.1 2.2 90.1 3.1 * * 80.2 4.2
High school graduate 91.3 2.1 91.5 2.2 93.5 2.2 * * * *
At least some college 94.1 1.4 94.6 1.4 94.9 1.6 * * * *
Health insurance, ages 40-64 Any private 92.8 1.3 93.5 1.3 94.6 1.5 * * * *
Public only 89.8 2.5 90.0 3.0 * * * * * *
Uninsured * * * * * * * * * *
Health insurance, age 65 and over Medicare only 92.7 2.2 93.8 2.2 * * * * * *
Medicare and private 92.4 1.8 93.7 1.6 93.7 1.7 * * * *
Medicare and other public 96.5 1.4 * * * * * * * *
Residence locationd Metropolitan-large 91.2 1.3 93.0 1.6 93.6 1.9 91.9 3.5 82.9 3.3
Metropolitan-small 90.2 1.8 91.2 1.9 92.7 2.2 * * * *
Micropolitan 93.1 2.7 92.8 3.0 93.0 3.1 * * * *
Noncore * * * * * * * * * *
Language spoken most often at home English 91.6 1.1 92.4 1.1 93.4 1.2 88.2 3.2 80.5 4.0
Other 90.4 3.1 * * * * * * 87.3 3.9
Activity limitationsd Basic activities 92.0 1.6 92.3 1.8 94.5 1.7 * * * *
Complex activities 92.2 1.9 91.8 2.1 93.9 2.1 * * * *
Neither basic nor complex activities 90.9 1.3 92.5 1.5 92.6 1.7 * * 82.4 3.5

a Estimates are age adjusted to the 2000 standard population with two age-groups: 40-59, 60 and over, 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.

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 For more information, see the MEPS entry in Appendix A, Data Sources.

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

Key: SE: standard error.

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

 
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