Table C.2. Percent of non-institutionalized adults over age 18 saying they were diagnosed with diabetes who reported having important tests in the past year (or two years in one case), by national population subgroup, United States, 2000

Population Subgroup		HbA1c testa		Lipid profile in past two years		Retinal eye examination		Foot examination		Influenza immunization
Population group	Population total	Percentd	Standard error	Percentd	Standard error	Percentd	Standard error	Percentd	Standard error	Percentd	Standard error
Total	12,608,034	89.85	1.27	94.32	0.87	66.51	1.76	66.40	1.73	54.79	2.20
Race
White	9,900,291	90.35	1.36	94.06	0.92	66.71	2.04	67.60	2.06	57.38	2.31
Black	2,168,837	85.08	3.92	94.94	1.61	64.30	4.63	60.36	4.11	42.90	4.79
Asian/Pacific Islander	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Aleut/Eskimo/American Indian	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Hispanic ethnicity
Hispanic	1,633,326	85.72	3.17	91.22	2.12	58.34	4.33	66.19	4.06	46.58	3.61
Non-Hispanic	10,974,708	90.49	1.32	94.78	0.89	67.71	1.88	66.43	1.99	56.00	2.46
Ethnicity
Non-Hispanic, White	8,414,743	91.07	1.42	94.62	0.95	67.79	2.25	67.88	2.37	59.18	2.55
Non-Hispanic, Black	2,080,623	86.00	3.67	94.76	1.67	65.75	4.67	60.40	4.36	43.41	4.86
Non-Hispanic, Other	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Gender
Male	5,872,199	90.04	1.81	95.57	1.08	69.18	2.72	68.67	2.39	56.64	2.93
Female	6,735,836	89.68	1.79	93.22	1.19	64.17	2.16	64.40	2.29	53.18	2.64
Age
18-44	2,072,046	83.41	3.92	87.63	3.47	53.81	4.90	59.45	3.73	29.94	4.77
45-64	5,308,843	92.28	1.63	94.82	1.21	66.05	2.78	66.54	2.74	48.70	2.85
65 and over	5,227,145	90.24	1.99	96.46	1.07	72.10	2.58	69.13	2.60	70.82	2.88
Educationb
Less than high school (<12 years )	3,985,853	87.26	2.51	93.74	1.48	63.73	2.76	66.69	2.88	54.05	3.25
High school graduate (=12 years)	4,210,763	89.81	2.29	94.56	1.35	60.99	3.37	64.08	2.72	51.65	2.82
At least some college (>12 years)	4,245,485	92.02	1.73	95.09	1.44	74.48	2.46	67.44	3.05	58.39	4.03
Employment statusc
Employed	4,812,613	87.44	1.97	93.70	1.41	60.24	3.30	62.07	2.76	42.37	3.36
Not employed	2,537,705	94.29	2.18	91.01	2.10	67.17	3.45	70.13	2.99	46.04	3.55
Insurance
Age 18-64
Any private	5,329,710	90.78	1.85	94.04	1.28	62.92	3.00	65.69	2.54	44.52	3.10
Public only	DSU	DSU	DSU	88.67	3.62	68.27	4.33	64.73	5.38	42.96	5.37
Uninsured	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Age 65 and over
Medicare only	DSU	DSU	DSU	95.60	1.72	76.68	4.68	68.87	4.82	65.15	5.82
Medicare and private	2,749,323	91.40	2.58	97.79	1.09	71.29	3.82	69.48	3.94	75.96	3.79
Medicare and other public	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
No insurance/private only	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Family income
Negative or poor(<100% of poverty level)	1,778,855	86.81	3.39	86.69	2.94	63.44	3.44	60.28	4.33	48.12	5.26
Near poor/low income(100-<200% of poverty level)	3,021,438	88.85	2.83	93.95	1.61	64.43	3.47	68.18	3.15	57.57	3.72
Middle income(200-<400% of poverty level)	3,722,916	90.14	2.13	94.08	1.41	60.94	3.75	65.41	2.80	51.26	3.78
High income(>=400% of poverty level)	4,084,825	91.41	2.19	98.00	0.89	74.49	2.60	68.66	2.95	58.75	3.19
MSA status
MSA	9,671,403	89.54	1.54	94.80	0.99	67.19	2.04	67.24	1.99	54.86	2.60
Non-MSA	2,936,632	90.91	2.28	92.74	1.41	64.27	3.18	63.61	3.35	54.55	3.91
Perceived health status
Excellent/very good/good	7,588,200	90.22	1.48	94.91	1.17	68.02	1.93	63.32	2.35	53.87	2.44
Fair/poor	5,019,834	89.22	2.15	93.42	1.21	64.22	2.99	71.12	2.64	56.20	3.04

^a See page preceding page for a discussion of the differences in denominators for BRFSS data and MEPS data
^b Persons 18 and over with unknown education status not included.
^c Employment status for persons 18-64 only.
^d For all values, RSE < 30 percent.

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

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

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