National Healthcare Quality Report, 2006: Table 1.22

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Table 1.22
Percent of adults age 40 and over with diagnosed diabetes whose hemoglobin A1c level was less than 7.0% (optimal control), United States, 1988-1994 and 1999-2002^a
		1999-2002		1988-1994
Priority population		Percent	Standard error	Percent	Standard error
Total		45.5	2.6	41.2	3.2
Age, not age adjusted	40-59	45.0	3.6	38.1	4.6
Age, not age adjusted	60 and over	46.2	3.3	46.0	2.6
Gender	Female	47.3	3.6	37.7	4.1
Gender	Male	43.4	3.4	44.4	3.6
Hispanic ethnicity	Mexican	34.3	2.8	34.5	2.5
	Non-Hispanic, Black	35.2	3.7	39.9	3.3
	Non-Hispanic, White	51.8	4.0	41.6	3.9
Family income^b	Negative/poor	35.6	4.5	45.9	6.2
	Near poor/low	45.0	5.6	38.9	7.0
	Middle	47.1	4.8	39.7	5.4
	High	48.5	5.3	42.2	7.3

^a Estimates are age adjusted to the 2000 standard population 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.

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

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