2007 National Healthcare Quality Report: Data Tables Appendix--Table 1.26

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Table 1.26
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 1999-2004^a

Priority population		1999-2004		1988-1994
Priority population		Percent	Standard error	Percent	Standard error
Total		48.7	2.3	41.2	3.2
Age, not age adjusted	40-59	46.2	3.1	38.1	4.6
Age, not age adjusted	60 and over	52.8	2.6	46.0	2.6
Gender	Male	46.9	3.0	44.4	3.6
Gender	Female	50.4	3.1	37.7	4.1
Ethnicity	Mexican American	33.9	2.4	34.5	2.5
	Non-Hispanic, Black	36.6	3.1	39.9	3.3
	Non-Hispanic, White	55.7	3.4	41.6	3.9
Family income^b	Negative/poor	38.3	4.2	45.9	6.2
	Near poor/low	46.1	5.0	38.9	7.0
	Middle	51.8	3.3	39.7	5.4
	High	50.7	4.9	42.2	7.3
Education	Less than high school	39.0	3.3	DNA	DNA
	High school graduate	51.0	4.8	DNA	DNA
	Some college	54.4	3.1	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.