2005 National Healthcare Quality Report, Data Tables. Table 1.19a

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Table 1.19a
Percent of adults age 18 and over with diabetes who reported having a foot examination in the past year, United States, 2000 and 2002

		2002			2000
Population group		Total population (in thousands)^g	Percent	Standard error	Total population (in thousands)^g	Percent	Standard error

Total		14,015	71.7	1.2	12,608	66.4	1.7

Race^a	White	10,765	71.8	1.4	- -	- -	- -
	Black	2,368	73.1	2.6	- -	- -	- -
	American Indian/Alaska Native	DSU	DSU	DSU	- -	- -	- -
	Asian	DSU	DSU	DSU	- -	- -	- -
	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	DSU	DSU	DSU	- -	- -	- -
	Multiple races	DSU	DSU	DSU	- -	- -	- -

Ethnicity^b	Hispanic, all races	1,753	63.4	3.3	1,633	66.2	4.1
	Non-Hispanic, all races	12,262	72.9	1.3	10,975	66.4	2.0
	Non-Hispanic, White	9,093	73.5	1.6	8,415	67.9	2.4
	Non-Hispanic, Black	2,359	73.0	2.6	2,081	60.4	4.4
	Non-Hispanic, other	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU

Gender	Male	6,914	74.1	1.7	5,872	68.7	2.4
Gender	Female	7,101	69.3	1.6	6,736	64.4	2.3

Age	18-44	1,884	58.4	3.7	2,072	59.5	3.7
	45-64	6,386	73.9	1.9	5,309	66.5	2.7
	65 and over	5,745	73.6	1.9	5,227	69.1	2.6

Education^c	Less than high school	4,511	67.0	2.1	3,986	66.7	2.9
	High school graduate	4,554	72.1	2.2	4,211	64.1	2.7
	At least some college	4,808	75.4	2.1	4,245	67.4	3.1

Employment status^d	Employed	5,124	69.5	2.0	4,726	61.6	2.6
Employment status^d	Not employed	3,146	72.0	2.5	2,655	69.9	3.1

Health insurance, age 18-64	Any private	5,677	72.2	2.1	5,330	65.7	2.5
	Public only	1,570	70.7	3.2	1,213	64.7	5.4
	Uninsured	1,023	60.0	4.7	DSU	DSU	DSU

Health insurance, age 65 and over	Medicare only	1,730	68.6	3.4	1,593	68.9	4.8
	Medicare and private	3,060	77.2	2.4	2,749	69.5	3.9
	Medicare and other public	924	69.9	4.9	DSU	DSU	DSU

Family income^e	Negative or poor	1,801	68.6	3.2	1,744	61.5	4.2
	Near poor/low income	3,454	70.1	2.5	3,085	66.8	3.0
	Middle income	4,112	69.3	2.2	3,610	66.8	2.9
	High income	4,647	76.2	2.0	4,168	67.8	3.1

Residence location^f	Metropolitan-large	7,127	73.4	1.7	6,417	67.4	2.5
	Metropolitan-small	4,049	71.5	2.4	3,457	65.2	3.4
	Micropolitan	1,872	68.3	2.9	1,706	67.0	4.2
	Noncore	967	66.4	4.8	DSU	DSU	DSU

Perceived health status	Excellent, very good or good	8,038	70.4	1.8	7,588	63.3	2.3
Perceived health status	Fair or poor	5,977	73.4	1.8	5,020	71.1	2.6

^a Prior to 2002, racial categories were not directly comparable to those used for 2002 data. Thus, race data for 2000 are not shown.

^b Beginning in 2002, individuals could report multiple races. For 2002 and later years, Non-Hispanic White and Black categories exclude multiple race individuals and are not directly comparable to data from previous years.

^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 Employment status for persons age 18-64 only.

^e "Negative or poor" refers to household incomes below the Federal poverty line; "near poor/low income", over the poverty line to just below 200 percent of the poverty line; "middle income", 200 percent to just below 400 percent of the poverty line; and "high income", 400 percent of the poverty line and over.

^f See the MEPS entry in the Data Sources section of the Measures Specifications Appendix for more information.

^g Total adult diabetes population, age 18 and over. Numbers may not add to total due to missing or rounding.

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

- - Data not shown. See footnote a.

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

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