Table 30 Percent of adults age 40 and overa with diagnosed diabetes whose hemoglobin A1c level was less than 7.0% (optimal control), United States, 1999-2004 |
Priority population |
Percent |
SE |
Total |
|
48.7 |
2.3 |
Age, not age adjusted |
40-59 |
46.2 |
3.1 |
60 and over |
52.8 |
2.6 |
Gender |
Male |
46.9 |
3.0 |
Female |
50.4 |
3.1 |
Ethnicity |
Mexican American |
33.9 |
2.4 |
Non-Hispanic, Black |
36.6 |
3.1 |
Non-Hispanic, White |
55.7 |
3.4 |
Family incomeb |
Negative/poor |
38.3 |
4.2 |
Near poor/low |
46.1 |
5.0 |
Middle |
51.8 |
3.3 |
High |
50.7 |
4.9 |
Education |
Less than high school |
39.0 |
3.3 |
|
High school graduate |
51.0 |
4.8 |
|
Some college |
54.4 |
3.1 |
a Estimates are age adjusted to the 2000 standard population, 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.
Key: SE: standard error.
Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics, National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey.