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2011 National Healthcare Quality & Disparities Reports
Data Tables Appendix

Table 2_1_1.1
Adults who received a blood pressure measurement in the last 2 years and can state whether their blood pressure was normal or high,a United States, 1998, 2003, and 2008
    2008 2003 1998
Population group Percent SE Percent SE Percent SE
Total   92.9 0.2 90.4 0.2 90.1 0.2
Age 18-44 91.6 0.3 88.0 0.3 88.8 0.3
45-64 93.6 0.3 92.4 0.3 91.5 0.3
65 and over 95.4 0.3 94.3 0.4 92.1 0.4
Race AI/AN only 92.6 2.4 89.1 3.0 DNC DNC
Asian only 94.1 0.7 87.1 1.4 DNC DNC
NHOPI only  DSU DSU DSU DSU DNC DNC
Black only 93.4 0.5 92.0 0.5 DNC DNC
White only 92.7 0.2 90.3 0.3 DNC DNC
Multiple races 89.8 2.5 89.4 1.9 DNA DNA
Ethnicity Hispanic, all races 89.0 0.7 83.2 0.7 83.6 0.7
Non-Hispanic, all races 93.5 0.2 91.7 0.2 91.0 0.2
  Non-Hispanic, Black 93.5 0.5 92.1 0.5 DNC DNC
  Non-Hispanic, White 93.6 0.3 91.9 0.3 DNC DNC
Gender Male 90.6 0.4 87.7 0.3 87.5 0.3
Female 94.9 0.2 93.0 0.2 92.7 0.3
Health insurance,b ages 18-64 Private 94.8 0.3 92.6 0.3 92.2 0.3
Public only 94.2 0.6 93.1 0.5 91.7 0.7
Uninsured 82.0 0.8 77.6 0.7 77.3 0.8
Health insurance, age 65 and over Medicare and private 97.0 0.4 95.1 0.4 93.4 0.5
Medicare and public 93.4 1.2 94.8 0.9 90.1 1.2
Medicare only 93.2 0.8 91.7 0.9 89.0 0.9
Family incomec Negative/poor 89.7 0.7 85.9 0.7 85.1 0.7
Near poor/low 89.5 0.6 87.1 0.6 86.6 0.6
Middle 92.8 0.4 90.2 0.5 90.0 0.4
High 95.0 0.4 93.2 0.4 93.4 0.3
Education Less than high school 87.7 0.8 82.9 0.7 83.7 0.7
High school graduate 91.3 0.5 90.8 0.4 89.6 0.4
At least some college 94.9 0.2 93.7 0.2 92.9 0.3
Location of residenced Metropolitan 93.0 0.2 DNA DNA DNA DNA
  Large central metro 91.6 0.5 DNA DNA DNA DNA
  Large fringe metro 94.3 0.4 DNA DNA DNA DNA
  Medium metro 93.6 0.4 DNA DNA DNA DNA
  Small metro 92.5 0.6 DNA DNA DNA DNA
Micropolitan (nonmetropolitan) 91.6 0.5 DNA DNA DNA DNA
Noncore (nonmetropolitan) 93.0 0.8 DNA DNA DNA DNA
Activity limitationsd Basic activities 94.4 0.7 DNA DNA DNA DNA
Complex activities 94.6 0.6 DNA DNA DNA DNA
Neither basic nor complex activities 92.7 0.2 DNA DNA DNA DNA

a. Estimates are age adjusted to the 2000 U.S. standard population. Age data and health insurance data for age 65 and over are unadjusted.

b. A small number of people who were covered by both public and private health insurance plans were included in the "private" category only.

c. Negative/poor refers to family incomes below the Federal poverty line; near poor/low, 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.

d. For more information, see the National Health Interview Survey entry in Appendix A, Data Sources.

DNA - Data have not been analyzed.

DNC - Data have not been collected.

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

Key: AI/AN: American Indian or Alaska Native; NHOPI: Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander; SE: standard error.

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

 
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