2005 National Healthcare Disparities Report, Appendix D: Data Tables. Table 16b

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Table 16b
Adults with diabetes who had a retinal eye examination in the past year, by ethnicity, United States, 2002

Population group		Total		Non-Hispanic						Hispanic (all races)
		Total		All races		White		Black		Hispanic (all races)
		Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total		67.6	1.3	69.0	1.3	69.9	1.6	66.7	2.9	58.1	3.1
Age	18-44	51.6	3.6	52.6	4.2	51.8	5.4	*	*	*	*
	45-64	65.0	2.0	65.7	2.2	64.9	2.6	70.3	3.6	60.2	4.1
	65 and over	76.0	1.7	77.4	1.8	79.1	2.1	69.1	4.3	61.8	5.5
Gender	Male	66.2	1.8	67.4	2.0	68.6	2.3	63.5	4.7	57.4	4.7
Gender	Female	69.1	1.7	70.6	1.9	71.3	2.3	68.6	3.5	58.7	3.8
Family income^a	Negative or poor	59.0	3.3	57.4	3.8	57.5	5.6	58.0	5.6	*	*
	Near poor/low	65.5	2.5	67.2	2.6	66.4	3.3	70.2	4.1	56.9	5.3
	Middle	65.2	2.3	68.2	2.5	68.5	3.2	*	*	49.1	5.3
	High	74.8	2.0	74.7	2.1	75.9	2.4	*	*	*	*
Education^b	Less than high school graduate	63.6	2.5	65.4	3.0	64.6	3.5	67.4	4.8	57.8	4.2
	High school graduate	70.0	2.1	70.4	2.2	71.1	2.6	65.3	4.0	*	*
	At least some college	69.8	2.2	70.9	2.3	73.1	2.6	*	*	*	*
Health insurance, age 18-64	Any private	66.7	2.1	67.1	2.3	67.3	2.6	68.4	5.0	63.6	5.2
	Public only	57.0	3.1	56.2	3.6	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Uninsured	42.7	4.6	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Health insurance, age 65 and over	Medicare only	75.8	3.3	78.4	3.5	82.4	3.8	*	*	*	*
	Medicare and private	77.7	2.3	77.9	2.4	78.4	2.6	*	*	*	*
	Medicare and other public	70.5	4.6	73.1	5.2	*	*	*	*	*	*
Residence location^c	Metropolitan-large	68.6	2.0	70.2	2.2	71.6	2.8	69.4	3.8	60.2	3.7
	Metropolitan-small	67.5	2.3	69.2	2.3	69.9	2.5	*	*	53.9	6.2
	Micropolitan	66.3	3.2	67.0	3.3	67.6	3.9	*	*	*	*
	Noncore	63.8	4.8	64.5	5.0	65.8	5.4	*	*	*	*
Preferred language	English	69.4	1.3	69.8	1.4	70.6	1.6	66.8	3.0	62.9	4.8
Preferred language	Other	53.9	3.5	*	*	*	*	*	*	55.1	4.0
Born in U.S.	Yes	68.7	1.3	69.4	1.4	70.2	1.6	66.1	3.2	59.8	4.1
Born in U.S.	No	60.5	3.4	*	*	*	*	*	*	56.5	4.6

^a Negative or 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.

^b Less than high school graduate 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.

^c See MEPS entry in the Data Sources Appendix (Appendix A) for more information.

^* Data do not meet the criteria for statistical reliability, data quality or confidentiality.

Key: SE: Standard error.

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

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