2007 National Healthcare Quality Report: Data Tables Appendix--Table 1.27

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Table 1.27
Percent of adults age 40 and over with diagnosed diabetes whose total cholesterol was less than 200 mg/dL, United States, 1988-1994 and 1999-2004^a

Priority population		1999-2004		1988-1994
Priority population		Percent	Standard error	Percent	Standard error
Total		48.2	2.0	29.9	2.3
Age, not age adjusted	40-59	44.5	3.0	27.0	3.7
Age, not age adjusted	60 and over	54.2	2.1	34.6	2.4
Gender	Male	50.4	3.1	38.7	3.9
Gender	Female	46.2	3.4	22.5	2.3
Ethnicity	Mexican American	49.8	3.3	35.5	3.0
	Non-Hispanic, Black	52.0	3.1	33.7	3.4
	Non-Hispanic, White	47.0	2.6	28.2	2.9
Family income^b	Negative/poor	42.4	4.0	41.1	4.7
	Near poor/low	45.0	3.2	DSU	DSU
	Middle	52.0	3.3	25.8	3.6
	High	51.8	4.5	DSU	DSU
Education	Less than high school	49.9	3.2	DNA	DNA
	High school graduate	41.8	4.9	DNA	DNA
	Some college	50.7	3.3	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.

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

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