5-13

Baseline: 47 percent of adults aged 18 years and older with diabetes had an annual dilated eye examination in 1998 (age adjusted to the year 2000 standard population).

Adults Aged 18 Years and Older With Diabetes, 1998	Annual Dilated Eye Examination
Adults Aged 18 Years and Older With Diabetes, 1998	Percent
TOTAL	47
Race and ethnicity
American Indian or Alaska Native	DSU
Asian or Pacific Islander	DSU
Asian	DSU
Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander	DSU
Black or African American	43
White	49

Hispanic or Latino	38
Not Hispanic or Latino	49
Black or African American	43
White	51
Gender
Female	46
Male	47
Education level (aged 25 years and older)
Less than high school	36
High school graduate	45
At least some college	61
Select populations
Age groups (not age adjusted)
18 to 44 years	44
45 to 64 years	51
65 to 74 years	58
75 years and older	60

DNA = Data have not been analyzed. DNC = Data are not collected. DSU = Data are statistically unreliable.
Note: Age adjusted to the year 2000 standard population.


5-13.		Increase the proportion of adults with diabetes who have an annual dilated eye examination.