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Baseline: 42 percent of adults aged 18 years and older with diabetes performed self-blood-glucose-monitoring at least once daily (mean of data from 39 States in 1998; age adjusted to the year 2000 standard population).

Data source: Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS), CDC, NCCDPHP.

Adults Aged 18 Years and Older With Diabetes, 1998	Daily Self-Blood- Glucose-Monitoring
Adults Aged 18 Years and Older With Diabetes, 1998	Percent
TOTAL	42
Race and ethnicity
American Indian or Alaska Native	53
Asian or Pacific Islander	30
Asian	DNC
Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander	DNC
Black or African American	40
White	43

Hispanic or Latino	36
Not Hispanic or Latino	43
Black or African American	37
White	45
Gender
Female	43
Male	41
Education level (aged 25 years and older)
Less than high school	38
High school graduate	41
At least some college	44
Select populations
Age groups (not age adjusted)
18 to 44 years	43
45 to 64 years	41
65 to 74 years	44
75 years and older	38

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.


5-17.		Increase the proportion of adults with diabetes who perform self-blood-glucose-monitoring at least once daily.