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Disparities Data Details D-5.1 by Race and Ethnicity for 2013-16

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Disparities Details by Race and Ethnicity for 2013-16
D-5.1 : Persons with diagnosed diabetes whose A1c value is greater than 9% (age adjusted, percent, 18+ years)
This chart compares rates by population.

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2020 Baseline (year): 18.0 (2005–08)
2020 Target: 16.2 1, 3
Desired Direction: ↓ Decrease Desired
2009-12
2013-16
Data Source: National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES), CDC/NCHS
Error Bar (I) represents the 95% confidence interval.
Additional footnotes may apply to these data. Please refer to footnotes below the data table for further information.
See also Disparities Overview by Race and Ethnicity for D-5.1

D-5.1 Reduce the proportion of persons with diabetes with an A1c value greater than 9 percent

Persons with diagnosed diabetes whose A1c value is greater than 9% (age adjusted, percent, 18+ years)

2020 Baseline (year): 18.0 (2005–08)
2020 Target: 16.2 1, 3
Desired Direction: ↓ Decrease Desired
Spotlight on Disparities:
Race and Ethnicity 2013-16 Disparity
White only, not Hispanic or Latino 11.0
CI 7.1/16.6
SE 2.263		 ÷ 1.000
Best rate
Black or African American only, not Hispanic or Latino 24.3
CI 17.3/33.1
SE 3.805		 ÷ 2.216
CI
1.000/ 3.392
Mexican American 29.1
CI 19.5/41.0
SE 5.176		 ÷ 2.651
CI
1.000/ 4.148
Average group rate excluding best group rate 26.7
...
SE 6.424 		÷ 2.434
CI 1.000/ 4.097

Data are subject to revision and may have changed since a previous release.

Unless noted otherwise, any age-adjusted data are adjusted using the year 2000 standard population.

Data are not available or not collected for populations not shown.

CI: 95% confidence interval.
Summary measures of health disparities by Race and Ethnicity — 2013-16
  • The best group rate for this objective, 11.0% (age adjusted), was attained by White only, not Hispanic or Latino persons.
  • The worst group rate for this objective, 29.1% (age adjusted), was attained by Mexican American persons.
  • The absolute difference (or range) between the best and worst group rates was 18.1 percentage points.
  • The worst group rate was 2.651 times the best group rate.
  • The average rate for all other race/ethnicity groups (excluding the best), 26.7% (age adjusted), was 2.434 times the best group rate.
Detailed measures of health disparities by Race and Ethnicity — 2013-16

White only, not Hispanic or Latino persons achieved the best group rate for this objective, 11.0% (age adjusted).

  • The rate for the Black or African American only, not Hispanic or Latino population was 2.216 times the best group rate.
  • The rate for the Mexican American population was 2.651 times the best group rate.
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