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Percentage of Adults with Diagnosed Diabetes Reporting Fair or Poor General Health, by Race, United States, 1994–2010

From 1994 to 2010, the crude and age-adjusted percentages of whites and blacks with diagnosed diabetes who reported that in general their health was fair or poor changed little. Throughout the period, the age-adjusted percentage was similar among whites and blacks (44.1% vs. 49.2% in 2010).

Graph showing Percentage of Adults with Diagnosed Diabetes Reporting Fair or Poor General Health, by Race, United States, 1994–2010. Links for methodology and data limitations follow this figure.

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Year White Black
Crude Age-Adjusted Crude Age-Adjusted
Percent Std Error Percent Std Error Percent Std Error Percent Std Error
1994 48.4 1.3 40.4 1.8 57.5 2.6 47.4 3.2
1995 47.3 1.3 41.4 1.8 60.0 3.5 55.5 4.0
1996 47.8 1.1 42.7 1.7 54.3 2.7 45.8 3.2
1997 46.8 1.0 39.5 1.6 57.2 2.4 52.7 2.9
1998 46.2 1.0 40.3 1.4 52.8 2.2 49.1 3.1
1999 46.4 1.0 42.4 1.6 52.2 2.2 48.4 2.8
2000 47.0 1.0 45.7 2.0 52.9 2.0 48.3 2.5
2001 46.9 0.8 41.2 1.2 52.9 2.0 51.6 2.6
2002 . . . . . . . .
2003 47.9 0.7 45.2 1.3 53.2 1.7 47.8 2.3
2004 47.2 0.7 44.2 1.2 53.4 1.7 48.7 2.0
2005 47.4 0.7 45.0 1.3 52.7 1.5 50.8 2.0
2006 46.1 0.6 41.9 1.2 50.3 1.5 47.5 2.2
2007 45.2 0.5 43.2 1.0 52.8 1.3 48.2 2.0
2008 44.8 0.5 41.9 1.0 49.3 1.3 43.7 1.8
2009 44.3 0.5 42.6 1.0 49.4 1.3 48.0 2.4
2010 44.3 0.4 44.1 1.0 50.9 1.1 49.2 1.8

Methods & Limitations

Data Source: Information came from the CDC's Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System. The data were computed by CDC's Division of Diabetes Translation personnel.


 

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