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

From 1994 to 2010, the crude and age-adjusted percentages of adult men and women with diagnosed diabetes who reported that in general their health was fair or poor changed little. Throughout the period, both crude and age-adjusted percentages were higher among women than men. In 2010, the age-adjusted percentage was 1.2 times higher among women than men (50.4% vs. 40.6%).

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

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Year Male Female
Crude Age-Adjusted Crude Age-Adjusted
Percent Std Error Percent Std Error Percent Std Error Percent Std Error
1994 47.1 1.8 40.5 2.2 52.9 1.5 43.0 1.9
1995 46.7 1.8 43.0 2.5 52.1 1.6 45.6 2.2
1996 44.4 1.6 38.5 2.1 52.9 1.2 47.2 1.9
1997 45.2 1.5 37.8 1.9 52.0 1.2 46.0 1.8
1998 42.7 1.3 37.6 1.8 52.1 1.2 47.9 1.6
1999 42.9 1.3 40.7 2.2 51.3 1.2 46.4 1.6
2000 46.1 1.4 45.4 2.8 50.8 1.1 48.1 1.6
2001 44.2 1.1 40.7 1.6 52.8 1.0 48.1 1.4
2002 . . . . . . . .
2003 46.0 1.0 43.3 1.6 53.1 0.9 49.6 1.4
2004 44.1 1.0 41.6 1.6 53.6 0.8 49.9 1.2
2005 45.3 0.9 42.6 1.7 53.3 0.7 51.1 1.1
2006 44.5 0.9 42.1 1.6 51.8 0.7 47.4 1.2
2007 44.8 0.7 43.3 1.4 50.2 0.6 46.7 1.0
2008 42.6 0.7 38.3 1.2 50.5 0.6 48.0 1.0
2009 41.5 0.7 39.4 1.3 49.5 0.6 48.0 1.1
2010 42.3 0.6 40.6 1.2 50.2 0.5 50.4 1.0

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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Page last reviewed: September 20, 2011
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