Table T2_2_1_2-1

2012 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports

This appendix provides detailed data tables for all measures analyzed for the 2012 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. Tables are included for measures discussed in the main text of the reports as well as for other measures that were examined but not included in the main text.

Table 2_2_1_2.1
Adults with hypertension whose blood pressure is under control,^a United States, 1999–2010
		2007–2010			2003–2006			1999–2002
Population group		Weighted size (in thousands)	Percent	SE	Weighted size (in thousands)	Percent	SE	Weighted size (in thousands)	Percent	SE
Total		64,520	45.9	2.1	60,030	36.2	2.1	55,402	29.4	1.6
Age, not age adjusted	18–39	5,907	37.0	4.0	5,691	26.4	4.1	5,508	20.9	2.6
	40–59	25,092	52.7	1.7	24,582	44.1	2.3	21,369	38.7	2.1
	60 and over	33,520	51.6	1.5	29,756	41.9	1.5	28,525	30.4	1.4
Gender	Female	33,502	55.1	2.9	30,779	44.0	4.2	30,418	35.1	3.0
Gender	Male	31,018	39.9	2.3	29,251	34.7	2.1	24,984	27.1	1.8
Ethnicity	Mexican American	3,493	32.2	2.3	2,576	27.3	2.7	2,215	16.6	3.1
	Non-Hispanic, Black	9,258	41.2	3.0	8,226	34.3	2.0	7,332	28.2	2.0
	Non-Hispanic, White	46,545	49.7	2.5	45,026	37.5	3.2	40,515	30.6	1.8
Family income^b	Negative/poor	7,220	45.2	4.0	5,757	31.0	4.0	7,129	27.9	5.2
	Near poor/low	13,761	40.5	3.0	13,271	32.1	3.8	12,160	26.3	3.6
	Middle	18,081	53.3	3.8	19,133	33.0	2.4	14,644	30.4	3.4
	High	20,840	43.8	3.0	18,871	43.7	4.4	16,212	32.2	3.5
Education, age 20 and over	Less than high school	15,045	42.6	3.9	13,095	30.0	2.8	15,174	26.0	2.7
	High school graduate	17,184	53.2	2.7	17,349	37.5	3.0	15,020	31.4	2.8
	Some college	31,526	47.8	2.2	28,818	41.1	2.5	24,313	33.1	2.3

^a Estimates are age adjusted to the 2000 U.S. standard population, except where indicated, using three age groups: 18–39, 40–59, and 60 and over. Hypertension is defined as either having elevated blood pressure (average systolic pressure of at least 140 mm Hg or average diastolic pressure of at least 90 mm Hg) or taking antihypertension medication. Blood pressure under control is defined as average systolic blood pressure less than 140 mm Hg and average diastolic blood pressure less than 90 mm Hg based on average of three measurements and taking antihypertension medication.

^b Negative/poor refers to household incomes below the Federal poverty line; near poor/low, the poverty line to just below 200 percent of the poverty line; middle, 200 percent to just below 400 percent of the poverty line; and high, 400 percent of the poverty line and over.

Key: SE: standard error.

Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics, National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey.

Page last reviewed June 2013

Internet Citation: Table T2_2_1_2-1: 2012 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. June 2013. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://archive.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr12/2_heartdiseases/T2_2_1_2-1.html