Table 2.
Health care outcomes by race/ethnicity
| Parameter | DENVER HEALTH | BRFSS (CO)b | HP 2010 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black | Hispanic | White | Other/unknown | Total | |||||||
| % (n) | Nat’l avgc | % (n) | Nat’l avgc | % (n) | Nat’l avgc | % (n) | % (n) | Nat’l avgc | % (n) | Percent | |
| Preventive care: cancer screening | |||||||||||
| If female, was there at least one PAP smear done in the last three years? (n = 3,100) | 79.4 (478) | 83 | 87.8 (1,692) | 74 | 74.5 (363) | 79 | 83.3 (70) | 84.0 (2,603) | 79 | 82.7 (3,069) | 90.0 |
| If female (52–69 years), was there at least one mammogram in the last 2 years? (n = 1,182) | 72.1 (191) | 66 | 76.1 (439) | 61 | 73.0 (195) | 67 | 69.8 (30) | 74.2 (855) | 67 | 93.1 (975) | 70.0d |
| Chronic care: hypertension (n = 1,759) | |||||||||||
| If hypertensive, is blood pressure under control? | 52.4 (258) | – | 51.1 (399) | – | 53.2 (224) | – | 40.0 (26) | 51.6 (907) | 2726 | –e | 50.0 |
| Chronic care: Diabetic Treatment (n = 860) | |||||||||||
| Lipid profile in the last 2 years? | 73.0 (130) | – | 76.5 (371) | – | 75.9 (101) | – | 73.3 (22) | 75.5 (624) | – | –e | –e |
| If yes to LDL, was it <130 mg/dl? | 44.4 (56) | – | 49.8 (171) | – | 48.9 (45) | – | 50.0 (9) | 48.5 (281) | – | –e | –e |
| Urine Protein or Serum Creatinine? | 95.5 (169) | – | 94.9 (467) | – | 90.4 (122) | – | 83.9 (26) | 93.9 (784) | – | –e | –e |
| HbA1c obtained in last 12 months? | 71.0 (127) | – | 79.8 (382) | – | 76.5 (104) | – | 63.3 (19) | 76.7 (632) | – | –e | 50.0 |
| Is there an ophthalmology encounter in the last 12 months in the chart? | 41.3 (71) | – | 57.0 (272) | – | 59.5 (78) | – | 34.5 (10) | 53.2 (431) | – | –e | –e |
| Has an eye exam been ordered in the last 12 months? | 65.9 (114) | – | 79.1 (372) | – | 75.6 (99) | – | 54.8 (17) | 74.8 (602) | – | –e | 75.0 |
| Have the patient’s feet been examined in the last 12 months? | 78.5 (139) | – | 85.0 (401) | – | 82.9 (107) | – | 66.7 (20) | 82.5 (667) | – | –e | 75.0 |
The n for each question indicates the sample size of the patients that were either hypertensive, female in the appropriate age group, or diabetic. A person could be counted in more than one question. For instance, a 55-year-old woman could also be a diabetic.
bSource: Colorado Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS). Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, Health Statistics Section. 1999–2001.
cSource: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Cancer. In: Healthy People 2010. 2nd ed. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 2000.
dWomen 40 years and older
eData not tracked