TABLE 1.
Sociodemographic and Clinical Characteristics of the SEARCH for Diabetes in Youth Study Quality-of-Care Survey Sample, According to Diabetes Type and Age
| Characteristic | Type 1 Diabetes |
Type 2 Diabetes |
Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3–11 y | 12–17 y | ≥18 y | 12–17 y | ≥18 y | ||
| N | 392 | 533 | 363 | 74 | 152 | 1514 |
| Age, mean ± SD, y | 8.9 ± 2.2 | 15.2 ± 1.7 | 21.2 ± 2.3 | 15.8 ± 1.5 | 21.9 ± 2.5 | 15.7 ± 5.2 |
| Gender, n (%) | ||||||
| Female | 201 (51) | 270 (51) | 182 (50) | 50 (68) | 97 (64) | 800 (53) |
| Male | 191 (49) | 263 (49) | 181 (40) | 24 (32) | 55 (36) | 714 (47) |
| Race/ethnicity, n (%) | ||||||
| Non-Hispanic white | 278 (71) | 292 (55) | 131 (36) | 11 (15) | 10 (7) | 722 (48) |
| Black | 39 (10) | 89 (17) | 76 (21) | 35 (47) | 66 (43) | 305 (20) |
| Hispanic | 46 (12) | 110 (21) | 114 (31) | 20 (27) | 29 (19) | 319 (21) |
| Other | 29 (7) | 42 (8) | 42 (12) | 8 (11) | 47 (31) | 168 (11) |
| Annual family income, n (%) | ||||||
| Below $25 000 | 49 (13) | 91 (17) | 57 (17) | 27 (36) | 56 (38) | 280 (19) |
| $25 000–$49 000 | 67 (17) | 90 (17) | 61 (18) | 22 (30) | 30 (20) | 270 (18) |
| $50 000–$74 000 | 78 (20) | 102 (19) | 44 (13) | 7 (9) | 5 (3) | 236 (16) |
| Above $75 000 | 175 (46) | 213 (40) | 68 (20) | 4 (5) | 10 (7) | 470 (32) |
| Do not know/refused to answer | 15 (4) | 31 (6) | 112 (33) | 14 (19) | 48 (32) | 220 (15) |
| Family composition, n (%) | ||||||
| 1-parent household | 74 (19) | 156 (31) | 123 (37) | 49 (71) | 72 (56) | 474 (33) |
| 2-parent household | 311 (81) | 350 (69) | 207 (63) | 20 (29) | 56 (44) | 944 (67) |
| Type of insurance, n (%) | ||||||
| Private | 296 (77) | 401 (76) | 214 (60) | 29 (40) | 59 (39) | 999 (67) |
| Medicaid/Medicare | 79 (20) | 113 (21) | 66 (19) | 41 (56) | 47 (31) | 346 (23) |
| Other | 7 (2) | 6 (1) | 44 (12) | 2 (3) | 16 (11) | 75 (5) |
| None | 4 (1) | 8 (2) | 32 (9) | 1 (1) | 28 (19) | 73 (5) |
| Continuously insured in past 12 mo, n (%) | ||||||
| No | 17 (4) | 25 (5) | 59 (16) | 9 (12) | 48 (32) | 158 (11) |
| Yes | 370 (96) | 498 (95) | 300 (84) | 64 (88) | 103 (68) | 1335 (89) |
| Diabetes care provider, n (%) | ||||||
| Pediatric endocrinologist | 270 (70) | 385 (73) | 87 (24) | 60 (81) | 23 (15) | 825 (55) |
| Adult endocrinologist | 3 (1) | 26 (5) | 160 (45) | 0 (0) | 25 (17) | 214 (14) |
| Generalist | 12 (3) | 25 (5) | 60 (17) | 8 (11) | 56 (37) | 161 (11) |
| Nurse practitioner/physician assistant | 94 (24) | 85 (16) | 34 (10) | 5 (7) | 16 (11) | 234 (16) |
| Other | 6 (2) | 9 (2) | 16 (4) | 1 (1) | 30 (20) | 62 (4) |
| Duration of diabetes, mean ± SD, mo | 45.5 ± 19.5 | 68.9 ± 43.3 | 121.5 ± 61.4 | 42.6 ± 11.9 | 86.6 ± 34.8 | 75.9 ± 51.1 |