Table 1.

Distribution of the target populations by key characteristics

		US noninstitutionalized population with diagnosed diabetes, 2016	US-residing Marshallese Islanders with diagnosed diabetes*	US noninstitutionalized population with diagnosed diabetes and reporting forgone medical care, 2016	US-residing Marshallese Islanders with diagnosed diabetes and reporting forgone medical care	US noninstitutionalized population with diagnosed diabetes and reporting no usual source of care, 2016	US-residing Marshallese Islanders with diagnosed diabetes and reporting no usual source of care
		Percent	Percent	Percent	Percent	Percent	Percent
Total		10.8%	*	14.6%	73.5%	6.6%	76.8
Age	18–44 years	12.0	30.6	21.1	28.5	27.6	35.9
	45–54 years	17.1	29.4	24.6	26.9	20.2	30.3
	55–64 years	27.3	25.5	32.6	28.5	30.0	21.5
	65 and older	43.6	14.5	21.7	16.1	22.1	12.3
Insurance Status	Insured	92.7	66.7	74.5	23.4	65.2	24.3
	Not insured	7.3	33.3	25.5	76.6	34.8	75.7
Marital status	Married	53.2	67.8	48.2	68.8	43.6	70.8
	Not married	46.8	32.2	51.8	31.2	56.4	29.2
Employment	Employed for wages	32.6	36.5	35.1	31.2	41.9	37.4
	Not employed	67.4	63.5	64.9	68.8	58.1	62.6
Sex	Male	50.1	41.2	45.6	36.0	58.1	40.0
	Female	49.9	58.8	54.4	64.0	41.9	60.0
Education	Did not graduate High School	22.4	58.8	33.4	60.8	36.6	56.4
	Graduated High School	77.6	41.2	66.6	39.2	63.4	43.6
Race/ethnicity	Hispanic	17.0	N/A	28.3	N/A	34.7	N/A
	Other	1.9	N/A	2.1	N/A	2.3	N/A
	American Indian or Alaska Native	1.4	N/A	1.9	N/A	3.2	N/A
	Asian	4.3	N/A	3.7	N/A	3.0	N/A
	Black or African American	15.5	N/A	16.7	N/A	16.2	N/A
	White	60.1	N/A	47.3	N/A	40.7	N/A
Census region	South	41.6	N/A	51.1	N/A	48.8	N/A
	North	16.8	N/A	13.3	N/A	10.4	N/A
	Midwest	20.3	N/A	16.7	N/A	14.0	N/A
	Western/Pacific	21.3	N/A	18.8	N/A	26.9	N/A

^*Sample of the largest population of Marshallese Islanders residing in the USA, not necessarily nationally representative