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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 Aug 8.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Health Promot. 2021 Dec 5;36(3):429–439. doi: 10.1177/08901171211056130

Table 2.

Prevalence Rates of Attending A Past-Year Checkup by Health Risk Behaviors (N = 246 801), 2018 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System.

Rates of attending a past-year checkup (95% confidence interval)
Unadjusted Adjusted

Drinking status
 Non-drinking 75.2 (74.7–75.8) 74.3 (73.8–74.9)
 Non-at-risk drinking 73.2 (72.6–73.8) 72.3 (71.7–72.9)
 At-risk drinking 65.7 (64.9–66.5) 69.3 (68.6–70.1)
Smoking status
 Non-smoking 73.8 (73.4–74.3) 74.1 (73.6–74.5)
 Former smoking 74.9 (74.2–75.7) 73.5 (72.8–74.3)
 Current smoking 65.1 (64.2–65.9) 65.5 (64.6–66.4)
Multiple health risk behaviorsa
 One behaviorb 72.2 (71.7–72.7) 71.6 (71.1–72.1)
 Current smoking + non-at-risk drinking 65.6 (63.9–67.3) 66.0 (64.3–67.7)
 Current smoking + at-risk drinking 58.0 (56.3–59.6) 63.1 (61.6–64.6)

Note: Adjusted rates are adjusted for for sociodemographic characteristics and number of chronic health conditions.

a

Among those who engaged in non-at-risk drinking, at-risk drinking, or current smoking.

b

Engagement in one behavior refers to engaging in only one of the following behaviors: at-risk drinking, non-risk drinking, or current smoking.