TABLE 3—
Prevalence Rates and Relative Odds of Various Health and Health Care Service Use Measures, by Household Telephone Status: United States, January 2004–June 2005
| Adults in Households With Only Wireless Telephones (n = 3472 Adults) | Adults in Households With No Telephone Service (n = 1180 Adults) | ||||
| Adults in Households With Landline Telephones (n = 41 605 Adults), % (95% CI)a | % (95% CI) | OR (95% CI)b | % (95% CI) | OR (95% CI)b | |
| Health-related behaviors | |||||
| 5 or more alcoholic drinks in 1 day at least once in past year | 18.0 (17.4, 18.5) | 37.6 (35.4, 39.9) | 1.71 (1.53, 1.91)c | 23.0 (19.8, 26.3) | 1.22 (1.00, 1.49) |
| Current smoker | 19.7 (19.2, 20.2) | 32.9 (30.9, 35.0) | 1.43 (1.28, 1.59)c | 36.9 (33.4, 40.3) | 1.36 (1.15, 1.61)c |
| Engaged in regular leisure-time physical activity | 30.5 (29.8, 31.1) | 34.7 (32.2, 37.1) | 1.11 (1.00, 1.24) | 20.0 (16.6, 23.4) | 0.85 (0.69, 1.04) |
| Health status | |||||
| Health status described as excellent or very good | 61.4 (60.8, 62.1) | 66.3 (64.4, 68.3) | 0.91 (0.83, 1.01) | 49.2 (45.3, 53.0) | 0.91 (0.77, 1.07) |
| Experienced serious psychological distress in past 30 days | 2.8 (2.6, 3.0) | 4.4 (3.6, 5.1) | 1.29 (1.02, 1.62)c | 7.8 (5.9, 9.6) | 1.13 (0.85, 1.49) |
| Obese (adults aged 20 years or older) | 25.0 (24.4, 25.5) | 23.1 (21.2, 25.1) | 1.00 (0.90, 1.12) | 23.3 (20.4, 26.1) | 0.76 (0.65, 0.90)c |
| Asthma episode in past 12 mo | 3.7 (3.5, 3.9) | 3.7 (3.0, 4.3) | 0.90 (0.71, 1.13) | 4.8 (3.4, 6.2) | 1.06 (0.76, 1.47) |
| Ever diagnosed with diabetes | 7.4 (7.1, 7.7) | 3.0 (2.3, 3.7) | 0.74 (0.58, 0.94)c | 5.2 (3.8, 6.5) | 0.57 (0.43, 0.77)c |
| Health care service use | |||||
| Has usual place to go for medical care | 85.8 (85.3, 86.3) | 67.4 (65.5, 69.3) | 0.71 (0.64, 0.79)c | 63.9 (60.3, 67.5) | 0.71 (0.60, 0.86)c |
| Received influenza vaccine during past 12 mo | 27.7 (27.2, 28.2) | 14.2 (12.8, 15.7) | 0.79 (0.70, 0.90)c | 12.2 (10.1, 14.3) | 0.58 (0.47, 0.71)c |
| Ever received pneumococcal vaccination | 17.3 (16.9, 17.8) | 7.9 (6.8, 8.9) | 0.93 (0.77, 1.11) | 7.3 (5.6, 9.0) | 0.53 (0.40, 0.71)c |
| Ever been tested for HIV | 34.1 (33.4, 34.8) | 44.7 (42.5, 46.9) | 1.23 (1.12, 1.35)c | 37.7 (34.1, 41.3) | 0.96 (0.82, 1.12) |
| Failed to obtain needed medical care in past 12 mo because of financial barriers | 6.5 (6.2, 6.8) | 13.4 (12.0, 14.8) | 1.42 (1.23, 1.64)c | 14.8 (12.5, 17.1) | 1.05 (0.85, 1.29) |
| Currently uninsured | 14.8 (14.3, 15.3) | 31.1 (29.1, 33.1) | 1.37 (1.23, 1.52)c | 43.9 (40.3, 47.5) | 1.59 (1.34, 1.90)c |
Note. CI = confidence interval; OR = odds ratio.
Source. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics. National Health Interview Survey, 2004–2005.
aIncludes adults in households that also have wireless telephone service.
bOdds ratios were adjusted for the variables in Table 2 ▶. Adults with landline telephone service were the referent group.
cThis confidence interval does not include 1.00 and indicates a statistically significant odds ratio, P < .05.