TABLE 1.
Prevalence* of selected socioeconomic and health indicators among four Asian communities and the U.S. general population — Racial and Ethnic Approaches to Community Health (REACH) 2010 Risk Factor Survey, 2001–2002 and Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS),2002
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REACH 2010 Risk Factor Survey |
2002 BRFSS† |
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Cambodians: Lowell, Massachusetts (n = 1,026) |
Vietnamese: Los Angeles, Orange, and Santa Clara counties, California (n = 2,658) |
Asians: national aggregate (n = 5,183) |
U.S. general population (n = 246,025) |
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| Socioeconomic indicator/Health indicator | % | (95% Cl§) | % | (95% Cl) | % | (95% Cl) | % | (95% Cl) |
| Socioeconomic indicator | ||||||||
| Education completed | ||||||||
| <High school | 56.6 | (51.2–61.8) | 29.9 | (28.0–318) | 3.8 | (2.8–5.1) | 12.3 | (12.0–12.5) |
| High school | 30.0 | (24.5–36.0) | 24.0 | (22.0–26.2) | 15.3 | (12.7–18.3) | 30.3 | (300–30.7) |
| Some college | 11.6 | (9.0–14.7) | 21.1 | (19.1–23.3) | 19.8 | (17.4–22.4) | 27.5 | (27.2–27.9) |
| College graduate | 1.9 | (1.1–3.4) | 24.9 | (22.7–27.3) | 61.1 | (57.7–64.5) | 29.9 | (29.5–30.2) |
| Annual household income <$25,000 | 57.0 | (51.2–62.6) | 54.6 | (52.1–57.1) | 22.1 | (18.9–25.6) | 30.0 | (29.6–30.3) |
| Could not visit a doctor because of the cost | 14.3 | (9.8–20.3) | 13.1 | (11.5–14.8) | 2.6 | (1.7–4.1) | 3.7 | (3.6–3.9) |
| Health indicator | ||||||||
| Obesity | 5.6 | (3.8–6.1) | 1.9 | (1.4–2.6) | 5.5 | (4.3–7.1) | 21.9 | (21.6–22.2) |
| Current smoking | ||||||||
| Men | 50.4 | (42.1–58.7) | 30.4 | (27.1–34.0) | 14.7 | (11.8–18.1) | 24.9 | (24.4–25.4) |
| Women | 10.9 | (7.3–161) | 0.9 | (0.5–1.8) | 7.3 | (5.5–9.6) | 20.4 | (20.1–20.8) |
| Eating five or more fruits and vegetables daily | 16.4 | (13.1–20.3) | 11.1 | (9.6–12.7) | 32.1 | (28.9–35.5) | 24.4 | (24.1–24.7) |
| Met physical activity recommendations | 34.6 | (29.3–0.3) | 14.3 | (12.6–16.2) | 28.1 | (252–31.2) | 33.3 | (32.9–33.8) |
| Hypertension | 17.0 | (13.9–20.6) | 18.9 | (17.3–20.6) | 20.9 | (15.5–27.7) | 26.5 | (25.9–27.1) |
| Diabetes | 5.1 | (3.6–7.0) | 5.3 | (4.3–6.5) | 7.8 | (5.8–10.3) | 7.0 | (6.8–7.2) |
| High blood cholesterol | 24.5 | (19.0–30.9) | 24.8 | (22.4–27.4) | 28.5 | (22.5–35.2) | 29.7 | (29.0–30.4) |
| Ever had blood cholesterol checked | 47.7 | (41.7–53.9) | 68.3 | (65.8–70.7) | 70.1 | (64.0–75.7) | 77.4 | (76.8–77.9) |
| Examinations in the preceding year¶ | ||||||||
| Hemoglobin A1c | 41.9 | (35.2–49.0) | 64.0 | (54.3–72.6) | 84.0 | (70.9–91.9) | 84.2 | (81.9–86.3) |
| Foot | 59.5 | (51.4–67.1) | 46.0 | (34.4–57.9) | 57.9 | (45.1–69.6) | 65.6) | (62.7–68.5 |
| Eye | 65.3 | (57.8–72.1) | 69.5 | (63.0–75.3) | 52.2 | (42.2–62.0) | 61.4 | (58.5–64.1) |
| Mammogram in the preceding 2 years** | 73.6 | (62.8–32.1) | 73.9 | (68.9–78.3) | 71.9 | (60.3–81.2) | 79.6 | (79.0–80.1) |
| Papanicolaou test in the preceding 3 years†† | 64.2 | (57.5–70.5) | 65.5 | (62.2–68.8) | 74.5 | (69.5–78.9) | 85.8 | (85.4–86.2) |
| Influenza vaccination in the preceding year§§ | 77.2 | (64.4–86.4) | 82.5 | (77.3–86.8) | 75.2 | (62.5–84.7) | 66.4 | (65.6–67.2) |
| Ever had a pneumococcal vaccination§§ | 18.8 | (3.1–37.8) | 40.0 | (33.6–46.7) | 63.4 | (49.8–75.2) | 61.8 | (61.0–62.6) |
*
Adjusted for sex and age.
†
Data from 50 states and the District of Columbia (DC); however, data on some indicators were not collected in every state and DC.
§
Confidence interval.
¶
Limited to diabetes patients.
**
Limited to women aged ≥50 years.
††
Limited to women.
§§
Limited to persons aged ≥65 years.