Table 2.

Sociodemographic and health profile of racial/ethnic and nativity groups (column percentages, n=4208), National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES), 2003–2004

	Non-Hispanic White, U.S.-born	Non-Hispanic White, immigrant	Non-Hispanic Black	Hispanic, U.S.-born	Hispanic, immigrant	P- value
	(n=3,010)	(n=183)	(n=501)	(n=208)	(n=306)
Gender						0.100
Male	48.6	50.3	45.2	45.1	54.1
Female	51.5	49.7	54.8	54.9	45.9
Age group (years)						0.000
<30	20.6	23.9	28.4	40.0	30.1
30–44	30.7	25.7	34.4	29.2	40.7
45–64	33.4	33.1	28.7	23.6	23.9
65+	15.3	17.2	8.6	7.2	5.3
Interview language						0.000
English	100.0	100.0	99.9	96.8	40.9
Spanish	0.0	0.0	0.1	3.3	59.1
Educational attainment						0.000
Less than high school	10.0	12.0	27.3	27.6	53.0
High school diploma	28.5	20.9	26.2	30.1	19.4
More than high school	61.6	67.1	46.5	42.3	27.6
Poverty income ratio						0.000
Low income	23.7	31.1	44.7	42.2	47.2
Moderate income	38.0	34.5	34.2	34.1	39.7
High income	38.3	34.4	21.2	23.7	13.1
Smoking status at home						0.000
Someone smokes	20.7	14.4	28.1	17.1	6.8
No-one smokes	79.3	85.6	72.0	82.9	93.2
Self rated general health						0.000
Excellent to good	86.8	90.1	76.9	80.8	71.6
Fair, poor	13.2	9.9	23.1	19.2	28.5
Access to dental care						0.000
Able to access care	81.8	75.0	73.4	72.8	60.5
Unable to access care	18.2	25.0	26.6	27.2	39.5
Remaining teeth						0.049
<20	14.2	14.6	16.2	7.1	12.5
20–24	15.1	14.9	14.4	10.3	9.0
25–27	21.8	27.3	17.9	20.7	18.2
28+	49.0	43.3	51.5	61.9	60.4