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. 2013 Oct 22;2013:627412. doi: 10.1155/2013/627412

Table 5.

Prevalence and adjusted odds of disability and lack of health insurance among US adults aged 18+ years in 48 ethnic immigrant groups: the 2008–2010 American Community Survey (N = 7,013,939).

Ethnic immigrant group Disability No health insurance
Prevalence Adjusted odds ratio1 Prevalence Adjusted odds ratio1
% SE OR 95% CI % SE OR 95% CI
Non-Hispanic White, US-born 16.16 0.02 1.00 Reference 11.67 0.01 1.00 Reference
Non-Hispanic White, immigrant 13.75 0.08 0.68 0.67 0.69 15.02 0.07 1.78 1.75 1.81
Mexican, US-born 12.40 0.07 0.92 0.91 0.94 28.53 0.09 1.61 1.59 1.62
Mexican, immigrant 8.07 0.06 0.44 0.43 0.45 57.26 0.10 4.51 4.47 4.56
Puerto Rican, US-born 17.56 0.15 1.07 1.04 1.09 19.25 0.14 0.92 0.90 0.94
Puerto Rican, immigrant 15.18 1.09 0.61 0.51 0.73 28.87 1.29 1.82 1.57 2.10
Cuban, US-born 9.19 0.28 0.99 0.92 1.06 20.24 0.37 1.27 1.20 1.34
Cuban, immigrant 18.08 0.25 0.70 0.67 0.72 29.93 0.27 3.29 3.18 3.40
Central/South American, US-born 6.38 0.16 0.80 0.76 0.84 27.22 0.27 1.46 1.41 1.50
Central/South American, immigrant 8.22 0.09 0.52 0.51 0.53 44.47 0.14 3.61 3.56 3.66
Other Hispanics, US-born 17.69 0.21 1.19 1.16 1.23 20.25 0.20 1.28 1.24 1.32
Other Hispanics, immigrant 12.10 0.38 0.64 0.59 0.68 28.60 0.48 2.38 2.25 2.53
Non-Hispanic Black, US-born 18.96 0.05 1.03 1.02 1.04 22.29 0.05 1.13 1.12 1.14
Non-Hispanic Black, immigrant 8.46 0.12 0.58 0.57 0.60 26.62 0.17 1.99 1.95 2.03
American Indian/AN 22.03 0.19 1.32 1.29 1.35 32.73 0.21 2.20 2.15 2.25
Asian Indian, US-born 4.00 0.26 0.63 0.55 0.72 12.33 0.42 0.88 0.80 0.96
Asian Indian, immigrant 5.77 0.11 0.59 0.57 0.62 13.61 0.15 1.83 1.77 1.88
Chinese, US-born 5.49 0.20 0.59 0.55 0.64 9.93 0.24 0.77 0.72 0.81
Chinese, immigrant 7.33 0.11 0.41 0.39 0.42 16.40 0.14 1.72 1.68 1.76
Filipino, US-born 6.52 0.23 0.79 0.73 0.85 12.66 0.29 0.94 0.88 0.99
Filipino, immigrant 9.94 0.14 0.77 0.74 0.79 11.74 0.14 1.53 1.48 1.58
Japanese, US-born 14.77 0.33 0.87 0.83 0.92 5.24 0.18 0.68 0.62 0.74
Japanese, immigrant 7.51 0.30 0.41 0.38 0.44 10.02 0.30 1.25 1.15 1.35
Korean, US-born 5.20 0.34 0.61 0.54 0.69 20.11 0.55 1.50 1.38 1.62
Korean, immigrant 6.80 0.16 0.41 0.39 0.44 28.06 0.27 4.06 3.94 4.20
Vietnamese, US-born 5.29 0.36 0.70 0.61 0.80 25.18 0.67 1.58 1.46 1.70
Vietnamese, immigrant 10.25 0.19 0.57 0.54 0.59 22.34 0.24 1.76 1.70 1.82
Cambodian, US-born 5.43 0.76 0.69 0.51 0.92 35.22 1.56 1.44 1.24 1.67
Cambodian, immigrant 15.29 0.63 0.73 0.65 0.81 22.39 0.70 1.31 1.20 1.44
Bangladeshi, US-born 4.74 2.17 0.53 0.20 1.38 14.77 3.91 1.10 0.65 1.87
Bangladeshi, immigrant 6.74 0.62 0.53 0.43 0.66 28.14 1.08 2.37 2.10 2.67
Pakistani, US-born 5.04 0.79 0.64 0.43 0.95 22.23 1.62 1.59 1.30 1.94
Pakistani, immigrant 6.99 0.36 0.57 0.51 0.64 30.29 0.62 3.26 3.04 3.50
Hmong, US-born 4.28 0.65 0.59 0.43 0.82 26.57 1.44 1.15 0.99 1.34
Hmong, immigrant 14.37 0.83 0.74 0.64 0.85 18.40 0.88 0.81 0.71 0.92
Laotian, US-born 4.97 0.90 0.71 0.51 1.00 33.07 1.80 1.53 1.29 1.82
Laotian, immigrant 12.33 0.66 0.69 0.61 0.78 17.67 0.72 1.05 0.94 1.17
Thai, US-born 3.45 0.85 0.56 0.35 0.90 22.97 1.84 1.53 1.22 1.94
Thai, immigrant 6.77 0.46 0.43 0.37 0.50 24.13 0.72 2.48 2.26 2.73
Other Asians, US-born 5.98 0.38 0.68 0.59 0.77 13.49 0.51 0.83 0.75 0.92
Other Asians, immigrant 7.04 0.24 0.53 0.49 0.57 21.04 0.36 1.73 1.64 1.82
Native Hawaiian 15.17 0.65 1.06 0.96 1.17 13.90 0.59 0.88 0.79 0.98
Samoan 13.49 0.91 1.04 0.88 1.23 21.38 1.05 0.98 0.86 1.13
Guamanian 11.02 0.92 0.99 0.82 1.19 19.23 1.04 1.08 0.92 1.27
Other Pacific Islanders, US-born 8.44 1.27 0.79 0.57 1.08 24.61 1.87 1.22 0.98 1.51
Other Pacific Islanders, immigrant 12.61 1.29 0.64 0.49 0.83 25.01 1.62 1.70 1.38 2.10
All other groups, US-born 18.89 0.14 1.72 1.69 1.76 20.32 0.13 1.20 1.17 1.22
All other groups, immigrant 9.93 0.25 0.72 0.68 0.77 24.59 0.34 2.11 2.02 2.21

OR: odds ratio; SE: standard error; CI: confidence interval.

1Adjusted by logistic regression model for age, gender, marital status, education, poverty, and employment status.