Table. Estimated Percentage and Number of US Adults Aged ≥18 Years with Chronic Conditionsa by Select Characteristics, National Health Interview Survey, 2012.
| Characteristic | 0 Chronic Conditions |
1 Chronic Condition |
2 Chronic Conditions |
≥3 Chronic Conditions |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % (95% CI) | Populationb | % (95% CI) | Populationb | % (95% CI) | Populationb | % (95% CI) | Populationb | |
| Totalc | 50.2 (49.5–51.0) | 118,000 | 24.3 (23.7–24.9) | 57,154 | 13.8 (13.3–14.2) | 32,350 | 11.7 (11.2–12.1) | 27,416 |
| Sex | ||||||||
| Male | 52.2 (51.2–53.4) | 59,078 | 24.1 (23.2–25.0) | 27,248 | 13.0 (12.4–13.7) | 14,685 | 10.7 (10.1–11.3) | 12,060 |
| Female | 48.4 (47.4–49.3) | 58,922 | 24.5 (23.8–25.3) | 29,906 | 14.5 (13.9–15.1) | 17,666 | 12.6 (12.0–13.2) | 15,356 |
| Race/ethnicity | ||||||||
| Non-Hispanic white | 46.5 (45.5–47.5) | 72,617 | 25.6 (24.9–26.4) | 39,999 | 15.2 (14.6–15.8) | 23,671 | 12.7 (12.2–13.3) | 19,887 |
| Non-Hispanic black | 46.3 (44.5–48.2) | 12,494 | 25.5 (24.0–27.1) | 6,873 | 14.5 (13.3–15.7) | 3,907 | 13.7 (12.6–14.9) | 3,687 |
| Non-Hispanic Asian | 64.4 (61.4–67.3) | 7,806 | 19.9 (17.7–22.2) | 2,405 | 9.1 (7.6–10.9) | 1,105 | 6.6 (5.4–8.1) | 802 |
| Non-Hispanic other raced | 49.7 (45.0–54.5) | 2,349 | 22.4 (18.6–26.7) | 1,058 | 12.6 (9.8–16.0) | 594 | 15.3 (12.4–18.7) | 721 |
| Hispanic | 65.1 (63.5–66.6) | 22,735 | 19.5 (18.2–20.9) | 6,819 | 8.8 (8.0–9.7) | 3,073 | 6.6 (5.9–7.5) | 2,319 |
| Age group | ||||||||
| 18–44 y | 73.5 (72.5–74.5) | 81,620 | 19.4 (18.6–20.3) | 21,590 | 5.1 (4.6–5.5) | 5,616 | 2.0 (1.7–2.3) | 2,208 |
| 45–64 y | 37.1 (35.9–38.3) | 30,440 | 30.6 (29.5–31.7) | 25,100 | 18.5 (17.6–19.4) | 15,168 | 13.8 (13.0–14.7) | 11,329 |
| ≥65 y | 14.2 (13.1–15.3) | 5,940 | 25.0 (23.8–26.3) | 10,464 | 27.6 (26.3–29.0) | 11,566 | 33.2 (31.7–34.6) | 13,879 |
| Health insurance coveragee | ||||||||
| Private | 52.2 (51.2–53.2) | 76,808 | 25.3 (24.5–26.1) | 37,216 | 13.1 (12.5–13.7) | 19,298 | 9.4 (8.9–9.9) | 13,844 |
| Public | 27.6 (26.2–29.0) | 11,141 | 24.2 (22.9–25.6) | 9,778 | 21.4 (20.2–22.6) | 8,635 | 26.9 (25.6–28.2) | 10,850 |
| Other | 49.1 (45.3–53.0) | 3,702 | 26.8 (23.7–30.2) | 2,021 | 13.2 (11.0–15.9) | 997 | 10.8 (8.8–13.2) | 814 |
| Uninsured | 65.9 (64.4–67.5) | 26,260 | 20.4 (19.1–21.8) | 8,126 | 8.7 (7.9–9.7) | 3,473 | 4.9 (4.3–5.7) | 1,959 |
Abbreviation: CI, confidence interval.
a
Chronic conditions include hypertension, coronary heart disease, stroke, diabetes, cancer, arthritis, hepatitis, weak or failing kidneys, current asthma, and COPD.
b
Population in 1,000s.
c
Total 2012 US adult population: 234 million persons.
d
Adults identifying as multiple races were included in the “other race” category.
e
Health insurance coverage was based on a hierarchy of mutually exclusive categories (6,7). Public health insurance coverage includes Medicaid, Children’s Health Insurance Program, and Medicare. Other health insurance coverage includes state-sponsored health plans, other government programs, and military health plans.