Table 1.
Age-standardizeda prevalence (%) with its 95% confidence interval of the three indicators of poor access to health care among adults with self-reported hypertension by sociodemographic characteristics, Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, 2011
| Sociodemographic characteristics | Number | No health insurance | No personal doctor or health care provider | Inability to visit a doctor because of the cost | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % (95% CI) | P valueb | % (95% CI) | P value | % (95% CI) | P value | ||
| Total | 159,947 | 19.1 (18.3–19.8) | 18.1 (17.3–18.8) | 23.6 (22.8–24.3) | |||
| Age, y | |||||||
| 18–44 | 16,580 | 25.9 (24.7–27.2) | 26.0 (24.8–27.2) | 30.7 (29.5–32.0) | |||
| 45–64 | 69,177 | 16.0 (15.5–16.6) | <0.001 | 9.7 (9.3–10.2) | <0.001 | 20.5 (20.0–21.1) | <0.001 |
| ≥65 | 74,190 | 1.9 (1.7–2.0) | <0.001 | 3.3 (3.1–3.6) | <0.001 | 5.6 (5.3–5.9) | <0.001 |
| Sex | |||||||
| Men | 67,313 | 19.5 (18.6–20.5) | 21.5 (20.5–22.5) | 21.1 (20.2–22.1) | |||
| Women | 92,634 | 18.4 (17.3–19.6) | 0.151 | 13.1 (12.1–14.1) | <0.001 | 27.0 (25.8–28.3) | <0.001 |
| Race/ethnicity | |||||||
| NH white | 129,254 | 16.5 (15.6–17.4) | 14.9 (14.1–15.8) | 20.9 (20.0–21.8) | |||
| NH black | 18,066 | 22.1 (20.3–23.9) | <0.001 | 20.0 (18.2–21.9) | <0.001 | 28.1 (26.2–30.0) | <0.001 |
| Hispanic | 7,963 | 28.1 (25.9–30.3) | <0.001 | 26.8 (24.7–29.0) | <0.001 | 31.0 (28.9–33.1) | <0.001 |
| NH Asian/Pacific Islander | 2,230 | 12.2 (9.0–16.2) | 0.002 | 16.8 (13.0–21.4) | 0.403 | 16.8 (13.2–21.0) | 0.045 |
| NH AI/AN | 2,434 | 18.7 (14.2–24.1) | 0.402 | 22.3 (18.1–27.2) | 0.002 | 26.4 (21.4–32.1) | 0.045 |
| Education | |||||||
| <High school | 16,466 | 32.8 (30.6–35.0) | 27.9 (25.8–30.2) | 35.8 (33.7–38.0) | |||
| High school | 52,942 | 21.4 (20.1–22.7) | <0.001 | 18.6 (17.4–19.9) | <0.001 | 25.7 (24.4–27.1) | <0.001 |
| Some college | 43,961 | 16.7 (15.5–18.0) | <0.001 | 15.8 (14.6–17.0) | <0.001 | 22.3 (21.0–23.7) | <0.001 |
| ≥College | 46,578 | 8.0 (6.9–9.2) | <0.001 | 12.4 (10.8–14.0) | <0.001 | 12.1 (10.7–13.7) | <0.001 |
| Household income | |||||||
| <$25K | 59,328 | 31.6 (30.3–32.9) | 25.1 (23.6–26.4) | 38.1 (36.8–39.5) | |||
| $25K–<$50K | 46,160 | 18.7 (17.2–20.3) | <0.001 | 18.3 (16.8–19.9) | <0.001 | 23.3 (21.8–24.9) | <0.001 |
| ≥$50K | 54,459 | 6.0 (4.9–7.3) | <0.001 | 10.9 (9.5–12.4) | <0.001 | 9.7 (8.5–11.1) | <0.001 |
Abbreviations: AI/AN, American Indian/Alaska Native; CI, confidence interval; NH, non-Hispanic.
aAge standardization was used for total, sex, race/ethnicity, education, and income, by using 2000 US standard projected population, with age groups 18–24, 25–44, 45–64, and ≥65 y.
b P values for difference across the categories and are for comparisons with the reference group, from χ2 test.