Table 1.
Health insurance coverage and employment status by age group among people with and without epilepsy.
| Active epilepsy | No epilepsy | |||||||
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| n | % | 95% CI | n | % | 95% CI | RR | 95% CI | |
| Insurance type | ||||||||
| ≥18 years | ||||||||
| Private | 216 | 36.1 | 31.7–40.8 | 35,199 | 62.6 | 61.9–63.3 | 0.58 | 0.51–0.66 |
| Medicaid | 234 | 32.7 | 28.3–37.4 | 6756 | 9.1 | 8.8–9.5 | 3.58 | 3.09–4.15 |
| Other | 115 | 15.1 | 12.4–18.4 | 7613 | 10.7 | 10.3–11.0 | 1.42 | 1.16–1.73 |
| Uninsured | 77 | 15.9 | 12.5–20.2 | 10,846 | 17.2 | 16.7–17.7 | 0.93 | 0.73–1.18 |
| 18–64 years | ||||||||
| Private | 157 | 33.6 | 28.8–38.7 | 28,920 | 65.0 | 64.1–65.7 | 0.52 | 0.44–0.60 |
| Medicaid | 206 | 36.8 | 31.7–42.2 | 5401 | 9.5 | 9.1–9.9 | 3.89 | 3.35–4.52 |
| Other | 67 | 10.7 | 8.0–14.0 | 2422 | 4.4 | 4.1–4.7 | 2.42 | 1.82–3.22 |
| Uninsured | 77 | 18.8 | 14.7–23.8 | 10,712 | 20.7 | 20.1–21.2 | 0.91 | 0.71–1.16 |
| ≥65 years | ||||||||
| Private | 59 | 49.1 | 39.5–58.7 | 6279 | 51.4 | 50.2–52.7 | 0.95 | 0.78–1.16 |
| Medicaid | 28 | 14.9 | 10.0–21.5 | 1355 | 7.5 | 7.0–8.1 | 1.98 | 1.34–2.91 |
| Other | 48 | 36.1 | 26.9–46.3 | 5191 | 39.9 | 38.8–41.1 | 0.90 | 0.69–1.19 |
| Uninsured | – | 134 | 1.0 | 0.8–1.2 | – | |||
| Employment category | ||||||||
| ≥18 years | ||||||||
| Employed | 176 | 32.2 | 27.1–37.8 | 35,413 | 61.1 | 60.5–61.7 | 0.53 | 0.45–0.62 |
| Student | – | 1591 | 3.0 | 2.8–3.3 | – | |||
| Retired | 100 | 13.9 | 12.2–15.9 | 11,292 | 15.9 | 15.5–16.4 | 0.88 | 0.77–0.99 |
| Disabled | 275 | 35.6 | 31.7–39.7 | 4020 | 5.8 | 5.5–6.1 | 6.14 | 5.41–6.97 |
| Unemployed | 85 | 13.8 | 10.7–17.7 | 8261 | 14.1 | 13.7–14.5 | 0.98 | 0.76–1.27 |
| 18–64 years | ||||||||
| Employed | 163 | 37.3 | 31.1–43.9 | 33,445 | 70.8 | 70.2–71.4 | 0.53 | 0.44–0.63 |
| Student | – | 1583 | 3.6 | 3.4–3.9 | – | |||
| Retired | – | 1562 | 3.3 | 3.1–3.5 | – | |||
| Disabled | 249 | 39.5 | 34.8–44.4 | 3276 | 6.0 | 5.6–6.3 | 6.63 | 5.78–7.60 |
| Unemployed | 76 | 15.4 | 11.7–20.1 | 7741 | 16.2 | 15.8–16.7 | 0.95 | 0.72–1.25 |
| ≥65 years | ||||||||
| Employed | – | 1968 | 16.1 | 15.2–17.0 | – | |||
| Student | – | – | – | |||||
| Retired | 87 | 68.2 | 59.5–75.9 | 9730 | 74.7 | 73.7–75.8 | 0.91 | 0.81–1.03 |
| Disabled | 26 | 15.2 | 9.8–22.7 | 744 | 5.1 | 4.6–5.6 | 2.98 | 1.96–4.55 |
| Unemployed | – | 520 | 4.0 | 3.6–4.5 | – | |||
Notes: ‘No epilepsy’ indicates persons providing no history of ever having been diagnosed with epilepsy or seizure disorder. ‘Private’ includes persons having commercial health insurance with or without Medicare insurance. ‘Other’ includes persons with Medicare insurance only.
“–” the estimate is unreliable because the relative standard error is >30%. Adjusted for sex, age, and race/ethnicity.