Table 2.
Comparison of characteristic between health information technology (HIT) users and nonusers among those who had at least one chronic condition in the past 12 months: weighted percentage and 99.5% CI.
| Sociodemographic and health characteristics | All, % (N=34,525) |
Did not use health information technology, % (99.5% CI) (N=20,178) |
Used health information technology, % (99.5% CI) (N=14,347) |
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| Age (in years) | ||||
| 18 to 29 | 8.6 | 7.4 (6.6-8.2) | 10.2 (9.2-11.3) | |
| 30 to 39 | 9.9 | 7.4 (6.8-8.2) | 13.1 (12.2-14.0) | |
| 40 to 49 | 16.0 | 13.6 (12.8-14.5) | 19.1 (18.0-20.2) | |
| 50 to 64 | 34.8 | 32.1 (30.9-33.4) | 38.2 (36.7-39.7) | |
| 65 to 74 | 16.9 | 19.2 (18.3-20.2) | 14.0 (13.1-14.9) | |
| 75+ | 13.7 | 20.2 (19.2-21.3) | 5.4 (4.8-6.0) | |
| Gender | ||||
| Male | 46.2 | 49.0 (47.8-50.2) | 42.6 (41.1-44.1) | |
| Female | 53.8 | 51.0 (59.8-52.2) | 57.4 (55.9-58.9) | |
| Ethnicity | ||||
| Hispanic | 10.5 | 13.1 (12.3-14.0) | 7.1 (6.3-7.9) | |
| Non-Hispanic white | 72.2 | 66.6 (65.3-67.9) | 79.3 (78.1-80.5) | |
| Non-Hispanic black | 12.6 | 15.4 (14.5-16.4) | 9.1 (8.3-10.0) | |
| Non-Hispanic Asian | 3.8 | 3.9 (3.4-4.4) | 3.7 (3.2-4.3) | |
| Non-Hispanic all other race | 0.9 | 1.0 (0.7-1.4) | 0.8 (0.6-1.1) | |
| Education | ||||
| Less than high school | 15.2 | 23.7 (22.6-24.8) | 4.4 (3.8-5.0) | |
| High school graduate and some college | 59.4 | 61.8 (60.6-63.0) | 56.4 (54.8-57.9) | |
| Bachelor’s degree | 15.6 | 9.3 (8.5-10.1) | 23.6 (22.4-24.9) | |
| Master’s degree or higher | 9.8 | 5.2 (4.6-5.8) | 15.7 (14.6-16.8) | |
| Employment | ||||
| Not employed | 44.9 | 54.5 (53.1-55.8) | 31.5 (30.1-33.0) | |
| Employed | 55.1 | 45.5 (44.2-46.9) | 68.5 (67.0-69.9) | |
| Income (in US$) | ||||
| Up to 14,999 | 22.8 | 26.8 (24.8-28.9) | 19.7 (18.3-21.1) | |
| 15,000 to 34,999 | 24.2 | 32.3 (30.4-34.3) | 24.2 (22.6-25.8) | |
| 35,000 to 54,999 | 21.8 | 21.4 (19.7-23.2) | 21.8 (20.2-23.4) | |
| 55,000 to 74,999 | 14.0 | 9.3 (8.2-10.6) | 14.0 (12.8-15.3) | |
| 75,000 and higher | 20.4 | 10.1 (8.7-11.7) | 20.4 (18.7-22.1) | |
| Marital status | ||||
| Not in relationship | 38.3 | 43.0 (41.7-44.4) | 32.3 (31.0-33.7) | |
| In relationship | 61.7 | 57.0 (55.6-58.3) | 67.7 (66.3-69.0) | |
| Body mass index | ||||
| Up to 18.49 | 1.2 | 1.6 (1.3-2.0) | 0.7 (0.5-1.0) | |
| 18.5 to 24.9 | 25.6 | 25.0 (23.9-26.1) | 26.3 (25.0-27.7) | |
| 25-29.9 | 34.4 | 33.7 (32.5-34.9) | 35.3 (34.0-36.6) | |
| 30 and more | 38.8 | 39.6 (38.5-40.8) | 37.7 (36.3-39.0) | |
| Health status | ||||
| Very good to excellent | 44.8 | 38.2 (37.1-39.3) | 53.2 (51.7-54.7) | |
| good | 33.4 | 34.6 (33.4-35.8) | 31.8 (30.5-33.2) | |
| poor to fair | 21.8 | 27.2 (26.1-28.4) | 15.0 (14.0-16.1) | |