Table 1.
Characteristics of population and prevalence of physician visit, dentist visit and hospitalisation in the previous year
| Variable | n (%) | Prevalence (%)* | |||||
| Physician | P value | Dentist | P value | Hospital | P value | ||
| Overall | 4001 (100.0) | 76.5 | 35.6 | 6.8 | |||
| Sex | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | ||||
| Male | 1888 (47.2) | 69.8 | 32.7 | 3.9 | |||
| Female | 2113 (52.8) | 82.6 | 38.7 | 9.3 | |||
| Age group | <0.001 | <0.001 | 0.672 | ||||
| 18–24 | 838 (20.8) | 73.0 | 44.3 | 7.9 | |||
| 25–34 | 1152 (28.8) | 74.3 | 40.3 | 6.6 | |||
| 35–44 | 843 (21.1) | 78.5 | 37.9 | 6.1 | |||
| 45–59 | 772 (19.3) | 77.4 | 27.8 | 6.5 | |||
| ≥60 | 396 (9.9) | 85.1 | 16.4 | 7.1 | |||
| Marital status | <0.001 | <0.001 | 0.375 | ||||
| Single | 2173 (54.3) | 74.5 | 37.1 | 6.5 | |||
| Married | 1409 (35.2) | 80.3 | 37.8 | 6.8 | |||
| Separated/divorced | 260 (6.5) | 70.3 | 25.3 | 7.3 | |||
| Widower/widow | 159 (4.0) | 81.9 | 18.9 | 10.0 | |||
| Race/colour | 0.612 | 0.230 | 0.605 | ||||
| White/yellow | 774 (19.3) | 75.8 | 37.7 | 7.2 | |||
| Black/brown/indigenous | 3227 (80.6) | 76.7 | 35.4 | 6.7 | |||
| Education | 0.021 | <0.001 | 0.774 | ||||
| Higher education or above | 158 (4.0) | 78.6 | 53.3 | 8.1 | |||
| High school | 1903 (47.6) | 75.0 | 42.2 | 6.4 | |||
| Middle school | 649 (16.2) | 75.0 | 34.7 | 6.7 | |||
| Elementary school or less | 1291 (32.2) | 79.4 | 24.4 | 7.1 | |||
| Economic classification† | 0.439 | <0.001 | 0.512 | ||||
| A–B | 629 (15.7) | 78.7 | 53.0 | 6.8 | |||
| C | 2285 (57.1) | 75.1 | 35.0 | 6.4 | |||
| D–E | 1087 (27.1) | 78.3 | 27.3 | 7.5 | |||
| Occupation | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | ||||
| Formal job | 761 (19.6) | 79.7 | 46.3 | 7.6 | |||
| Informal job | 1149 (28.7) | 68.8 | 32.6 | 4.1 | |||
| Retired | 315 (7.9) | 85.0 | 16.7 | 7.3 | |||
| Student/housewife | 1199 (29.9) | 78.0 | 38.0 | 9.3 | |||
| Unemployed | 577 (14.4) | 80.1 | 34.3 | 5.5 | |||
| Private health insurance | <0.001 | <0.001 | 0.512 | ||||
| Yes | 523 (13.0) | 87.6 | 50.8 | 7.5 | |||
| No | 3478 (87.0) | 74.9 | 33.6 | 6.7 | |||
| Health status | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | ||||
| Very good | 471 (11.9) | 53.8 | 29.7 | 4.6 | |||
| Good | 2175 (54.3) | 77.0 | 39.7 | 5.5 | |||
| Fair | 1108 (27.7) | 83.9 | 32.4 | 8.7 | |||
| Bad | 193 (4.8) | 85.9 | 31.9 | 10.9 | |||
| Very bad | 54 (1.3) | 75.9 | 20.3 | 22.2 | |||
| City | 0.141 | 0.072 | 0.002 | ||||
| Capital | 3479 (86.8) | 76.9 | 36.4 | 7.3 | |||
| Countryside | 522 (13.1) | 74.0 | 32.3 | 3.7 | |||
| Health reference | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | ||||
| Yes‡ | 2434 (60.8) | 80.1 | 38.2 | 84.9 | |||
| No | 1567 (39.2) | 71.1 | 32.2 | 41.8 | |||
*Descriptive statistics using simple frequency and Pearson χ2 test.
†Average household income in 2015: A–B, US$6500–US$1419; C, US$463–US$772; D–E, US$205.
‡People who use the same healthcare or professional for attendance.