Table 2.

Characteristics of Women with Chronic Conditions vs. All Other Women with Hospital Deliveries, United States 2005–2014 (Survey Weighted %, 95% CI)

Characteristic	All patients (N=8,193,707)	Patients with chronic conditions (n=637,276)	Patients without chronic conditions (n=7,556,431)
Age (years)
<18	2.9 (2.8–3.0)	2.3 (2.2–2.4)	2.9 (2.9–3.0)
18–34	82.3 (82.1–82.6)	78.9 (78.6–79.2)	82.6 (82.3–82.9)
≥35	14.8 (14.4–15.1)	18.8 (18.5–19.2)	14.4 (14.1–14.8)
Residence
Rural	14.6 (13.9–15.3)	14.2 (13.5–15.0)	14.6 (13.9–15.4)
Income
Bottom quartile*	27.3 (26.2–28.4)	32.6 (31.3–33.8)	26.9 (25.8–28.0)
Payer
Medicaid	43.6 (42.5–44.7)	51.1 (49.9–52.2)	42.9 (41.9–44.0)
Private	50.3 (49.1–51.6)	43.7 (42.4–44.9)	50.9 (49.7–52.1)
Uninsured or Self-pay	6.1 (5.7–6.5)	5.3 (5.0–5.6)	6.2 (5.8–6.6)

^*Represents patients living in a ZIP Code with median income in the bottom income quartile nationally