TABLE 10. Percentage of women aged 18–44 years receiving preconception and related reproductive health care services, by race/ethnicity — National Health Interview Survey, 2013.
| Type of service | Non-Hispanic white |
Non-Hispanic black |
Hispanic |
Non-Hispanic other or multiple races |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| % (95% CI) | % (95% CI) | % (95% CI) | % (95% CI) | |
|
Blood pressure checked by a health care professional in the past yr
| ||||
| Among women aged 18–44 yrs who had never been told they had high blood pressure |
84.9 (83.3–86.4) |
82.5 (79.6–85.2) |
69.4 (66.5–72.1) |
78.8 (74.9–82.3) |
|
Tested for high blood sugar or diabetes in the past yr
| ||||
| Among women aged 18–44 yrs with no previous diagnosis of diabetes who had ever been told they had high blood pressure* |
55.2 (48.1–62.2) |
54.7 (46.6–62.6) |
62.4 (51.7–71.9) |
33.1 (18.4–52.2) |
|
Had a health care professional talk with them about their diet in the past yr
| ||||
| Among women aged 18–44 yrs |
25.6 (24.0–27.4) |
34.1 (30.8–37.5) |
23.8 (21.4–26.2) |
20.3 (17.0–23.9) |
| Among underweight women (BMI <18.5) |
18.8 (11.9–28.5) |
—† |
12.4 (5.0–27.7)§ |
— |
| Among normal weight women (BMI 18.5–24.9) |
17.4 (15.3–19.8) |
19.1 (14.4–25.0) |
16.1 (13.0–19.9) |
12.7 (9.3–17.2) |
| Among overweight women (BMI 25.0–29.9) |
22.3 (19.0–25.9) |
25.9 (20.6–32.0) |
18.0 (14.5–22.2) |
35.1 (25.5–46.1) |
| Among obese women (BMI >30.0) |
46.4 (42.4–50.5) |
51.3 (45.5–57.1) |
38.8 (33.8–44.1) |
32.4 (23.8–42.5) |
|
Had a health care professional talk with them about smoking in the past yr
| ||||
| Among current smokers aged 18–44 yrs¶ |
58.4 (53.9–62.8) |
48.7 (40.7–56.8) |
45.2 (36.0–54.8) |
42.2 (29.5–56.1) |
|
Received a tetanus vaccine in the past 10 yrs
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| Among women aged 18–44 yrs |
69.4 (67.4–71.2) |
54.9 (51.4–58.3) |
54.2 (51.4–57.0) |
56.7 (51.9–61.4) |
|
Received an influenza vaccine in the past yr
| ||||
| Among women aged 18–44 yrs |
32.8 (30.9–34.7) |
28.0 (24.8–31.3) |
27.6 (25.1–30.2) |
39.9 (35.7–44.4) |
|
Received a Pap test in the past 3 yrs
| ||||
| Among women aged 21–44 yrs** |
84.1 (82.4–85.6) |
85.7 (82.8–88.2) |
77.1 (74.4–79.6) |
69.5 (64.7–73.9) |
|
Received a mammogram in the past 2 yrs
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| Among women aged 40–44 yrs†† | 55.3 (50.9–59.7) | 50.0 (41.0–59.1) | 49.8 (43.3–56.3) | 55.7 (45.0–65.9) |
Abbreviations: BMI = body mass index calculated as weight (kg)/(height [m])2, using self-reported height and weight; CI = confidence interval; Pap = Papanicolaou.
* Women had to have been told on two or more different visits that they had hypertension or high blood pressure to be classified as ever told they had high blood pressure.
† Does not meet reliability standards.
§ Estimate might not be reliable and should be used with caution; the relative standard error (RSE) is >30% but does not exceed 50%.
¶ Women who reported smoking ≥100 cigarettes during their lifetime and, at the time of interview, reported smoking every day or some days.
** This estimate only includes women aged 21–44 years because Pap tests are not recommended for women aged <21 years.
†† This estimate only includes women aged 40–44 years because mammograms are not routinely recommended for women aged <40 years.