Table 1.
Characteristics of ever-employed adults with current asthma by history of medication use in the last 3 months.
| No. in Samplea | Weighted |
Medication use in last 3 months %b (95% CI) |
No medication use in last 3 months %b (95% CI) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No.a | %b (95% CI) | ||||
| Total | 14 915 | 15 120 762 | 100.0 | 100.0 | |
| Agec | |||||
| 18–44 | 3099 | 6 841 498 | 45.4 (43.4–47.4) | 40.4 (37.9–42.8) | 54.7 (51.4–58.1) |
| 45–64 | 6824 | 5 591 020 | 37.1 (35.4–38.8) | 39.5 (37.3–41.6) | 32.8 (29.8–35.7) |
| ≥65 | 4929 | 2 634 581 | 17.5 (16.4–18.6) | 20.2 (18.7–21.6) | 12.5 (11.0–14.0) |
| Sexc | |||||
| Male | 4307 | 5 206 981 | 34.4. (32.6–36.3) | 32.7 (30.5–34.8) | 37.7 (34.3–41.2) |
| Female | 10 608 | 9 913 780 | 65.6 (63.7–67.4) | 67.3 (65.2–69.5) | 62.3 (58.8–65.7) |
| Race/ethnicity | |||||
| Non-Hispanic, white | 11 794 | 10 517 631 | 70.5 (68.6–72.5) | 71.0 (68.5–73.4) | 69.8 (66.3–73.3) |
| Non-Hispanic, black | 1124 | 1 840 601 | 12.3 (10.9–13.8) | 12.8 (11.0–14.5) | 11.6 (9.2–14.0) |
| Hispanic | 695 | 1 547 548 | 10.4 (8.9–11.9) | 9.1 (7.3–10.9) | 12.7 (9.9–15.6) |
| Other | 1108 | 1 005 121 | 6.7 (5.6–7.9) | 7.2 (5.6–8.7) | 5.9 (4.2–7.7) |
| Education | |||||
| ≤High school | 5356 | 5 558 676 | 36.8 (34.9–38.7) | 37.2 (35.0–39.5) | 36.0 (32.7–39.3) |
| Some college | 4540 | 5 607 025 | 37.1 (35.2–39.1) | 36.4 (34.1–38.7) | 38.5 (34.9–42.0) |
| College graduate | 5003 | 3 942 694 | 26. 1 (24.6–27.6) | 26.4 (24.6–28.2) | 25.6 (22.8–28.4) |
| Household income | |||||
| <$15,000 | 2586 | 2 299 211 | 17.1 (15.6–18.6) | 18.0 (16.2–19.8) | 15.4 (12.7–18.1) |
| $15,000–$24,999 | 2779 | 2 470 877 | 18.4 (16.9–19.9) | 17.7 (15.9–19.5) | 19.6 (17.0–22.2) |
| $25,000–$34,999 | 1482 | 1 363 071 | 10.1 (8.9–11.4) | 10.3 (8.9–11.6) | 9.9 (7.5–12.3) |
| $35,000–$49,999 | 1757 | 1 654 115 | 12.3 (11.1–13.5) | 12.3 (10.8–13.7) | 12.3 (10.1–14.5) |
| ≥$50,000 | 4834 | 5 664 151 | 42.1 (40.1–44.1) | 41.7 (39.4–44.1) | 42.8 (39.2–46.4) |
| Health insurancec | |||||
| Yes | 13 493 | 13 069 439 | 86.6 (85.2–88.0) | 88.3 (86.6–90.0) | 83.6 (81.1–86.1) |
| No | 1390 | 2 016 308 | 13.4 (12.0–14.8) | 11.7 (10.0–13.4) | 16.4 (13.9–18.9) |
| Smoking statusc | |||||
| Current | 2568 | 3 017 332 | 20.0 (18.4–21.6) | 20.7 (18.8–22.6) | 18.7 (15.8–21.6) |
| Former | 5068 | 4 152 733 | 27.5 (25.9–29.1) | 30.4 (28.4–32.4) | 22.2 (19.6–24.8) |
| Never | 7237 | 7 910 921 | 52.5 (50.5–54.4) | 48.9 (46.6–51.2) | 59.1 (55.7–62.5) |
| Asthma status | |||||
| WRA | 2338 | 2 224 263 | 14.7 (13.4–16.0) | 15.8 (14.1–17.4) | 12.8 (10.6–15.0) |
| Possible WRA | 6209 | 6 094 064 | 40.4 (38.5–42.2) | 41.8 (39.6–44.1) | 37.6 (34.2–40.9) |
| Non-WRA | 6338 | 6 784 072 | 44.9 (43.0–46.9) | 42.4 (40.1–44.7) | 49.6 (46.1–53.1) |
| Asthma control | |||||
| Well controlled | 6743 | 7 554 008 | 50.0 (48.0–51.9) | 47.4 (36.1–58.6) | 96.3 (95.0–97.5) |
| Not well controlled | 3959 | 3 855 751 | 25.5 (23.9–27.1) | 21.0 (11.6–30.4) | 3.0 (1.8–4.1) |
| Very poorly controlled | 4210 | 3 710 704 | 24.5 (23.0–26.1) | 31.6 (20.8–42.4) | — |
| Adverse asthma outcomes | |||||
| Asthma attack in past 12 monthsc | 7705 | 7 807 696 | 51.9 (50.0–53.9) | 60.6 (58.3–62.8) | 35.9 (32.7–39.1) |
| Urgent treatment for worsening asthmac | 3528 | 3 466 275 | 43.5 (40.9–46.1) | 64.0 (60.6–67.4) | 17.4 (14.3–20.5) |
| Asthma-related emergency room visitc | 1845 | 2 041 792 | 13.5 (12.2–14.9) | 17.7 (15.8–19.6) | 5.8 (4.3–7.3) |
| Overnight stay in hospital because of asthmac | 555 | 549 438 | 3.6 (2.9–4.4) | 4.8 (3.8–5.8) | 1.5 (0.7–2.4) |
a
Categories do not sum to total due to item non-response.
b
Results presented as weighted annual average.
c
Rao–Scott chi-square test p < 0.05.