Table 1.
Participant Characteristics on Sociodemographic Variables, General Health and Access Variables, and Health Information Technology Use by Sexual Orientation: NHIS 2013-2014
| Heterosexual | Gay, Lesbian, or Bisexual | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N=32810 | N=536 | ||||
| n (weighted %) | 95% CI | n (weighted %) | 95% CI | ||
| Demographics | |||||
| Agea | 63.9, 0.08 | 59.7, 0.53 | |||
| Gender | Male | 14,141 (46.7) | 45.9- 47.5 | 284 (51.2) | 45.2-57.1 |
| Female | 18,669 (53.3) | 52.6-54.1 | 252 (48.9) | 43.0-54.8 | |
| Race | White | 25,806 (83.3) | 82.6-83.9 | 443 (87.5) | 83.9-90.4 |
| African American | 4,679 (10.5) | 9.9-11.0 | 70 (9.4) | 7.0-12.6 | |
| American Indian/Alaska Native | 294 (0.6) | 0.5-0.8 | 2 (0.6) | 0.1-2.4 | |
| Asian | 1,498 (4.5) | 4.2-4.9 | 10 (1.7) | 0.8-3.7 | |
| Multiple race, or race not releasable | 533 (1.1) | 1.0-1.3 | 11 (0.8) | 0.4-1.5 | |
| Ethnicity | Hispanic | 3,604 (9.4) | 8.9-9.9 | 54 (9.4) | 6.0-14.4 |
| Not Hispanic | 29,206 (90.6) | 90.1-91.1 | 482 (90.7) | 85.6-94.0 | |
| Marital Status | Married or living with partner | 16,159 (64.8) | 64.0-65.6 | 190 (50.1) | 44.1-56.1 |
| Widowed/Divorced/Separated | 13,616 (28.8) | 28.1-29.5 | 132 (18.3) | 14.2-23.2 | |
| Never married | 2,948 (6.4) | 6.1-6.8 | 210 (31.7) | 26.7-37.0 | |
| Working status | Working | 13,076 (43.9) | 43.1-44.7 | 269 (52.0) | 46.0-57.9 |
| Not working | 19,718 (56.1) | 55.3-56.9 | 267 (48.0) | 42.1-54.0 | |
| Health Variables | |||||
| Have place usually go when sick | Yes | 30,564 (93.6) | 93.1-93.9 | 493 (93.1) | 89.9-95.3 |
| No | 2,241 (6.5) | 6.1-6.9 | 43 (6.9) | 4.7-10.1 | |
| Ever been told you have hypertension | Yes | 17,424 (50.6) | 49.9-51.4 | 241 (42.8) | 37.2-48.7 |
| No | 15,344 (49.4) | 48.7-50.1 | 295 (57.2) | 51.3-62.9 | |
| Ever had hypertension on 2+ visits | Yes | 15,597 (89.5) | 88.7-90.1 | 217 (84.8) | 76.8-90.4 |
| No | 1,800 (10.5) | 9.9-11.3 | 24 (15.2) | 9.6-23.2 | |
| Ever told you had high cholesterol | Yes | 7,968 (47.4) | 46.3-48.5 | 134 (46.2) | 38.2-54.5 |
| No | 9,124 (52.6) | 51.5-53.7 | 149 (53.8) | 45.5-61.8 | |
| Ever been told to take low-dose aspirin | Yes | 13,777 (40.9) | 40.3-14.6 | 193 (35.4) | 30.0-41.1 |
| No | 18,971 (59.1) | 58.4-59.7 | 343 (64.6) | 58.9-70.0 | |
| Ever been told you have cancer | Yes | 5,388 (16.3) | 15.7-16.8 | 92 (16.9) | 12.9-21.8 |
| No | 27,385 (83.8) | 83.2-84.3 | 444 (83.1) | 78.2-87.1 | |
| Ever been told you have diabetes | Yes | 5,835 (17.2) | 16.7-17.7 | 76 (12.4) | 9.2-16.6 |
| No | 26,093 (82.8) | 82.3-83.3 | 455 (87.6) | 83.4-90.9 | |
| Ever been told you had asthma | Yes | 3,913 (11.5) | 11.1-11.9 | 98 (13.8) | 10.9-17.4 |
| No | 28,860 (88.5) | 88.1-89.0 | 438 (86.2) | 82.6-89.1 | |
| Ever been told you had arthritis | Yes | 13,644 (39.8) | 39.0-40.6 | 213 (39.4) | 33.7-45.3 |
| No | 19,105 (60.2) | 59.4-61.0 | 323 (60.7) | 54.7-66.3 | |
| Health information technology use past 12 months | |||||
| Looked up health information on the Internet | Yes | 11,484 (39.2) | 38.4-40.0 | 293 (59.0) | 52.7-65.0 |
| No | 21,300 (60.8) | 60.0-61.6 | 243 (41.0) | 35.0-47.3 | |
| Filled a prescription on the Internet | Yes | 2,250 (8.2) | 7.8-8.6 | 78 (14.9) | 11.0-19.7 |
| No | 30,548 (91.8) | 91.4-92.2 | 458 (85.1) | 80.3-89.0 | |
| Scheduled medical appointment on the Internet | Yes | 1,427 (5.3) | 5.0-5.7 | 47 (7.9) | 5.2-11.8 |
| No | 31,370 (94.7) | 94.3-95.0 | 489 (92.1) | 88.2-94.8 | |
| Communicated with healthcare provider by email | Yes | 2,094 (7.6) | 7.2-8.0 | 94 (16.1) | 12.5-20.4 |
| No | 30,705 (92.4) | 92.0-92.8 | 442 (83.9) | 79.6-87.5 | |
| Used chat groups to learn about health topics | Yes | 676 (2.1) | 1.9-2.3 | 19 (3.5) | 2.1-5.9 |
| No | 32,122 (97.9) | 97.7-98.1 | 517 (96.5) | 94.1-97.9 | |
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Mean, SD