Table 2.
Young adult COVID-19 medical vulnerability: full sample and within nonsmoking population rates and differences, ages 18–25 years, NHIS 2016–2018
| COVID-19 medical vulnerability: full YA sample (N = 8,405) |
COVID-19 medical vulnerability: YA nonsmoking subsample (N = 6,741) |
|
|---|---|---|
| % Vulnerable (N) (95% CI) | % Vulnerable (N) (95% CI) | |
| Analytic samples | 31.5 (2,765) | 16.1 (1,101) |
| Sex | ||
| Female | 29.7 (1,346) | 18.6 (705) |
| (.7–.9)∗a | (1.2–1.7)∗∗ | |
| MaleRef | 33.3 (1,419) | 13.4 (396) |
| Race/ethnicity | ||
| NH whiteRef | 35.4 (1,800) | 17.1 (648) |
| NH black | 31.1 (321) | 19.6 (171) |
| (.6–.9)∗ | (.9–1.5) | |
| Hispanic | 24.0 (390) | 13.1 (184) |
| (.4–.6) ∗∗ | (.6–.9)∗ | |
| NH Asian | 17.7 (99) | 9.5 (40) |
| (.2–.5)∗∗ | (.3–.8)∗ | |
| NH other | 39.4 (155) | 20.1 (58) |
| (.8–1.5) | (.8–1.7) | |
| Income category | ||
| <100% FPL | 34.9 (952) | 19.0 (412) |
| (1.3–1.9)∗∗ | (1.1–1.8) | |
| 100%–<200% FPL | 35.6 (669) | 17.7 (237) |
| (1.3–2.0)∗∗ | (1.0–1.8) | |
| 200%–<400% FPL | 30.2 (696) | 14.7 (260) |
| (1.0–1.5) | (.8–1.4) | |
| ≥400% FPLRef | 26.8 (449) | 14.3 (192) |
| Insurance status | ||
| Full-year insuredRef | 29.7 (2,090) | 15.8 (883) |
| Partial-year uninsured | 39.8 (353) | 19.2 (123) |
| (1.3–1.9)∗∗ | (.9–1.6) | |
| Full-year uninsured | 36.6 (235) | 13.1 (59) |
| (1.1–1.9)∗ | (.6–1.2) |
Bolded values highlight significant differences.
Ref indicates referent group.
COVID-19 = coronavirus disease 2019; FPL = Federal Poverty Level; NH = non-Hispanic; NHIS = National Health Interview Survey; YA = young adult.
a
Significance and 95% confidence levels based on adjusted odds ratios adjusted for sex, race/ethnicity, income, insurance, and survey year, ∗p < .01, ∗∗p < .001.