Table.
Health Determinants Across the United States Regions, Stratified by Race
| Variable | Prevalence (95% CI) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Northeast | Midwest | South | West | |
| Black individuals | ||||
| Comorbidities | ||||
| ≥1 Comorbidities | 60.6 (58.8-62.5) | 63.5 (61.8-65.3) | 64.7 (63.4-66.0) | 59.7 (56.4-62.9) |
| Diabetes | 13.8 (12.5-15.1) | 14.4 (13.3-15.6) | 15.3 (14.4-16.2) | 13.2 (10.3-16.1) |
| Hypertension | 38.4 (36.5-40.2) | 40.3 (38.7-42.0) | 42.6 (41.5-43.8) | 39.6 (36.3-43.0) |
| Hypercholesterolemia | 29.8 (27.9-31.6) | 28.6 (27.0-30.3) | 31.4 (30.1-32.7) | 25.6 (22.0-29.1) |
| Obesity | 35.1 (33.1-37.2) | 40.3 (38.4-42.2) | 40.6 (39.2-41.9) | 32.7 (28.9-36.5) |
| Preexisting medical conditions | ||||
| ≥1 Medical conditions | 27.5 (25.6-29.3) | 30.4 (28.8-32.1) | 27.8 (26.6-29.0) | 30.1 (26.7-33.6) |
| Pulmonary disease | 19.8 (18.1-21.4) | 22.1 (20.6-23.6) | 19.0 (17.9-20.0) | 22.3 (19.3-25.3) |
| Malignant Neoplasm | 5.7 (4.7-6.6) | 5.7 (5.0-6.5) | 5.4 (4.9-5.8) | 5.4 (3.4-7.3) |
| Cardiac disease | 6.1 (5.1-7.0) | 7.3 (6.5-8.2) | 6.0 (5.4-6.5) | 3.6 (2.4-4.9) |
| Kidney disease | 3.4 (2.7-4.1) | 4.1 (3.3-5.0) | 3.6 (3.1-4.1) | 4.1 (2.3-5.9) |
| Stroke | 3.5 (2.8-4.2) | 5.0 (4.3-5.7) | 5.0 (4.4-5.5) | 3.0 (1.5-4.5) |
| Poor health behaviors | ||||
| ≥1 Poor health behaviors | 42.8 (40.7-45.0) | 42.8 (40.9-44.7) | 48.0 (47.3-48.7) | 50.2 (46.2-54.2) |
| Alcohol | 4.7 (3.7-5.6) | 5.0 (4.1-5.9) | 4.7 (4.0-5.4) | 4.7 (3.2-6.2) |
| Smoking | 45.1 (42.8-47.3) | 44.1 (42.1-46.1) | 42.1 (40.6-43.6) | 53.0 (48.8-57.2) |
| Physical inactivity | 15.7 (14.2-173) | 22.5 (20.9-24.1) | 18.9 (17.8-20.0) | 18.7 (15.6-21.8) |
| Adverse socioeconomic factors | ||||
| ≥1 Adverse socioeconomic factors | 42.4 (40.4-44.5) | 50.0 (48.1-51.9) | 48.7 (47.3-50.0) | 40.2 (36.4-43.9) |
| Education status | 15.1 (13.4-16.7) | 16.5 (14.8-18.2) | 15.5 (14.5-16.5) | 10.9 (8.5-13.4) |
| Household income | 37.0 (34.8-39.2) | 44.7 (42.7-46.7) | 42.6 (41.1-44.1) | 36.2 (32.2-40.2) |
| Lack of health insurance | 11.0 (9.7-12.3) | 13.6 (12.3-14.9) | 17.6 (16.5-18.8) | 10.5 (8.4-12.7) |
| White individuals | ||||
| Comorbidities | ||||
| ≥1 Comorbidities | 53.1 (52.3-53.9) | 56.0 (55.4-56.5) | 57.5 (56.8-58.2) | 51.9 (51.4-52.7) |
| Diabetes | 8.2 (7.9-8.6) | 9.2 (8.9-9.5) | 10.2 (9.9-10.6) | 8.4 (7.9-8.8) |
| Hypertension | 27.8 (27.1-28.4) | 30.1 (29.7-30.6) | 32.6 (32.0-33.2) | 27.4 (26.8-28.1) |
| Hypercholesterolemia | 30.1 (29.4-30.8) | 30.4 (29.9-30.9) | 33.0 (32.3-33.6) | 29.3 (28.6-30.1) |
| Obesity | 27.4 (26.7-28.2) | 31.9 (31.3-32.4) | 31.2 (30.5-31.8) | 27.0 (26.2-27.7) |
| Preexisting medical conditions | ||||
| ≥1 Medical conditions | 29.1 (28.4-29.8) | 28.8 (28.4-29.3) | 30.8 (30.2-31.4) | 30.6 (29.8-31.3) |
| Pulmonary disease | 18.7 (18.0-19.3) | 17.8 (17.3-18.2) | 18.5 (18.0-19.1) | 18.4 (17.8-19.0) |
| Malignant Neoplasm | 11.3 (10.9-11.7) | 11.2 (11.0-11.5) | 12.9 (12.5-13.3) | 12.6 (12.2-13.1) |
| Cardiac disease | 5.5 (5.2-5.9) | 6.0 (5.8-6.2) | 6.7 (6.4-7.0) | 5.0 (4.6-5.3) |
| Kidney disease | 2.4 (2.2-2.7) | 2.8 (2.6-2.9) | 3.0 (2.8-3.2) | 3.1 (2.8-3.3) |
| Stroke | 2.4 (2.2-2.6) | 2.7 (2.6-2.9) | 3.3 (3.1-3.5) | 2.4 (2.2-2.6) |
| Poor health behaviors | ||||
| ≥1 Poor health behaviors | 52.8 (52.0-53.6) | 51.4 (50.9-52.0) | 40.3 (38.9-41.6) | 57.2 (56.3-58.0) |
| Alcohol | 7.2 (6.8-7.6) | 7.3 (6.9-7.6) | 6.9 (6.5-7.3) | 7.3 (6.9-7.8) |
| Smoking | 53.2 (52.3-54.0) | 51.0 (50.4-51.6) | 48.2 (47.5-49.0) | 58.2 (57.3-59.0) |
| Physical inactivity | 16.6 (15.9-17.2) | 18.9 (18.4-19.4) | 19.0 (18.5-19.6) | 14.0 (13.4-14.7) |
| Adverse socioeconomic factors | ||||
| ≥1 Adverse socioeconomic factors | 25.1 (24.3-25.9) | 27.8 (27.2-28.3) | 35.0 (34.3-35.7) | 32.1 (31.3-32.9) |
| Education status | 9.1 (8.5-9.8) | 9.2 (8.8-9.6) | 12.8 (12.3-13.4) | 13.5 (12.8-14.3) |
| Household income | 19.1 (18.5-19.8) | 21.1 (20.6-21.6) | 26.5 (25.8-27.3) | 23.9 (23.1-24.7) |
| Lack of health insurance | 7.1 (6.6-7.5) | 8.4 (8.1-8.8) | 14.8 (14.3-15.4) | 10.6 (10.1-11.2) |