TABLE 2. Estimated number and percentage of households reporting worsened health conditions, provider needs, and barriers to care 20 months after Hurricane Irma — Community Assessment for Public Health Emergency Response, Florida Keys, 2019.
| Characteristic | Household |
|
|---|---|---|
| Estimated no. | % (95% CI) | |
| Worsened health conditions (n = 231)* | ||
| Respiratory conditions | 7,991 | 17.7 (13.0–22.4) |
| Anxiety | 7,702 | 17.0 (10.1–23.9) |
| Depression | 5,103 | 11.3 (5.7–16.9) |
| Fatigue | 3,904 | 8.6 (3.7–13.6) |
| Insomnia | 3,451 | 7.6 (4.0–11.3) |
| Hypertension | 2,777 | 6.1 (2.0–10.3) |
| Other† | 4,229 | 9.4 (4.5–14.2) |
| Needed a primary care doctor or pediatrician (n = 231) | ||
| Yes | 28,984 | 64.1 (55.9–72.4) |
| No | 15,328 | 33.9 (26.1–41.8) |
| Don’t know, refused, or missing | —§ | — |
| Received needed services (n = 146)¶ | ||
| Yes | 26,328 | 90.8 (85.1–96.6) |
| No | 2,433 | 8.4 (2.9–13.9) |
| Don’t know, refused, or missing | — | — |
| Barriers to access care (n = 12)** | ||
| No doctor nearby | 1,464 | 60.2 (25.5–94.8) |
| Cost | 1,378 | 56.6 (23.3–90.0) |
Abbreviation: CI = confidence interval.
* Multiple responses were permitted.
† Includes diabetes, poor appetite, fibromyalgia, and other medical conditions.
§ Dashes indicate number of the responses was too few to be weighted for each option.
¶ Only among those households responding that they needed a primary doctor or pediatrician.
** Only among those households responding that they did not receive needed services.