Table 4.

Distribution of Health Care Access, Risk Factors, Chronic Conditions, and Perceived Health Status for Cisgender and Transgender White and Hispanic Respondents to Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System 2014–2018

	Cisgender White (N=733,492)	Cisgender Hispanic (N=61,129)	Transgender White (N=2729)	Transgender Hispanic (N=414)
Health care access, n (%)
Health insurance	694,195 (94.6)	45,108 (73.8)	2482 (90.9)	268 (64.7)
Regular provider	641,429 (87.4)	41,297 (67.6)	2308 (84.6)	248 (59.9)
Cost barriers	59,438 (8.1)	12,351 (20.2)	335 (12.3)	122 (29.5)
Risk factors, n (%)
HIV risk factors	15,157 (2.1)	2850 (4.7)	138 (5.1)	69 (16.7)
HIV test in past year	190,993 (26.0)	26,522 (43.4)	799 (29.3)	186 (44.9)
Current smoker	105,030 (14.3)	7883 (12.9)	505 (18.5)	76 (18.4)
≥1 Episode of binge drinking in past 30 days (≥4 drinks at one time)	105,172 (14.3)	9679 (15.8)	431 (15.8)	83 (20.0)
Chronic conditions, n (%)
Cardiovascular disease	89,991 (12.3)	4241 (6.9)	434 (15.9)	50 (12.1)
Diabetes	94,397 (12.9)	8098 (13.2)	442 (16.2)	65 (15.7)
Pulmonary disease	136,676 (18.6)	9782 (16.0)	599 (21.9)	88 (21.3)
Arthritis	269,758 (36.8)	11,503 (18.8)	996 (36.5)	70 (16.9)
Depressive disorders	143,716 (19.6)	10,271 (16.8)	821 (30.1)	117 (28.3)
Perceived health status
Fair or poor health, n (%)	125,279 (17.1)	15,816 (25.9)	682 (25.0)	109 (26.3)
Severe mental disturbance, n (%)	73,774 (10.1)	7214 (11.8)	504 (18.5)	91 (22.0)
Days of poor physical or mental health, mean (SD)	6.49 (10.33)	6.77 (10.37)	9.15 (11.82)	9.69 (12.08)
Activity limited days due to poor health, mean (SD)	2.67 (7.17)	2.58 (6.87)	3.96 (8.29)	5.05 (9.59)

Test of difference across groups (Chi-squared test for counts, one-way analysis of variance for continuous days) was statistically significant (p<0.001) for all outcomes.

SD, standard deviation.