Table 2.
Characteristics of Low-Incomea Adults Aged 18–64 Years With Current Asthma, by 2014 Medicaid Expansion Status: Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System Asthma Call-Back Survey, 2012–2013
| 2012–2013 | 2015–2016 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Characteristics | ME Groupb Unweighted n = 1797d (Weighted n = 1 968 161) |
Non-ME Groupc Unweighted n = 1549d (Weighted n = 1 783 699) |
ME Groupb Unweighted n = 1704d (Weighted n = 1 836 183) |
Non-ME Groupc Unweighted n = 1395d (Weighted n = 1 377 922) |
| Weighted % (95% CI) | Weighted % (95% CI) | Weighted % (95% CI) | Weighted % (95% CI) | |
| Male sex | 31.8 (26.1–38.0) | 27.4 (21.6–34.1) | 34.0 (29.4–39.0) | 32.6 (26.4–39.5) |
| Race/ethnicity | ||||
| White, non-Hispanic | 58.4 (52.3–64.2) | 63.5 (56.4–70.1) | 51.2 (46.3–56.1) | 60.8 (54.0–67.2) |
| Black, non-Hispanic | 16.8 (11.8–23.3) | 19.8 (15.0–25.8) | 14.0 (11.0–17.6) | 13.7 (10.0–18.5) |
| Other, non-Hispanic | 5.6 (4.1–7.5) | 3.7 (2.3–6.0) | 11.3 (8.1–15.4) | 7.7 (4.6–12.6) |
| Hispanic | 19.3 (15.6–23.6) | 12.9 (8.5–19.2) | 23.5 (20.0–27.9) | 17.8 (12.8–24.2) |
| Age in years | ||||
| 18–25 | 30.3 (23.9–37.5) | 22.2 (16.2–29.7) | 26.0 (21.4–31.3) | 27.3 (20.9–34.7) |
| 26–44 | 34.9 (29.5–40.6) | 40.3 (33.2–47.8) | 35.9 (31.2–40.9) | 32.2 (26.5–38.5) |
| 45–64 | 34.8 (30.2–39.9) | 37.5 (31.5–44.1) | 38.1 (33.8–42.6) | 40.5 (34.7–46.6) |
| COPD | 35.6 (30.74–40.8) | 43.0 (36.0–50.2) | 33.4 (29.3–37.8) | 41.8 (35.5–48.4) |
| Current smoker | 34.1 (29.0–39.6) | 35.4 (28.7–42.6) | 30.9 (26.6–35.5) | 30.2 (24.7–36.4) |
CI, confidence interval; COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; ME, Medicaid expansion.
Low-income was defined as below 138% of the federal poverty level.
Puerto Rico and the following 14 states: CT, HI, IA, MA, MI, NH, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, OR, RI, VT.
FL, GA, KS, ME, MS, MO, MT, NE, TX, UT, WI. Indiana and Pennsylvania were excluded from this analysis because these states expanded Medicaid in 2015. The 23 states remaining not represented in this table were excluded because ACBS data were not available from these states for each of the years included in the study period.
Total sample size (N) = 6445, which includes both 2012–2013 and 2015–2016 data.
Ever told by a doctor or other health professional that he or she had chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), emphysema, or chronic bronchitis.