Table 1.
Weighted distribution of demographic and access-to-care characteristics among adults with and without diabetes — National Health Interview Survey, United States, 2017–18 influenza season
| With diabetes | Without diabetes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unweighted | Weighted % | Unweighted | Weighted % | |
| Characteristic | sample size | sample size | ||
| Total | 2,686 | 9.6 | 21,792 | 90.4 |
| Age (in years) | ||||
| 18–49 | 436 | 20.6 | 10,797 | 57.7* |
| 50–64 | 916 | 37.9 | 5,477 | 24.5 |
| ≥65 | 1,334 | 41.5 | 5,518 | 17.8 |
| Sex | ||||
| Male | 1,336 | 52.6 | 9,785 | 47.9* |
| Female | 1,350 | 47.4 | 12,007 | 52.1 |
| Race/ethnicity | ||||
| Non-Hispanic white | 1,738 | 60.7 | 15,225 | 63.9* |
| Non-Hispanic black | 363 | 13.1 | 2,191 | 11.4 |
| Hispanic | 372 | 17.5 | 2,682 | 16.1 |
| Non-Hispanic Asian | 112 | 5.1 | 1,127 | 6.1 |
| Non-Hispanic other or multiple races | 101 | 3.6 | 567 | 2.6 |
| Marital Status | ||||
| Married | 1,199 | 56.5 | 9,742 | 52.0* |
| Widowed/divorced/separated | 1,030 | 26.4 | 5,528 | 15.6 |
| Never married | 452 | 17.1 | 6,482 | 32.3 |
| Education | ||||
| High school or less | 1,240 | 46.3 | 7,375 | 34.6* |
| Some college or college graduate | 1,211 | 45.3 | 11,473 | 52.4 |
| Above college graduate | 220 | 8.3 | 2,886 | 13.0 |
| Employment status | ||||
| Employed | 914 | 38.2 | 13,352 | 65.7* |
| Not employed | 1,772 | 61.8 | 8,430 | 34.3 |
| Poverty level | ||||
| At or above poverty | 2,130 | 85.8 | 18,236 | 89.5* |
| Below poverty | 419 | 14.2 | 2,526 | 10.5 |
| Region ‡ | ||||
| Northeast | 388 | 15.1 | 3,482 | 17.5* |
| Midwest | 623 | 21.4 | 5,198 | 22.1 |
| South | 1,110 | 41.0 | 7,988 | 36.7 |
| West | 565 | 22.5 | 5,124 | 23.7 |
| US born status | ||||
| Yes | 2,302 | 81.7 | 18,439 | 81.3 |
| No | 383 | 18.3 | 3,346 | 18.7 |
| Physician contacts within past year | ||||
| None | 115 | 4.8 | 3,605 | 18.4* |
| 1 | 171 | 6.7 | 3,954 | 19.6 |
| 2–3 | 596 | 23.6 | 5,955 | 27.8 |
| 4–9 | 1,043 | 38.6 | 5,055 | 21.9 |
| ≥10 | 718 | 26.3 | 2,925 | 12.3 |
| Hospitalization within past year | ||||
| Yes | 509 | 18.0 | 1,911 | 7.8* |
| No | 2,174 | 82.0 | 19,867 | 92.2 |
| Usual place for health care | ||||
| Yes | 2,571 | 96.2 | 18,682 | 85.2* |
| No | 101 | 3.8 | 2,976 | 14.8 |
| Health insurance | ||||
| Yes | 2,542 | 93.9 | 19,699 | 89.7* |
| No | 138 | 6.1 | 2,021 | 10.3 |
| Persons with high-risk conditions other than diabetes † | ||||
| Yes | 1,244 | 43.4 | 4,472 | 17.6* |
| No | 1,429 | 56.6 | 17,271 | 82.4 |
| Physical activity | ||||
| Yes | 644 | 25.9 | 8,816 | 41.5* |
| No | 2,023 | 74.1 | 12,798 | 58.5 |
p<0.05 by Chi-square test comparing distribution among those with and without diabetes.
Persons with high-risk conditions other than diabetes included persons who have heart disease, lung diseases, end-stage renal failure, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, or cancer (excluding non-melanoma skin cancer).
Northeast: Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania; Midwest: Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, Wisconsin, Illinois, Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri, North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, and Kansas; South: Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, District of Columbia, West Virginia, Kentucky, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Arkansas, Louisiana, Texas, and Oklahoma; West: Montana, Idaho, Wyoming, Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, Utah, Nevada, California, Oregon, Washington, Alaska, and Hawaii.