|
Variables
|
All (%)
|
Northeast (%)
|
Midwest (%)
|
South (%)
|
West (%)
|
P-value
|
|---|
|
N (n)
|
4,251,128 (4404)
|
797,487 (683)
|
880,779 (869)
|
1,746,049 (1870)
|
826,813 (982)
| |
|---|
|
Age category
|
|
Age 18–44
|
29.6
|
29.7’
|
30.1
|
29.7
|
29.0
|
0.799
|
|
Age 45–64
|
36.6
|
38.7
|
37.5
|
36.0
|
34.5
| |
|
Age 65–85
|
33.8
|
31.6
|
32.4
|
34.3
|
36.5
| |
|
Gender
|
|
Male
|
51.2
|
49.8
|
52.8
|
51.2
|
50.9
|
0.885
|
|
Female
|
48.8
|
50.2
|
47.2
|
48.8
|
49.1
| |
|
Race/ethnicity
|
|
Non-Hispanic White
|
73.6
|
75.9
|
83.2
|
73.0
|
62.5
|
<0.001
|
|
Non-Hispanic Black
|
11.3
|
9.7
|
11.8
|
14.4
|
5.5
| |
|
Hispanic
|
11.1
|
10.6
|
3.1
|
9.8
|
22.9
| |
|
Other
|
4.0
|
3.8
|
1.9
|
2.8
|
9.1
| |
|
Marital status
|
|
Married
|
56.9
|
57.4
|
60.5
|
55.1
|
56.5
|
0.254
|
|
Non-married a
|
28.6
|
25.0
|
27.0
|
30.7
|
29.5
| |
|
Never married
|
14.5
|
17.6
|
12.5
|
14.2
|
14.0
| |
|
Education category
|
|
< High school
|
21.9
|
17.8
|
20.4
|
24.2
|
22.7
|
0.011
|
|
High school
|
33.1
|
40.3
|
35.1
|
30.3
|
29.8
| |
|
College or more
|
45.0
|
41.9
|
44.5
|
45.5
|
47.5
| |
|
Insurance
|
|
Private
|
64.4
|
68.9
|
67.5
|
64.0
|
57.4
|
<0.001
|
|
Public
|
28.2
|
26.1
|
28.3
|
26.7
|
33.3
| |
|
Uninsured
|
7.4
|
5.0
|
4.2
|
9.3
|
9.3
| |
|
Metropolitan statistical status
|
|
MSA
|
81.3
|
86.3
|
73.1
|
81.1
|
85.6
|
0.014
|
|
Non-MSA
|
18.7
|
13.7
|
26.9
|
18.9
|
14.4
| |
|
Poverty category
|
|
Poor/NEA
|
19.6
|
18.5
|
16.9
|
20.3
|
22.4
|
<0.001
|
|
Low Income
|
15.5
|
14.1
|
17.7
|
15.1
|
15.2
| |
|
Middle Income
|
28.6
|
26.1
|
29.6
|
29.0
|
28.8
| |
|
High Income
|
36.3
|
41.3
|
35.8
|
35.6
|
33.6
| |
|
Chronic conditions
|
|
Diabetes
|
28.9
|
25.6
|
28.3
|
29.6
|
31.5
| |
|
Hypertension
|
56.1
|
52.2
|
56.2
|
56.6
|
59.0
|
0.347
|
|
CVD
|
30.4
|
28.3
|
29.9
|
30.6
|
32.3
|
0.679
|
|
Stroke
|
8.4
|
7.9
|
8.3
|
7.8
|
10.1
|
0.642
|
|
Emphysema
|
4.1
|
3.2
|
3.2
|
4.7
|
4.3
|
0.457
|
|
Joint pain
|
51.0
|
44.6
|
51.9
|
52.8
|
52.6
|
0.022
|
|
Arthritis
|
41.9
|
39.9
|
44.1
|
43.5
|
38.2
|
0.162
|
|
Asthma
|
11.5
|
11.0
|
10.0
|
11.9
|
12.8
|
0.521
|
|
Year category
|
|
Year 2002/03
|
17.7
|
18.4
|
18.9
|
17.6
|
16.0
|
0.901
|
|
Year 2004/05
|
18.4
|
17.3
|
19.6
|
18.5
|
17.8
| |
|
Year 2006/07
|
19.3
|
20.9
|
19.1
|
18.6
|
19.5
| |
|
Year 2008/09
|
20.9
|
22.2
|
20.6
|
20.0
|
22.0
| |
|
Year 2010/11
|
23.7
|
21.2
|
21.8
|
25.3
|
24.7
| |
|
Access
|
|
Usual source of care
|
89.7
|
93.4
|
90.6
|
88.1
|
88.8
|
0.004
|
|
Medical access
|
82.1
|
88.1
|
82.6
|
81.2
|
77.9
|
<0.001
|
|
Prescription access
|
91.8
|
94.4
|
92.2
|
90.8
|
90.8
|
0.064
|
- N-weighted sample size; n-unweighted sample size; %, weighted percentage
- aNon-married stands for widowed/divorced and separated
