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Descriptive characteristics of the study population according to selected socio-demographic variables, National Health Interview Surveys, 1987-1994. |
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| Characteristic |
Number (%*) |
Number (%*) |
Estimated size of total |
Estimated percentage of total |
Univariate |
| of subjects |
reporting |
population reporting |
population reporting |
prevalence odds |
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| complication of |
complication of |
complication of medical care |
ratio (95%) |
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| medical care |
medical care |
(95% confidence interval)† |
confidence interval† |
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| Sex |
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| Male |
133,533 (42.61) |
1,467 (39.22) |
3,148,699 |
0.59 (0.55-0.62) |
1.00 |
| Female |
179,885 (57.39) |
2,273 (60.78) |
4,686,767 |
0.62 (0.59-0.65) |
0.98 (0.91-1.05) |
| Age, y |
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| 18-24 |
26,484 (8.45) |
137 (3.66) |
318,035 |
0.36 (0.30-0.42) |
1.00 |
| 25-34 |
54,177 (17.28) |
437 (11.68) |
964,060 |
0.52 (0.46-0.57) |
1.48 (0.21-1.80) |
| 35-44 |
58,533 (18.67) |
593 (15.86) |
1,234,644 |
0.59 (0.54-0.64) |
1.68 (1.37-2.05) |
| 45-54 |
47,343 (15.10) |
582 (15.56) |
1,202,700 |
0.64 (0.58-0.70) |
1.77 (1.45-2.16) |
| 55-64 |
46,321 (14.78) |
675 (18.05) |
1,402,819 |
0.67 (0.61-0.73) |
1.77 (1.46-2.14) |
| 65-74 |
46,266 (14.76) |
774 (20.70) |
1,577,256 |
0.70 (0.65-0.76) |
1.80 (1.48-2.18) |
| 75 and older |
34,314 (10.95) |
542 (14.49) |
1,135,952 |
0.63 (0.56-0.69) |
1.58 (1.30-1.93) |
| Race |
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| White |
264,759 (84.47) |
3,248 (86.84) |
6,964,509 |
0.62 (0.59-0.65) |
1.00 |
| Black |
40,936 (13.06) |
416 (11.12) |
681,855 |
0.49 (0.44-0.55) |
0.78 (0.70-0.88) |
| Other |
7,743 (2.47) |
76 (2.03) |
189,102 |
0.60 (0.46-0.75) |
0.98 (0.77-1.26) |
| Region |
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| Northeast |
60,690 (19.36) |
640 (17.11) |
1,301,268 |
0.54 (0.49-0.60) |
1.00 |
| Midwest |
79,717 (25.43) |
1,020 (27.27) |
2,063,524 |
0.65 (0.59-0.70) |
1.20 (1.06-1.37) |
| South |
107,068 (34.16) |
1,325 (35.43) |
2,844,560 |
0.62 (0.57-0.66) |
1.14 (1.01-1.29) |
| West |
65,963 (21.04) |
755 (20.19) |
1,626,114 |
0.60 (0.55-0.65) |
1.16 (1.02-1.31) |
| Education |
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| None |
2,338 (0.75) |
17 (0.46) |
36,156 |
0.34 (0.17-0.50) |
1.00 |
| Elementary |
38,727 (12.48) |
627 (16.86) |
1,253,608 |
0.65 (0.59-0.71) |
1.99 (1.20-3.31) |
| Some high school |
42,311 (13.63) |
626 (16.83) |
1,270,559 |
0.69 (0.63-0.75) |
2.19 (1.31-3.65) |
| High school graduate |
113,582 (36.60) |
1,304 (35.06) |
2,753,220 |
0.61 (0.57-0.65) |
1.95 (1.17-3.24) |
| Some college |
59,247 (19.09) |
643 (17.29) |
1,380,437 |
0.59 (0.54-0.64) |
1.90 (1.14-3.17) |
| College graduate |
30,244 (9.75) |
286 (7.69) |
631,982 |
0.56 (0.49-0.63) |
1.74 (1.04-2.92) |
| Post-graduate |
23,901 (7.70) |
216 (5.81) |
464,106 |
0.50 (0.44-0.57) |
1.56 (0.93-2.63) |
| Annual family income, |
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| × $1,000 |
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| less than 5 |
14,133 (5.39) |
209 (6.53) |
399,542 |
0.59 (0.50-0.68) |
1.00 |
| 5-14 |
58,044 (22.12) |
910 (28.42) |
1,840,201 |
0.65 (0.60-0.70) |
1.10 (0.92-1.31) |
| 15-24 |
54,733 (20.86) |
760 (23.74) |
1,593,795 |
0.70 (0.64-0.75) |
1.19 (1.01-1.40) |
| 25-34 |
42,195 (16.08) |
450 (14.05) |
976,522 |
0.60 (0.54-0.65) |
1.02 (0.85-1.22) |
| 35-44 |
30,964 (11.80) |
310 (9.68) |
676,843 |
0.59 (0.52-0.66) |
1.00 (0.83-1.22) |
| 45 and over |
62,295 (23.74) |
563 (17.58) |
1,225,607 |
0.54 (0.49-0.59) |
0.91 (0.76-1.09) |
| Major activity |
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| Work |
160,556 (51.22) |
1,320 (35.29) |
2,817,570 |
0.50 (0.47-0.54) |
1.00 |
| Housekeeping |
72,629 (23.17) |
1,094 (29.25) |
2,213,449 |
0.67 (0.63-0.71) |
1.25 (1.14-1.36) |
| School |
12,911 (4.12) |
94 (2.51) |
219,536 |
0.48 (0.37-0.59) |
0.95 (0.75-1.21) |
| Other |
67,342 (21.48) |
1,232 (32.94) |
2,584,911 |
0.73 (0.68-0.78) |
1.40 (1.28-1.53) |
| Health status |
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| Excellent |
63,171 (20.23) |
397 (10.65) |
864,061 |
0.45 (0.40-0.50) |
1.00 |
| Very good |
79,749 (25.54) |
581 (15.59) |
1,216,534 |
0.45 (0.41-0.49) |
0.98 (0.86-1.13) |
| Good |
92,786 (29.71) |
1,067 (28.64) |
2,201,757 |
0.60 (0.56-0.64) |
1.33 (1.17-1.50) |
| Fair |
51,499 (16.49) |
938 (25.17) |
1,949,144 |
0.72 (0.66-0.78) |
1.57 (1.37-1.80) |
| Poor |
25,092 (8.03) |
743 (19.94) |
1,571,466 |
0.87 (0.80-0.94) |
1.89 (1.64-2.17) |
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* Figures are percentages of the total characteristic. † Figures take into consideration sampling weights due to complex sampling methodology. | |||||
Villanueva and Anderson BMC Health Services Research 2001 1:2 doi:10.1186/1472-6963-1-2 |
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