Table 3: Prevalence of hypertension by country of origin among Hispanic female hotel room cleaners (Las Vegas 2002, N = 846) compared to the Hispanic U.S. female

  working population (Hispanic Community Health Study (HCHS)/     Study of Latinos (SOL) 2008-2011, N = 9100, cited from Daviglus et al. 2012)

 

 

Hispanic Female
Hotel Room Cleaners
(Las Vegas 2002) N = 846

U.S. Hispanic Female
Working Population

(HCHS/SOL 2008-2011) N = 9100

Country of Origin

%

95% CI

%

95% CI

All

22.7

19.9-25.7

23.5

22.4-24.5

Mexico

22.9

18.5-27.7

19.5

17.8-21.3

Other Hispanic countries

22.6

16.7-29.5

23.1

22.2-24.0

       Cuba

29.6

13.8-50.2

26.4

24.5-28.3

       Dominican Republic

25.0

0.6-80.6

26.1

23.2-29.3

       Puerto Rico

100.0

29.1

26.4-31.9

       Central America

19.7

13.3-27.5

25.6

22.9-28.4

       South America

30.8

9.1-61.4

15.9

13.2-19.0

 Other countries

27.4

18.2-38.2

 Unknown

20.9

16.0-26.5