Table 5: Treatment of hypertensiona
by age and ethnicity among hypertensive female hotel room cleaners (Las Vegas
2002, n = 846)
compared to the hypertensive female U.S. working population
(NHANES, 1999-2004, n = 29,402), by health insurance coverage.
|
|
With
health insurance |
Without health
insurance |
||||
|
|
Las
Vegas hotel room cleaners |
NHANES |
NHANES |
|||
|
|
% |
95%
CI |
% |
95%
CI |
% |
95%
CI |
|
Total |
49.2 |
41.9-56.6 |
60.3 |
52.6-67.6 |
50.3 |
34.9-65.7 |
|
Age
group (years) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
20-39 |
22.6 |
9.6-41.1 |
52.0 |
34.2-69.3 |
35.9 |
14.5-64.9 |
|
40-59 |
52.8 |
44.3-61.1 |
68.0 |
61.6-73.8 |
46.8 |
29.5-64.8 |
|
≥ 60 |
71.4 |
41.9-91.6 |
62.2 |
53.7-70.0 |
80.7 |
56.7-93.1 |
|
Race/Ethnicity |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Mexican Americanb |
46.8 |
35.3-58.5 |
50.7 |
32.1-69.1 |
35.4 |
19.4-55.6 |
|
Other Hispanicc |
49.0 |
34.4-63.7 |
81.1 |
57.1-93.3 |
80.2 |
57.3-92.5 |
|
White, non-Hispanic |
50.0 |
18.7-81.3 |
58.3 |
48.3-67.6 |
49.2 |
26.4-72.3 |
|
Black, non-Hispanic |
69.2 |
38.6-90.9 |
60.7 |
44.9-74.6 |
37.7 |
26.3-50.7 |
|
Otherd |
58.3 |
36.6-77.9 |
73.9 |
57.9-85.3 |
48.8 |
29.8-68.2 |
a Hypertension
treatment defined as currently taking blood pressure lowering medication
b Mexican American:
Participants self identified as Mexican American
c Other Hispanic:
Participants self identified as Latino but not
Mexican American
d Other: Participants self identified neither Mexican American nor as other
Hispanic, white or black