Table 6: Control of
hypertension by age group 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 |
21.4 |
15.8-27.8 |
40.9 |
33.3-48.9 |
36.8 |
23.0-53.1 |
|
Age
group (years) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
20-39 |
15.6 |
5.3-32.8 |
43.7 |
26.6-62.3 |
26.3 |
8.7-57.3 |
|
40-59 |
23.3 |
16.7-31.0 |
44.0 |
38.3-49.9 |
30.3 |
15.9-50.1 |
|
≥ 60 |
14.3 |
1.8-42.8 |
31.2 |
23.8-39.7 |
65.1 |
34.4-86.9 |
|
Race/Ethnicity |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Mexican American a |
20.5 |
12.2-31.2 |
37.6 |
21.3-57.2 |
23.8 |
11.5-42.9 |
|
Other Hispanic b |
20.0 |
10.0-33.7 |
63.3 |
43.9-79.1 |
62.8 |
– |
|
White, non-Hispanic |
30.0 |
6.7-65.2 |
41.0 |
30.9-51.8 |
39.7 |
26.0-55.4 |
|
Black, non-Hispanic |
53.9 |
25.1-80.8 |
31.0 |
21.3-42.8 |
11.9 |
5.2-25.0 |
|
Other c |
20.0 |
6.8-40.7 |
56.8 |
42.6-69.9 |
38.4 |
– |
a Mexican
American: Participants self identified as Mexican
American
b Other Hispanic: Participants self identified as Latino but not Mexican American
c Other: Participants self
identified neither Mexican American nor as other Hispanic, white or
black