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Table 1 Survey-weighted characteristics of Hispanic and White California children, 2001 to 2015

From: Socio-demographics and asthma prevalence, management, and outcomes among children 1–11 years of age in California

 

Total  n (percent)

Percent with Asthma, CI

Asthma P-value

 
 

61,625 (100%)

12.9 (12.3, 13.4)

  

Age

  

< 0.001

***

   1 to 5 years

26,856 (45.2%)

9.7 (8.9, 10.4)

  

   6 to 11years

34,769 (54.8%)

15.5 (14.7, 16.4)

  

Gender

  

< 0.001

***

   Male

31,684  (51.0%)

15.3 (14.5, 16.1)

  

   Female

29,941 (49.0%)

10.4 (9.5, 11.1)

  

Race/ethnicity

  

< 0.001

***

   Hispanic

18,764 (42.1%)

12.4 (11.3, 13.5)

  

   Asian

6,627 (10.7%)

12.9 (10.8, 14.9)

  

   African American

2,801 (6.6%)

19.5 (16.8, 22.2)

  

   White

29,979 (34.5%)

12.0 (11.3, 12.8)

  

   Two or more Races

4,454 (6.2%)

13.7 (11.3, 16.1)

  

Adult English Proficiency

  

< 0.001

***

   Very well

43,953 (66/2%)

14.1 (13.2, 14.9)

  

   Fairly well

6,349 (12.4%)

11.9 (9.9, 14.0)

  

   Not well / Not at all

11,323 (21.4%)

9.7 (8.6, 10.8)

  

Adult Education

  

< 0.001

***

   Less than 12 years education

10,443 (21.4%)

11.0 (9.9, 12.1)

  

   High School graduate

 13,247 (22.4%)

13.4 (11.9, 14.9)

  

   Less than 4 years college

14,369 (22.2%)

16.1 (14.7, 17.5)

  

   College graduate or higher

23,568 (34.1%)

11.4 (10.5, 12.3)

  

Poverty level

  

0.6217

 

   0-99% FPL

10,389 (24.0%)

13.3 (11.8, 14.8)

  

   100-199% FPL

12,460 (22.5%)

13.2 (11.9, 14.4)

  

   200-299% FPL

8,635 (13.7%)

13.1 (11.5, 14.7)

  

   300% FPL and Above

30,141 (39.8%)

12.4 (11.6, 13.2)

  

Living environment

  

0.0680

 

   Urban

50,563 (89.2%)

13.0 (12.4, 13.7)

  

   Rural

11,064 (10.8%)

11.5 (10.1, 12.9)

  

Usual Source of Care

  

0.0045

**

   Doctor office/HMO/Kaiser

45,244 (69.2%)

13.3 (12.6, 14.0)

  

  Community/Government clinic

14,208 (22.7%)

12.5 (11.2, 13.7)

  

   ER/Urgent care/ Other place

550 (1.0%)

12.6 (8.1, 17.1)

  

   No usual source of care

1,623 (3.1%)

7.4 (5.0, 9.8)

  

Insurance status

  

0.0222

*

   Insured

58,430 (95.1%)

13.0 (12.4, 13.6)

  

   Not insured  

3,195 (4.9%)

9.8 (7.3, 12.2)

  

Citizenship Status

  

< 0.001

***

   US-born citizen

38,019 (55.7%)

14.2 (13.3, 15.0)

  

   Naturalized citizen

10,014 (17.4%)

12.2 (10.8, 13.7)

  

   Non-Citizen    

13,592 (26.7%)

10.6 (9.5, 11.7)

  

Survey year

  

0.2457

 

   2001-2002

11,794 (11.2%)

12.7 (12.0, 13.5)

  

   2003-2004

7,863 (11.2%)

13.7 (12.7, 14.8)

  

   2005-2006

10,403 (11.4%)

13.5 (12.4, 14.6)

  

   2007-2008

9,134 (11.5%)

13.5 (12.4, 14.5)

  

   2009-2010

8,343 (11.5%)

11.2 (10.8, 12.2)

  

   2011-2012

6,879 (10.9%)

14.2 (12.7, 15.7)

  

   2013

2,763 (10.7%)

13.6 (11.2, 15.9)

  

   2014

2,457 (10.8%)

12.0 (9.4, 14.6)

  

   2015

1,989 (10.9%)

11.5 (8.4, 14.6)

  
  1. Estimated annual population of children = 5,697,515. Those with asthma = 733,320. Sample numbers are unweighted, all percents are survey-weighted
  2. CI 95% Confidence Interval
  3. * p<0.05, ** p<0.01, *** p<0.001