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Table 2 Prevalence of optimal SRH by socio-demographic characteristics and behavioral health risk factors among adults with and without diabetes for the year 2007, BRFSS, United States

From: Physical activity and optimal self-rated health of adults with and without diabetes

 

Optimal self-rated health a

 

Type 1 diabetes b

(n d = 1,376)

Type 2 diabetes c

(n = 29,572)

Without diabetes

(n = 380,757)

 

%

95% CI e

%

95% CI

%

95% CI

Overall

53.3

47.5-59.1

52.2

51.2-53.8

86.2

85.9-86.4

Age (years)

      

   18-24

86.2

69.2-94.6

41.1

19.0-67.4

90.6

89.5-91.5

   25-34

65.0

53.2-75.2

63.2

52.2-73.0

90.0

89.2-90.6

   35-44

47.9

38.1-57.8

57.5

52.0-62.8

89.4

88.9-89.9

   45-64

39.5

31.3-48.4

50.8

49.0-52.7

84.5

84.1-84.8

   ≥65

43.0

30.3-56.8

52.6

50.7-54.5

76.5

76.0-77.0

Sex

      

   Male

56.8

47.7-65.5

55.2

53.3-57.2

86.8

86.4-87.3

   Female

49.3

42.4-56.2

49.6

47.9-51.3

85.5

85.2-85.9

Race/ethnicity

      

   Non-Hispanic White

59.4

53.2-65.3

57.1

55.8-58.3

88.7

88.5-88.9

   Non-Hispanic Black

38.8

25.8-53.6

48.9

45.2-52.5

83.3

82.4-84.2

   Hispanic

46.7

22.3-72.8

32.8

28.3-37.6

76.0

74.7-77.2

   Other

42.3

24.8-62.0

58.4

51.9-64.7

87.1

86.0-88.2

Education

      

   Less than high school

44.8

20.8-71.6

28.8

25.7-32.0

65.6

64.3-66.9

   High school graduates

41.7

31.9-52.3

49.0

47.1-50.9

83.1

82.6-83.6

   College education

61.3

54.5-67.7

63.6

61.7-65.3

91.3

91.1-91.6

Employment

      

   Employed

66.5

58.9-73.3

67.0

64.5-69.4

91.5

91.2-91.8

   Unemployed

55.3

34.4-74.5

44.8

37.4-52.3

79.6

78.1-81.1

   Not in workforce

36.3

26.1-47.8

44.5

43.0-46.0

76.8

76.3-77.2

Marital Status

      

   Married f

53.4

46.4-60.3

55.7

53.9-57.4

87.9

87.6-88.2

   Unmarried g

53.1

43.4-62.6

46.8

45.0-48.7

83.0

82.5-83.5

Current smoker

      

   Yes

42.6

32.1-53.9

43.4

40.4-46.5

80.0

79.4-80.7

   No

56.0

49.3-62.6

54.1

52.6-55.5

87.7

87.4-88.0

Current drinker

      

   Yes

65.5

56.9-73.1

64.1

61.6-66.4

90.4

90.1-90.8

   No

45.0

36.9-53.4

47.5

46.0-49.0

81.1

80.7-81.5

History of cardiovascular diseases

      

   Yes

34.3

23.4-47.1

35.8

33.3-38.4

57.0

55.9-58.1

   No

59.1

52.3-65.5

59.2

57.7-60.8

88.4

88.1-88.6

History of arthritis

      

   Yes

34.1

26.5-42.8

44.4

42.8-46.0

74.1

73.6-74.6

   No

61.2

54.2-67.8

61.2

59.1-63.2

90.2

89.9-90.5

Disability

      

   Yes

21.4

15.6-28.7

32.7

31.1-34.5

59.9

59.2-60.6

   No

72.6

65.4-78.9

68.0

66.1-69.8

92.0

91.8-92.3

Have health care access

      

   Yes

55.1

48.9-61.2

53.9

52.5-55.2

87.4

87.2-87.7

   No

37.8

23.1-55.3

39.7

35.4-44.2

79.4

78.5-80.3

Body mass index (kg/m 2 )

      

   Neither overweight nor obese (< 25)

61.8

50.0-72.3

53.9

50.0-57.7

88.9

88.5-89.3

   Overweight (25 -< 30)

60.4

50.8-69.3

57.0

54.6-59.2

87.6

87.2-88.0

   Obese (≥ 30)

34.6

27.8-42.5

49.7

47.9-51.5

80.6

79.9-81.2

  1. a. Self-rated health reported as "excellent", "very good", or "good".
  2. b. Age at diagnosis < 30 years and currently using insulin.
  3. c. Age at diagnosis ≥30 years. Or, age at diagnosis < 30 years and currently not using insulin.
  4. d. Maximum subgroup sample size.
  5. e. Confidence interval.
  6. f. Included unmarried couples.
  7. g. Reported as "divorced", "widowed", "separated", or "never married".