Table 1 Sample characteristics and prevalence of lack of access to medicines for diabetes and hypertension
Variable | Total sample | Lack of access to diabetes medications | Lack of access to medicines for hypertension | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
% | % | 95% CI | P value | % | 95% CI | P value | |
Gender | 0.177 | 0.601 | |||||
Male | 46.0 | 11.0 | 8.3; 14.3 | 10.0 | 8.0; 12.3 | ||
Female | 54.0 | 8.7 | 7.1; 10.7 | 10.6 | 9.4; 11.9 | ||
Age (years) | 0.025a | < 0.001a | |||||
18–24 | 13.7 | 19.3 | 6.8; 43.9 | 17.7 | 5.9; 42.3 | ||
25–39 | 33.4 | 16.1 | 9.3; 26.2 | 12.3 | 8.7; 17.0 | ||
40–59 | 34.6 | 10.5 | 7.8; 13.9 | 12.8 | 10.8; 15.2 | ||
60 or more | 18.3 | 7.8 | 6.2; 9.7 | 7.6 | 6.7; 8.6 | ||
Ethnicity | 0.115 | 0.357 | |||||
White | 43.8 | 8.7 | 6.4; 11.6 | 9.7 | 8.1; 11.7 | ||
Black | 11.4 | 15.2 | 9.6; 23.3 | 9.9 | 7.4; 13.0 | ||
Brown | 44.8 | 10.3 | 7.9; 13.4 | 11.4 | 9.7; 13.4 | ||
Education (years) | 0.279 | 0.037 | |||||
none | 2.1 | 12.5 | 5.1; 27.3 | 8.1 | 5.7; 11.5 | ||
1–4 | 10.7 | 9.4 | 6.8; 12.8 | 11.3 | 8.7; 14.5 | ||
5–8 | 16.0 | 7.2 | 4.9; 10.3 | 12.0 | 9.6; 14.7 | ||
9–11 | 38.4 | 12.2 | 9.1; 16.1 | 10.7 | 8.9; 12.6 | ||
12 or more | 32.8 | 8.7 | 6.0; 12.4 | 7.2 | 5.8; 9.0 | ||
Region of residence | 0.188 | 0.060 | |||||
North | 10.4 | 13.4 | 9.6; 18.3 | 12.5 | 10.2; 15.3 | ||
Northeast | 25.2 | 11.0 | 9.0; 13.3 | 12.1 | 10.7; 13.5 | ||
Midwest | 11.8 | 9.2 | 5.3; 15.4 | 10.2 | 7.9; 13.1 | ||
Southeast | 44.6 | 9.3 | 6.7; 12.6 | 9.7 | 7.8; 11.9 | ||
South | 8.0 | 5.6 | 3.5; 8.6 | 7.7 | 5.9; 9.9 | ||