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Table 4 Prevalence, acceptance rates and rates of participation: by race/ethnicity and insurance status 1

From: Lessons learned from the Philadelphia Collaborative Preterm Prevention Project: the prevalence of risk factors and program participation rates among women in the intervention group

  

Prevalence/Eligible

Accepted2treatment1

Participated3 (as % of Eligibles)

  

N (%)

N (%)

N (%)

 

Infection

White

13 (28.9)***

11 (84.6)

10 (76.9)

Race/Ethnicity 1

Black

210 (63.4)

189 (90.0)

178 (84.8)

Hispanic

38 (49.4)

36 (94.7)

34 (89.5)

Private

72 (51.8)

64 (88.9)

59 (81.9)

Insurance Status

MA/Uninsured

194 (59.9)

176 (90.7)

167 (86.1)

Periodontal disease

White

10 (23.8)***

4 (40.0)***

2 (20.0)

 

Black

198 (61.5)

183 (91.9)

102 (51.5)

 

Hispanic

49 (69.0)

41 (83.7)

21 (42.9)

 

Private

71 (51.8)

59 (83.1)

33 (46.5)

 

MA/Uninsured

189 (61.4)

173 (91.1)

94 (49.7)

 

Smoking status

White

20 (43.5)

10 (50.0)

5 (25.0)

 

Black

132 (39.3)

75 (56.8)

37 (28.0)

 

Hispanic

32 (41.6)

20 (62.5)

9 (28.1)

 

Private

34 (23.9)***

18 (52.9)

12 (35.3)

 

MA/Uninsured

151 (46.2)

88 (58.3)

40 (26.5)

 

Clinical depression

White

7 (15.2)

6 (85.7)

5 (71.4)

 

Black

53 (15.7)

50 (94.3)

40 (75.5)

 

Hispanic

19 (24.7)

19 (100)

13 (68.4)

 

Private

15 (10.5)**

14 (93.3)

12 (80.0)

 

MA/Uninsured

66 (20.1)

63 (95.5)

48 (72.7)

 

Housing instability

White

27 (58.7)***

22 (81.5)

15 (55.6)

 

Black

289 (85.8)

265 (91.7)

192 (66.4)

 

Hispanic

65 (84.4)

61 (93.9)

44 (67.7)

 

Private

102 (71.8)***

85 (83.3)**

62 (60.8)

 

MA/Uninsured

289 (88.1)

271 (93.8)

197 (68.2)

 

Low literacy

White

4 (8.7)

1 (25.0)

1 (25.0)

 

Black

81 (24.0)

57 (70.4)

31 (37.8)

 

Hispanic

19 (24.7)

13 (68.4)

10 (52.6)

 

Private

20 (14.1)**

9 (45.0)*

7 (35.0)

 

MA/Uninsured

86 (26.2)

64 (74.4)

36 (41.4)

 
  1. 1There were 13 women who identified themselves as being something other than white, black or Hispanic; because of the small number they were not included in the figures for Race/Ethnicity shown here.
  2. 2A women was classified as having accepted if she was identified as having a risk factor and agreed to receive the risk-appropriate treatment or service as defined in Table 1.
  3. 3See last column of Table 1 for explanation of how “participation” was defined.
  4. ***p<.0001; **p<.01; *p<.05.