The self-reported health of U.S. flight attendants compared to the general population

McNeely, Eileen; Gale, Sara; Tager, Ira; Kincl, Laurel; Bradley, Julie; Coull, Brent; Hecker, Steve

doi:10.1186/1476-069X-13-13

Environmental Health

Table 3 Prevalence of health conditions in NHANES survey (2005 -2008) and flight attendants’ health survey (2007)

From: The self-reported health of U.S. flight attendants compared to the general population

		NHANES				Flight attendants				Standardized prevalence ratio (Age-adjusted)
Reported health conditions	Gender	% Prevalence	Weighted n	S.E.	95% Confidence interval (CI)	% Prevalence	n	S.E.	95% Confidence interval (CI)	SPR	95% Confidence interval (CI)
Respiratory health
Allergies†	Male	31.6	1201	1.7	27.9 – 35.2	35	766	1.7	31.6 – 38.5	1.11	0.98 – 1.25
	Female	43.2	1139	1.8	39.3 – 47	40	3035	0.89	38.2 – 41.7	0.89	0.82 – 0.92
Asthma†	Male	13.2	2432	0.82	11.5 – 14.8	12	781	1.2	9.8 – 14.5	0.94	0.75 – 1.12
	Female	15.7	2240	0.92	13.8 – 17.6	13.5	3104	0.6	12.3 – 14.8	0.91	0.82 – 0.99
Chronic Bronchitis†	Male	3.6	2263	0.5	2.6 – 4.6	13.5	779	1.2	11.2 – 16.1	3.59	2.90 – 4.28
Chronic Bronchitis†	Female	5.1	2083	0.7	3.7– 6.5	16.1	3099	0.7	14.8 – 17.4	2.75	2.51 – 2.99
Current Smoker	Male	23.6	2262	1.0	21.6 – 25.7	13.2	802	1.2	10.9 – 15.8	0.38	0.31 – 0.45
Current Smoker	Female	17.4	2086	1.2	15.0 – 19.7	8.1	3173	0.4	7.1 – 9.1	0.21	0.18 – 0.23
Cardiac health
Heart Disease†	Male	2.3	2260	0.3	1.6 – 3.0	2.7	768	0.6	1.7 – 4.1	1.39	0.79 – 1.98
Heart Disease†	Female	0.6	2084	0.2	0.1 – 1.0	2.5	3059	0.2	2.0 – 3.1	3.51	2.72 – 4.30
High BP†	Male	23.3	2433	1.1	21.1 – 25.6	25	773	1.6	22.0 – 28.2	1.0	0.86 – 1.19
	Female	22.3	2238	1.3	19.6 – 25.1	14.6	3077	0.6	13.3 – 15.9	0.54	0.49 – 0.58
Overweight†	Male	28.3	2432	1.3	25.7 – 30.9	12.6	771	1.2	10.3 – 15.1	0.42	0.34 – 0.51
	Female	33.8	2238	1.4	30.9 – 36.7	12.2	3075	0.6	11.1 – 13.4	0.33	0.30 – 0.37
Mental health
Sleep Disorder†	Male	7.7	2432	0.6	6.5 – 9.0	31.6	766	1.7	28.3 – 35.0	3.69	3.22 – 4.15
Sleep Disorder†	Female	5.6	2237	0.6	4.3 – 6.8	34.2	3056	0.9	32.5 – 35.9	5.61	5.27 – 5.95
Fatigue*	Male	3	2244	0.4	2.3 – 3.8	6.6	758	0.9	4.9 – 8.6	2.18	1.57 – 2.78
	Female	5.9	2065	0.6	4.7 – 7.1	10.6	3028	0.6	9.6 – 11.8	1.83	1.63 – 2.03
Depression*	Male	0.6	2243	0.2	0.2 – 1.0	3.7	761	0.7	2.5 – 5.3	5.67	3.57 – 7.77
	Female	1.6	2065	0.4	0.9 – 2.4	3.8	2961	0.4	3.2 – 4.6	2.18	1.77 – 2.58
Other
Reproductive cancer†
Reproductive cancer†	Female	2.9	2080	0.5	2.0 – 3.9	5.0	3101	0.3	4.3 – 5.8	1.34	1.13 – 1.56

^†Health conditions that were diagnosed by a health care provider
*Symptoms that lasted almost everyday in the past 1-2 weeks as reported by respondent.

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