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. 2023 Apr 7;15(4):e37236. doi: 10.7759/cureus.37236

Table 1. Baseline characteristics stratified across the different quintiles of the Distressed Community Index (DC SID, 2016-2019).

P<0.05, statistical significance

DC, District of Columbia; SID, State Inpatient Database; HIV, human immunodeficiency virus; STI, sexually transmitted infection

Variables Total population Prosperous Comfortable Mid-tier At risk Distressed P-value
  N=213,682 n=16,766 n=70,375 n=51,605 n=40,412 n=34,524  
Age             <0.001
18-45 years 46.06% 40.60% 46.44% 47.09% 45.80% 46.70%  
45-65 years 29.25% 17.82% 30.73% 24.59% 33.05% 34.30%  
>65 years 24.69% 41.57% 22.84% 28.32% 21.15% 19.00%  
Female 57.82% 58.05% 56.11% 58.34% 58.48% 59.63% <0.001
Race/ethnicity             <0.001
White 17.23% 54.53% 26.21% 12.66% 5.57% 1.70%  
Black 67.38% 29.68% 61.82% 67.80% 82.92% 77.65%  
Hispanics 10.65% 7.63% 6.16% 13.24% 8.98% 19.36%  
Others 4.74% 8.17% 5.81% 6.29% 2.52% 1.29%  
Insurance             <0.001
Private 33.59% 43.61% 39.38% 31.34% 27.69% 27.20%  
Medicare 30.25% 40.61% 28.29% 31.67% 29.34% 28.08%  
Medicaid 34.46% 14.31% 30.40% 35.31% 41.18% 43.39%  
Uninsured 1.22% 1.10% 1.34% 1.23% 1.25% 1.02%  
Others 0.48% 0.37% 0.59% 0.44% 0.54% 0.31%  
Current smokers 17.38% 9.72% 17.63% 15.27% 18.11% 23.26% <0.001
HIV 4.35% 1.56% 4.78% 3.10% 5.19% 5.71% <0.001
Depression 8.78% 10.97% 9.43% 7.54% 8.90% 8.11% <0.001
Obesity 5.06% 3.73% 4.62% 5.64% 5.52% 5.16% <0.001
Substance abuse 0.02% 0.01% 0.02% 0.02% 0.02% 0.04% 0.02
Alcohol addiction 4.95% 2.95% 5.70% 4.02% 5.39% 5.30% <0.001
Schizophrenia 0.49% 0.23% 0.50% 0.51% 0.55% 0.48% <0.001
Bipolar 4.74% 2.92% 5.34% 3.42% 5.12% 5.91% <0.001
Hepatitis B 0.29% 0.20% 0.32% 0.31% 0.27% 0.27% 0.09
STI 0.61% 0.38% 0.58% 0.62% 0.73% 0.65% <0.001