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 |