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. 2023 Jun 9;38(15):3321–3328. doi: 10.1007/s11606-023-08258-5

Table 2.

Summary Statistics Describing Social Determinants of Health Characteristics by Majority Race/Ethnicity of Census Tracts

NHW Majority NHB Majority Hispanic Majority Asian Majority
Mean SD N Mean SD N Mean SD N Mean SD N
Economic stability
Share living in poverty .2 .1 6604 .3 .2 2956 .3 .1 2447 .2 .1 324
Median HH income 63932.8 32334.5 6600 34916.4 17035.6 2955 41015.5 14956.5 2447 57815.9 21968.6 323

Share with positive W-2

Earnings

.8 .1 6596 .7 .0 2955 .7 .0 2448 .8 .0 323
Employment rate .6 .1 6605 .5 .1 2955 .5 .1 2448 .5 .1 324
Neighborhood physical environment
Eviction filing rate 4.4 6.8 6605 12.0 10.4 2957 4.8 6.4 2448 2.0 2.9 324
Eviction judgment rate 2.0 3.1 6605 4.5 4.0 2957 1.7 1.8 2448 .8 1.6 324
Avg. rent two-bedrooms 1173.6 500.3 5587 896.5 282.5 2405 1091.4 265.2 2130 1410.8 362.2 276
Share with travel-time less than 15 min to work .3 .1 6605 .2 .1 2956 .2 .1 2447 .1 .1 324
Avg. commute time to work 26.4 7.8 6604 32.8 9.9 2955 33.3 7.6 2448 36.6 7.8 324
Education
Share with college degree or more .4 .2 6604 .2 .1 2956 .1 .1 2448 .3 .1 324
Avg. Std. math test scores in grade=3 3.0 .9 6605 2.3 .9 2957 2.6 .6 2447 3.2 .6 324
Food
Share low access and income 18.5 17.2 5331 34.1 23.5 2194 20.6 19.8 1315 9.7 11.2 156
Share low access and no car 5.2 6.4 5331 13.6 11.8 2194 5.2 7.1 1315 3.0 5.6 156
Share low access (1/2 mile) 57.4 32.9 5331 60.0 34.7 2194 40.3 33.8 1315 33.8 33.1 156
Community and social context
Probability of reaching top 20% of national income distribution, given parents in 10th percentile of income dist. 14.6 10.1 6596 7.4 4.9 2955 11.2 5.0 2448 25.0 7.4 323
Probability incarcerated, given parents in 10th percentile of income dist. 2.8 3.7 6577 6.2 3.8 2953 2.7 3.0 2448 0.7 1.7 323
Average annual job growth rate 0.8 6.4 6233 0.7 9.1 2886 2.0 8.0 2415 2.9 7.2 321
Health care system
Share uninsured 11.9 4.8 4680 19.3 5.8 2633 26.3 7.5 2143 15.4 4.1 257
Share with annual checkup 68.7 5.0 4680 76.9 3.9 2633 67.4 5.1 2143 71.2 3.7 257
Share with dental visit 67.2 10.5 4680 50.2 10.2 2633 50.6 9.1 2143 59.1 8.8 257
Share with cholesterol screening 78.8 6.6 4680 80.0 5.0 2633 76.8 4.4 2143 81.0 3.4 257
Share with colon screening 65.2 7.3 4680 57.9 7.0 2633 52.4 6.6 2143 55.9 6.8 257
Share with mammography screening 79.1 3.1 4680 82.5 2.4 2633 78.7 2.7 2143 76.6 2.2 257

Race/Ethnicity data is based on 2010 census data. Bold entries denote means that are significantly different at p<0.01 level from that of the reference group (NHW)