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. 2024 Jun;114(6):633–641. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2024.307617

TABLE 1—

Medicaid Enrollee Demographics in New York City (NYC) vs Suburbs (Comparison Counties): 2009–2021

All Enrollees Enrollees With a Traffic-Related Injury
NYC Suburbs NYC Suburbs
Total person-years 51 866 126 13 719 442 140 486 40 178
Unique enrollees, no. 8 585 528 2 413 891 135 244 33 471
Race/ethnicity, %
 Asian 12.8 4.4 6.4 2.7
 Black 18.5 12.7 26.1 19.6
 Hispanic 18.0 10.6 17.8 8.7
 White 13.8 30.6 11.5 28.8
 Other/unknown 36.9 41.8 38.1 40.3
Median age, y (IQR) 30.5 (14.1–52.4) 28.3 (12.2–49.2) 30.9 (20.8–46.2) 30.3 (20.5–45.3)
% Female 53.9 54.6 44.4 49.1
Median annual months enrolled (IQR) 12 (10–12) 12 (9–12) 12 (12–12) 12 (12–12)

Note. IQR = interquartile range. Data come from New York State Medicaid claims and encounter data. Race/ethnicity and gender are self-reported on enrollment in Medicaid.