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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: Risk Anal. 2010 Dec 22;31(4):609–628. doi: 10.1111/j.1539-6924.2010.01548.x

Table VII.

Disease Profile of Top-10 Burdened Females and Males: Shows Co-Morbidity Patterns and Income Poverty: 18 of the 20 Cases Have Annual Income ≤ $10,000/person/yr.

Gender Number in home No. disease/ person Age (yrs) Annual income/person
($’000/yr)
Time in area (yrs) % lifetime in area Ethnicitya Back problems Chronic pain Allergies Asthma Chronic bronchitis TB Pneumonia Behavioral or emotional
disorder
Depression Insomnia or sleep
disorder
Anemia Diabetes GI infection/persist.
diarrhea
Ulcer Cancer Heart disease High BP Skin disorder Smoking habit Miscarriage Elevated lead levels or
lead poisoning
Avg. disease burden per
person per home
F 2 13 59 5.0 10.0 16.9 C 6.50
F 1 12 53 10.0 11.0 20.8 C 12.00
F 1 12 75 10.0 13.0 17.3 C 12.00
F 1 11 55 15.0 10.0 18.2 C 11.00
F 4 11 33 10.0 0.5 1.5 W 3.75
F 4 10 66 6.3 8.0 12.1 C 3.00
F 1 10 55 10.0 24.5 44.5 C 10.00
F 2 9 41 5.0 1.0 2.4 W 6.50
F 1 9 30 10.0 8.0 26.7 C 9.00
F 1 9 46 10.0 0.8 1.6 W 9.00
M 1 12 56 10.0 13.0 23.2 C n/a 12.00
M 2 9 40 5.0 0.2 0.4 W 8.50
M 3 7 20 5.0 5.0 25.0 C 3.67
M 4 7 38 10.0 0.3 0.7 C 3.25
M 1 6 50 10.0 8.0 16.0 W 6.00
M 6 4 3 2.5 3.0 100 ? 2.33
M 5 4 19 2.0 0.7 3.5 W 1.60
M 3 4 42 8.3 1.2 2.8 W 2.33
M 1 4 47 60.0 3.0 6.4 W 4.00
M 4 4 53 10.0 5.0 9.4 C 2.25
a

W = white/Caucasian person; C = person of color; n/a = not applicable.