Table 1.
Summary statistics for the 114 Hospital Service Areas in Florida by socioeconomic environment
| Variables | Socioeconomic Summary Score Tertile
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|---|---|---|---|
| Low (n = 38) | Medium (n = 38) | High (n = 38) | |
| Socioeconomic summary score, mean (range) | −2.7 (−7.8 to −0.4) | 0.9 (−0.4 to 2.1) | 4.5 (2.1 to 13.8) |
| Total number of TURP procedures performed 2001–2009 | 8283 | 29,331 | 16,783 |
| Total number of laser prostatectomy procedures performed 2001–2009 | 5295 | 14,987 | 9175 |
| Yearly number of transurethral procedures for BPH per 100,000 men age 40 and up, median (IQR)* | 209 (129–299) | 234 (164–345) | 236 (159–355) |
| Age, median (IQR), years* | 37.1 (34.3–40.9) | 41.1 (36.5–46.1) | 43.4 (37.5–48.5) |
| African American, %** | 16 | 10 | 5 |
| Hispanic, %** | 13 | 9 | 10 |
| Household income, median, $* | 31,036 | 38,160 | 46,928 |
| Value of housing units, median, $* | 75,700 | 101,883 | 139,104 |
| Households with interest, dividend, or rental income, %** | 28 | 37 | 47 |
| Adult residents who completed high school, %** | 70 | 82 | 88 |
| Adult residents who completed college, %** | 12 | 20 | 30 |
| Employed residents with executive, managerial, or professional occupations, %** | 24 | 30 | 37 |
| Poverty rate,%** | 17 | 11 | 8 |
| Urban population, %** | 58 | 87 | 92 |
| Number of urologists per 100,000 population** | 2.8 | 4.0 | 3.9 |
| Number of surgical procedures per 1000 population** | 73 | 87 | 86 |
| Proportion Medicare insured patients, % | 77 | 77 | 77 |
| Proportion Medicaid insured patients, %*** | 1.1 | 1.0 | 0.6 |
| Proportion privately insured patients, % | 19 | 20 | 20 |
BPH, benign prostatic hyperplasia; IQR, interquartile range; TURP, transurethral resection of the prostate.
*
P <.001 across socioeconomic summary score tertiles, Kruskat-Wallis test.
**
P <.001 across socioeconomic summary score tertiles, analysis of variance (ANOVA) F-test
***
P <.01 across socioeconomic summary score tertiles, ANOVA (F-test).