TABLE 1—
Adjusted Differences in Age at Hospitalization by Race/Ethnicity Relative to Micronesians: Hawaii, 2010–2012
| Diagnosis Category | Micronesian (Ref), Mean Age, y | Native Hawaiian, Adjusted Difference (95% CI) | Japanese, Adjusted Difference (95% CI) | White, Adjusted Difference (95% CI) |
| Total no. | 50.3 | 7.8 (7.3, 8.3) | 23.1 (22.6, 23.6) | 13.6 (13.1, 14.1) |
| Cancer | 52.3 | 11.2 (8.9, 13.6) | 20.0 (17.6, 22.3) | 15.7 (13.4, 18.0) |
| Dental | 39.5 | 10.1 (2.4, 17.8) | 29.7 (22.1, 37.4) | 18.9 (11.3, 26.4) |
| Skin | 44.9 | 4.9 (–1.1, 11.0) | 22.3 (16.2, 28.3) | 10.8 (4.8, 16.7) |
| Mental health | 34.0 | 4.7 (–1.4, 10.7) | 19.2 (13.1, 25.3) | 9.6 (3.6, 15.6) |
| Substance abuse | 36.2 | 5.8 (–1.0, 12.6) | 13.1 (6.0, 20.2) | 10.0 (3.3, 16.7) |
| Endocrine | 54.4 | 6.9 (4.1, 9.7) | 24.2 (21.5, 27.0) | 12.8 (10.0, 15.5) |
| Cardiac | 55.8 | 8.0 (7.0, 9.1) | 20.2 (19.2, 21.2) | 14.5 (13.5, 15.5) |
| Pulmonary | 53.3 | 7.4 (5.7, 9.2) | 23.3 (21.6, 25.1) | 14.2 (12.5, 16.0) |
| Infectious | 50.9 | 7.5 (6.0, 9.1) | 23.1 (21.5, 24.6) | 12.6 (11.1, 14.1) |
Note. CI = confidence interval. The sample size was n = 162 152. We adjusted all models for payer, location of residence, and gender. Micronesian: n = 3486, 47.5% women; Native Hawaiian: n = 37 734, 51.2% women; Japanese: n = 49 105, 51.8% women; White: n = 71 827, 45.4% women.