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. 2016 Jul 21;26(3):339–344. doi: 10.18865/ed.26.3.339

Table 1. Demographic and behavioral characteristics by ethnic subgroup among NYC adults, NYC HANES 2004.

Major race/ethnic group
  All NYC Adults, (N=1965) Non-Hispanic White, (n=611) Non-Hispanic Black, (n=426) Hispanic, (n=642) Non-Hispanic Asian, (n=258)
Age group c,d
<50 1380 (62.7) 387 (56.2) 292 (60.8) 490 (70.3) 190 (71.3)
≥50 585 (37.3) 224 (43.9) 134 (39.2) 152 (29.7) 68 (28.7)
Sex c
Male 816 (46.1) 290 (51.1) 159 (42.2) 241 (41.2) 113 (47.6)
Female 1149 (54.0) 321 (48.9) 267 (57.8) 401 (58.8) 145 (52.4)
Education c,d,e
< High school 564 (27.1) 60 (11.2) 136 (31.9) 248 (46.0) 78 (29.4)
High school 384 (19.4) 96 (16.8) 92 (21.6) 140 (21.4) 49 (18.3)
> High school 1014 (53.6) 454 (72.0) 198 (46.5) 217 (32.7) 130 (52.3)
Incomec,d,e
< $20,000 645 (31.5) 103 (18.0) 139 (32.1) 307 (49.1) 88 (36.5)
≥ $20,000 1272 (68.5) 496 (82.0) 278 (67.9) 321 (50.9) 157 (63.5)
Insurance coverage c,d,e
Private 967 (52.9) 444 (73.2) 210 (51.0) 214 (33.1) 91 (35.0)
Medicare/government 528 (26.2) 86 (15.6) 131 (29.7) 211 (34.2) 86 (34.0))
Uninsured 461 (20.9) 79 (11.2) 84 (19.3) 214 (32.8) 78 (30.9)
Health Status
Smoker d 469 (23.1) 150 (23.0) 103 (23.0) 151 (23.1) 55 (21.7)
Alcohol use, heavy c,d,e 152 (7.2) 59 (8.7) 31 (6.3) 46 (6.7) 9 (3.2)
BMI, obese c,d,e 506 (26.1) 133 (22.9) 145 (33.8) 199 (31.5) 24 (8.9)

Data are n (%).

a. Other Hispanic includes Cuban, Cuban American, Other Latin American, and Other Hispanic.

b. Other Asian includes Canada, Ghana, Guyana, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Macau, Myanmar, North Korea, Philippines, South Korea, Trinidad and Tobago, Thailand, and Viet Nam.

c. P<.05 across all major race/ethnic groups.

d. P<.05 across Hispanic subgroups.

e. P<.05 across Asian subgroups.