Table 1.

Characteristics of ED users with diabetes in New York City evacuation zone level 1 before and 1 week after Hurricane Sandy's landfall in 2012

Patient characteristics	Before Hurricane Sandy landfall		After Hurricane Sandy landfall		p Value for difference
	Weekly average 2012	Proportion of patients (%)	One week after the landfall	Proportion of patients (%)
Primary diagnosis of diabetes
Total	30.9	100	60	100	<0.01*
Demographics
Elderly (aged 65 years and older)	9.8	32	26	43	0.16
Female	12.8	41	36	60	0.05
Black	12.7	41	4	27	0.09
Hispanic	6.1	20	13	22	0.76
Insurance
Private	3.6	12	4	7	0.42
Medicare	12.7	41	33	55	0.04*
Medicaid	10.7	35	17	28	0.48
Self-Pay	3.9	12	6	10	0.69
Secondary diagnosis of diabetes
Total	258.8	100	420	100	<0.01*
Demographics
Elderly (aged 65 years and older)	128.4	50	250	60	<0.01*
Female	143.5	55	238	57	0.69
Black	73.9	29	101	24	0.19
Hispanic	50.9	20	81	19	0.92
Insurance
Private	32.0	12	37	9	0.11
Medicare	145.9	56	279	66	<0.01*
Medicaid	67.8	26	75	18	0.02*
Self-Pay	13.1	5	29	7	0.16

ED, emergency department.

* = p-value < 0.05