Table 1.
Descriptive characteristics of Community Health Survey respondents by United Health Fund (UHF) New York City neighborhoods: East Harlem, Central Harlem, and Upper East Side, 2002–2006
| Category | Missing n (% of total surveyed ) | Characteristic | Category total | Upper East Side | East Harlem | Central Harlem | P-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Neighborhood | 0 | Number of participants (%) | 2958 | 1181 (40) | 761 (26) | 1016 (34) | |
| Age | 154 (5.2) | Age, years (mean, sd) | 2804 | 1109/1181 58.7±15 |
736/761 54.7±14 |
959/1016 55.3±15 |
0.06 |
| 154 (5.2) | Age groups | <0.001 | |||||
| 35–44 years (%) | 750(27) | 244 (22) | 215(29) | 291(30) | |||
| 45–54 years (%) | 659(24) | 222 (23) | 196 (27) | 241 (23) | |||
| 55–64 years (%) | 543(19) | 230 (21) | 132 (18) | 181(19) | |||
| 65–74 years (%) | 426(15) | 177 (16) | 111 (15) | 138 (14) | |||
| 75+ years (%) | 426(15) | 217 (20) | 82 (11) | 127 (13) | |||
| Gender | 0.01 | ||||||
| 0 | Females (%) | 1829 (62) | 691 (59) | 488 (64) | 650 (64) | ||
| Males (%) | 1129 (38) | 490 (41) | 273 (36) | 366 (36) | |||
| Race/ethnicity | 0 | Black, Non, Hispanic (%) | 993 (34) | 34 (3) | 232 (31) | 727 (72) | <0.001 |
| 0 | Hispanic, all races (%) | 682 (23) | 71 (6) | 453 (60) | 158 (16) | ||
| 0 | White, Non, Hispanic | 1283 (4) | 1076 (91) | 76 (10) | 131 (13) | ||
| Household income | 656 (22) | Poverty level ≥30% based on zipcode (%) | 839 (36) | 32 (4) | 408 (64) | 399 (50) | <0.001 |
| Education | 32 (0.1) | College degree (%) | 1340 (46) | 870 (74) | 145 (19) | 325 (32) | <0.001 |
| Self, assessed health | 22 (0.7) | General health rated as “fair/poor” (%) | 733 (25) | 151 (13) | 277 (37) | 305 (30) | <0.001 |
| 7 (0.2) | US born (%) | 2397 (81) | 961 (82) | 596 (78) | 840 (83) | 0.05 | |
| Sexual identity | 190 (8.0) | Homosexual and bisexual (%) | 118 (5) | 63 (7) | 15 (3) | 40 (5) | 0.02 |
| Neighborhood safety | 14 (2.4) | Feel “extremely safe” in neighborhood (%) | 95 (17) | 68 (33) | 12 (7) | 15 (8) | <0.001 |
| Body Mass Index | 208 (7.0) | Body mass index, (kg/m2) mean, sd | 2750 | 1105/1181 24.6±4.4 |
702/761 28.5±7.0 |
943/1016 27.8±5.7 |
<0.001 |
| Co-morbities | 9 (0.4) | Diabetes mellitus (%) | 273 (12) | 51 (6) | 102 (17) | 120 (16) | <0.001 |
| 17 (2.9) | Hypercholesterolemia (%) | 191 (34) | 83 (40) | 49 (30) | 59 (31) | 0.08 | |
| 522 (29) | Hypertension (%) | 705 (38) | 219 (29) | 181 (41) | 305 (45) | <0.001 | |
| 14 (0.6) | Current asthma (%) | 136 (6) | 35 (4) | 50 (8) | 51 (7) | <0.001 | |
| Health Screening | 971 (41) | Ever colonoscopy (%) | 893 (64) | 448 (71) | 182 (55) | 263 (59) | <0.001 |
| 250 (17) | Mammogram in past 2 years (%) | 1002 (80) | 393 (79) | 258 (82) | 351 (79) | 0.43 | |
| 70 (4.6) | PAP smear in past 3 years (%) | 1233 (86) | 477 (86) | 313 (85) | 443 (86) | 0.93 | |
| 105 (5.8) | HIV test in past 12 months (%) | 373 (22) | 77 (11) | 114 (27) | 182 (30) | <0.001 | |
| 11 (0.4) | Has a primary care physician (%) | 2471 (84) | 1044 (89) | 584 (77) | 843 (83) | 0.001 | |
| Access to Health care | 43 (1.5) | Uninsured (%) | 46 (8) | 61 (5) | 91 (12) | 94 (9) | <0.001 |
| Lifestyle risk factors | |||||||
| Tobacco smoking | 29 (1.0) | Current smokers (%) | 613 (21) | 172 (15) | 191 (25) | 250 (25) | <0.001 |
| Past smokers (%) | 892 (30) | 467 (40) | 165 (19) | 260 (29) | <0.001 | ||
| Never smokers (%) | 1424 (49) | 532 (45) | 396 (53) | 496 (49) | <0.001 | ||
| 6 (2.6) | Exercise in past 30 days (%) | 1676 (73) | 739 (85) | 405 (64) | 532 (67) | <0.001 | |
| 50 (2.2) | Binge drinking (%) | 245 (11) | 92 (11) | 75 (3.3) | 78 (10) | 0.53 | |
| 46 (4.0) | Fruit and vegetable servings/day ≥5 (%) | 117 (11) | 75 (18) | 18 (6) | 24 (6) | <0.001 | |
| 582 (20) | ≥3 sex partners in lifetime (%) | 148 (6) | 70 (8) | 31 (5) | 47 (6) | 0.18 |