Table 3.

Decrease in Age-Adjusted Disease Prevalence by Race and Ethnicity Based on Change in Median Household Income by Census Tract in New York City

Increase in Income by $100,000	Black Adults	Hispanic Adults	Asian Adults	White Adults
Absolute Change in Disease Prevalence by Percentage
Diabetes	−2.6% (−3.2% to −2.1%)	−5.0% (−5.6% to −4.5%)	−4.5% (−5.5% to −3.6%)	−2.8% (−3.2% to −2.3%)
Hypertension	−3.8% (−4.7% to −3.0%)	−5.6% (−6.3% to −4.9%)	−3.3% (−4.4% to −2.2%)	−1.9% (−2.7% to −1.0%)
Asthma	−2.6% (−3.2% to −2.1%)	−3.8% (−4.4% to −3.1%)	−1.0% (−1.4% to −0.5%)	−1.7% (−2.0% to −1.4%)
Relative Change in Disease Prevalence by Ratio
Diabetes	0.80× (0.76–0.84)	0.61× (0.57–0.66)	0.61× (0.53–0.70)	0.65× (0.59–0.70)
Hypertension	0.87× (0.84–0.90)	0.77× (0.74–0.80)	0.84× (0.79–0.90)	0.91× (0.87–0.95)
Asthma	0.73× (0.68–0.79)	0.63× (0.56–0.70)	0.73× (0.62–0.85)	0.65× (0.58–0.71)
Coefficient of Determination (R2)
Diabetes	0.09	0.24	0.10	0.13
Hypertension	0.07	0.20	0.04	0.02
Asthma	0.09	0.11	0.03	0.11

Notes: Parentheses with 99.58% confidence intervals.