Table 3. Total Average Annual Incremental Health Care Costs of Food Insecurity Among Adults Aged 50 or Older, by Chronic Condition, 2015a , b .
| Chronic Condition | With Chronic Condition |
Without Chronic Condition |
Difference-in-Differenced |
|---|---|---|---|
| Differencec | Differencec | ||
|
Mean $ (95% Confidence Interval) | |||
| Hypertension | 1,420e (20 to 3070) | 1,190e (30 to 2,570) | 240 (–20 to 650) |
| Coronary heart disease | 890 (–410 to 2,390) | 650 (–280 to 1,680) | 250 (–110 to 740) |
| Stroke | 1,390e (120 to 2,800) | 950e (80 to 1,910) | 440e (60 to 1,040) |
| Emphysema | 900 (–110 to 2,100) | 780 (–130 to 1,790) | 120 (–20 to 510) |
| Asthma | 760 (–390 to 2,010) | 650 (–340 to 1,680) | 120 (–70 to 400) |
| Cancer | 530 (–350 to 1,780) | 460 (–320 to 1,470) | 70 (–50 to 330) |
| Bronchitis | 820 (–210 to 1,880) | 720 (–190 to 1,590) | 100 (–20 to 410) |
| Arthritis | 1,740e (270 to 3,420) | 1,340e (230 to 2,580) | 400e (70 to 880) |
| Diabetes | 1,250f (–90 to 2,820) | 850f (–70 to 1,920) | 390 (–20 to 940) |
a
Means adjusted for age, sex, race/ethnicity, insurance status, federal poverty level, geographic region, snap, living alone, food security modified wording version, year fixed effects, and all other chronic conditions.
b
Health care costs rounded to the nearest tenth.
c
The difference corresponds to the difference in health care costs between food-insecure and food-secure adults.
d
The difference in health care costs associated with food insecurity between older adults with and without a specific chronic condition.
e
Denotes statistical significance at P ≤ .05.
f
Denotes statistical significance at P ≤ .10.