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. 2019 Jul 13;15:100953. doi: 10.1016/j.pmedr.2019.100953

Table 1.

Sample characteristics, Philadelphia, PA, 2016.

Characteristic Total adult patient population
Diabetes control sample
Hypertension control sample
N (%) or mean (SD) N (%) or mean (SD) N (%) or mean (SD)
Individual-levela
Total (N) 9499 1061 2633
Age (years) 37.3 (13.9) 49.9 (12.3) 48.7 (12.9)
Female 6758 (71%) 716 (67%) 1810 (69%)
Insurance status
 Medicaid 5747 (61%) 577 (54%) 1434 (54%)
 Medicare 865 (9%) 239 (23%) 528 (20%)
 Private insurance 1714 (18%) 164 (15%) 471 (18%)
 Uninsured 1162 (12%) 81 (8%) 215 (8%)



Neighborhood-levela
Total (N) 353 221 271
Socioeconomic status
 Deprivation score −0.20 (1.15) 0.07 (0.99) −0.03 (1.03)
 Percent poverty 26.8 (14.8) 31.1 (13.9) 28.9 (14.3)
 Percent bachelor's degree 25.5 (20.4) 19.8 (17.6) 22.0 (18.4)
Social environment
 Violent crime rateb 267 (184) 316 (184) 292 (187)
 Perceived safety 0.82 (0.11) 0.80 (0.11) 0.82 (0.11)
 Social capital 1.80 (0.21) 1.77 (0.21) 1.78 (0.21)
 High segregationc 99 (28%) 95 (43%) 98 (36%)
Walkability
 Percent retail land use 5.29 (5.18) 5.07 (4.12) 5.11 (4.74)
 Intersection density 108.6 (60.1) 111.1 (52.7) 110.7 (55.5)
a

N (%) for gender, insurance status, and neighborhood high segregation. Mean (SD) for all other characteristics.

b

Per 10,000 population.

c

Getis-Ord Gi z-score ≥ 1.96 for African American population.