TABLE 2.
Distribution of Subjects Needing Medical Care During or Immediately After Hurricane Sandy, by Demographic, Hurricane-Related and Intrinsic Risk Factors. (n.s. = not significant)
| Needed Medical Care During or Immediately After Sandy |
Could Not Get Medical Care |
Could Not Fill a Prescription or Get Medical Supplies During or Immediately After Sandy |
Aware of EPAP |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CHARACTERISTICS | Row % (standard error) | P value | % of Needed Medical Care (standard error) | P value | % of Needed Medical Care (standard error) | P value | Row % (standard error) | P value |
| DEMOGRAPHICS | ||||||||
| US born, non-Hispanic white | 3.0 (0.3) | Ref | 13.7 (3.5) | Ref | 19.0 (4.0) | Ref | 15.5 (0.7) | Ref |
| US born, non-Hispanic black | 3.7 (0.8) | n.s. | 29.8 (12.0) | n.s. | 27.7 (8.6) | n.s. | 17.2 (1.7) | n.s. |
| US born, Hispanic | 4.7 (1.4) | <0.0001 | 26.4 (11.8) | n.s. | 50.2 (15.2) | 0.02 | 15.7 (2.5) | n.s. |
| All US-born | 3.2 (0.2) | Ref | 19.6 (3.5) | Ref | 24.4 (3.6) | Ref | 15.6 (0.6) | Ref |
| All foreign-born | 3.1 (0.5) | >0.51 | 18.1 (6.0) | n.s. | 19.9 (6.1) | n.s. | 11.4 (1.2) | 0.00651 |
| Recently arrived foreign-born3 | 4.5 (1.6) | 0.0052 | 20.2 (12.6) | n.s. | 27.6 (14.1) | n.s. | 8.7 (2.0) | 0.012 |
| HURRICANE RELATED RISK FACTORS | ||||||||
| Evacuated >1 week | 10.0 (1.9) | <0.0001 | 22.3 (8.1) | n.s. | 31.9 (6.2) | <0.01 | 16.4 (2.6) | n.s. |
| Evacuated 1-7 days | 5.0 (0.9) | 0.0015 | 24.9 (7.1) | n.s. | 13.9 (1.7) | n.s. | ||
| Did not evacuate | 2.7 (0.2) | Ref | 18.1 (3.7) | Ref | 19.1 (3.5) | Ref | 14.5 (0.6) | Ref |
| Sandy impact low | 2.6 (0.3) | Ref | 13.8 (4.2) | Ref | 11.9 (3.1) | Ref | 15.5 (0.7) | n.s.λ |
| Sandy impact medium | 4.1 (0.5) | 0.01 | 24.1 (5.4) | n.s. | 32.7 (6.1) | 0.0017 | 12.3 (0.9) | n.s. |
| Sandy impact high | 3.3 (0.7) | n.s. | 18.8 (8.9) | n.s. | 43.1 (11.7) | 0.0022 | 14.1 (1.6) | Ref |
| INTRINSIC RISK FACTORS | ||||||||
| Chronic disease present | 5.2 (0.5) | <0.0001 | 18.9 (3.7) | n.s. | 23.3 (3.7) | n.s. | 15.3 (0.8) | n.s. |
| Without chronic disease | 1.8 (0.2) | 19.9 (5.2) | 23.3 (5.7) | 14.1 (0.8) | ||||
| ≥65 years | 2.7 (0.4) | n.s. | 13.4 (4.2) | n.s. | 10.6 (4.2) | 0.02 | 16.4 (0.9) | 0.04 |
| <65 years | 3.2 (0.3) | 20.5 (3.5) | 26.0 (3.6) | 14.1 (0.6) | ||||
| Without medical insurance | 3.9 (0.8) | n.s. | 35.1 (11.1) | 0.0545 | 29.5 (9.0) | n.s. | 10.9 (1.4) | 0.01 |
| Has medical insurance | 3.0 (0.2) | 16.4 (2.7) | 22.2 (3.3) | 15.1 (0.6) | ||||
| Without a regular doctor | 2.8 (0.5) | n.s. | 34.2 (8.9) | 0.04 | 33.5 (8.9) | n.s. | 11.3 (1.2) | 0.01 |
| Has a regular doctor | 3.2 (0.2) | 16.7 (3.2) | 21.6 (3.3) | 15.2 (0.6) | ||||
| Income <$35K | 5.1 (0.5) | <0.0001 | 20.5 (4.4) | 0.09 | 28.5 (4.8) | n.s. | 14.7 (0.7) | n.s. |
| Income ≥$35K | 2.2 (0.3) | 11.1 (3.2) | 20.8 (4.9) | 15.0 (1.0) | ||||
| TOTAL | 3.1 (0.2) | 19.2 (3.0) | 23.3 (3.1) | 14.6 (0.5) |
1.
P value for foreign-born vs US-born
2.
P value for recent foreign-born vs US-born
3.
Recently-arrived foreign-born is a subset of all foreign-born.