Table 1. Demographic characteristics by race/ethnicity of patients with diabetes at 2 large urban health care systems, 2005-2013.
| Variable | Total patient sample | Non-Hispanic White | Hispanic | Black/African American | Asian/Asian Pacific Islander |
| Total samplea | 14093 | 3954 (28.1) | 924 (6.6) | 7928 (56.3) | 1287 (9.1) |
| Age, years, mean (SD) b | 48.7 (10.5) | 49.9 (10.1) | 46.8 (11.0) | 48.2 (10.6) | 49.6 (10.4) |
| Sex | |||||
| Male | 6135 (43.5) | 2022 (51.1) | 452 (48.9) | 3114 (39.3) | 547 (42.5) |
| Female | 7958 (56.5) | 1932 (48.9) | 472 (51.1) | 4814 (60.7) | 740 (57.5) |
| Charlson Comorbidity Index, weightedb,c | |||||
| 1 | 11268 (81.1) | 2958 (76.8) | 727 (80.1) | 6496 (82.4) | 1087 (87.0) |
| 2+ | 2624 (18.9) | 895 (23.2) | 181 (19.9) | 1385 (17.6) | 163 (13.0) |
| Census tract high school graduate or higher, %, mean (SD)b | 82.0 (10.5) | 86.9 (10.1) | 79.1 (11.0) | 79.8 (9.6) | 82.4 (11.3) |
| Census tract income, 2014 $, mean (SD) b | 56849.3 (25538.2) | 70635.6 (27749.3) | 50792.6 (23196.8) | 49765.9 (21029.4) | 62537.0 (26767.4) |
| Language | |||||
| English | 10589 (76.6) | 3373 (89.2) | 434 (47.4) | 6368 (80.9) | 414 (32.8) |
| Non-English | 3241 (23.4) | 407 (10.8) | 482 (52.6) | 1503 (19.1) | 849 (67.2) |
| Locationb | |||||
| Academic center 1 | 6792 (48.2) | 1406 (35.5) | 442 (47.8) | 4686 (59.1) | 258 (20.1) |
| Community health centers | 4319 (30.6) | 1117 (28.3) | 277 (30.0) | 2375 (30.0) | 550 (42.7) |
| Academic center 2 | 2982 (21.2) | 1431 (36.2) | 205 (22.2) | 867 (10.9) | 479 (37.2) |
Results are frequency (%) unless otherwise indicated.
a. Data presented at the patient level.
b. Variable based on data from first date of medical records.
c. Index range of 0 – 17 conditions.