Table 3.

Impact of the NSSRI voluntary sugar reformulation policy on health disparities

	CVD events per million adults			CVD deaths per million adults			Diabetes cases per million adults
	Base Case	NSSRI policy	Disparity impact*	Base Case	NSSRI policy	Disparity impact*	Base Case	NSSRI policy	Disparity impact*
Race/ ethnicity
Non-Hispanic white†	541,726	527,802		178,481	175,745		211,266	206,925
Non-Hispanic black	611,883	591,109		189,620	185,829		281,590	275,041
Disparity ratio‡	1.1295	1.1199	−7.4%	1.0624	1.0574	−8.1%	1.3329	1.3292	−1.1%
Hispanic	611,157	592,155		189,833	186,255		280,143	274,242
Disparity ratio‡	1.1282	1.1219	−4.9%	1.0636	1.0598	−6.0%	1.3260	1.3253	−0.2%
Income§
High†	532,815	521,393		173,938	171,635		210,821	207,118
Low	625,163	601,258		199,961	195,638		273,616	266,862
Disparity ratio‡	1.1733	1.1532	−11.6%	1.1496	1.1398	−6.5%	1.2979	1.2885	−3.2%
Education∥
High†	493,295	486,396		160,829	159,459		190,468	187,874
Low	618,151	595,539		201,818	197,775		286,597	280,222
Disparity ratio‡	1.2531	1.2244	−11.3%	1.2549	1.2403	−5.7%	1.5047	1.4915	−2.6%

^*Calculated as the percent change in the disparity ratio (the ratio of disease cases per million adults in the two comparison subgroups), comparing the disparity ratio with the policy to the disparity ratio in the base case.

^†Reference group.

^‡The ratio of disease cases per million adults in this subgroup compared to the reference subgroup with the lowest disease cases per million adults.

^§Based on the ratio of family income to poverty (low: PIR≤1.85; high: PIR>1.85).

^∥Based on highest educational attainment (low: <high school; high: college graduate or above).