Table 3.
Associations between Census Tract SES and Built Environment Characteristics and Census Tract Level Asthma-Related ED Visits, by Race and Ethnicity*
Non-Latinx White | Black | Latinx | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Census Tract Characteristic** | IRR | 95% Credible Interval | IRR | 95% Credible Interval | IRR | 95% Credible Interval |
Residents living below the federal poverty line | 0.91 | 0.79, 1.04 | 0.87 | 0.72, 1.16 | 0.92 | 0.83, 1.04 |
Residents without access to a vehicle | 1.45 | 1.12, 1.84 | 1.23 | 0.70, 2.06 | 1.24 | 0.98, 1.57 |
Residents with less than a high school education | 1.60 | 1.31, 1.93 | 1.22 | 0.93, 1.70 | 0.96 | 0.81, 1.12 |
Housing with gas heating | 0.94 | 0.86, 1.00 | 1.07 | 0.95, 1.20 | 1.02 | 0.96, 1.09 |
Housing with more than one person per room | 1.45 | 1.01, 2.03 | 1.31 | 0.75, 2.42 | 0.98 | 0.73, 1.34 |
Attaching housing with greater than 10 units | 1.01 | 0.90, 1.10 | 1.10 | 0.82, 1.24 | 0.95 | 0.85, 1.05 |
Housing with two or fewer bedroom | 0.95 | 0.88, 1.05 | 1.00 | 0.87, 1.33 | 1.04 | 0.95, 1.15 |
model 1 by race and ethnicity
percentage of census tract residents or housing units with the characteristic, expressed in 10 percentage point increments