Table 1.
South Asian patient population by study site, 2014–2019*
| Characteristic | Women | Men | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta (n = 14,916) | New York City (n = 50,815) | Atlanta (n = 11,825) | New York City (n = 39,322) | |
| South Asian inclusion criteria, n (%) | ||||
| South Asian surname | 14,916 (100) | 43,520 (85.6) | 11,825 (100) | 34,085 (86.7) |
| South Asian race/ethnicity | 15,730 (31.0) | 13,393 (34.1) | ||
| South Asian language | 2408 (4.7) | 1424 (3.6) | ||
| South Asian surname and race/ethnicity | 8995 (17.7) | 8452 (21.5) | ||
| South Asian surname and language | 1952 (3.8) | 1191 (3.0) | ||
| South Asian surname, language, and race/ethnicity | 1200 (2.4) | 749 (1.9) | ||
| 1000 (2.0) | 647 (1.6) | |||
| Age, mean (SD) | 56.9 (18.3) | 48.8 (17.4) | 60.2 (17.5) | 49.0 (17.0) |
| Race/ethnicity, n (%) | ||||
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 298 (2.0) | 317 (0.6) | 271 (2.3) | 228 (0.6) |
| Asian | 3088 (20.7) | 18,607 (36.5) | 2786 (23.6) | 15,375 (39.1) |
| Black or African American | 3488 (23.4) | 4187 (8.2) | 1872 (15.8) | 2509 (6.4) |
| Hispanic or Latino | 4 (0.03) | n/a | 3 (0.03) | n/a |
| Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 129 (0.9) | 296 (0.6) | 82 (0.7) | 171 (0.4) |
| White | 4661 (31.2) | 9268 (18.2) | 3526 (29.8) | 6472 (16.5) |
| Other | 141 (0.9) | 9298 (18.3) | 135 (1.1) | 7766 (19.8) |
| Unknown | 3107 (20.8) | 8813 (17.4) | 3150 (26.6) | 6761 (17.2) |
| Language spoken | ||||
| Bengali | 102 (0.7) | 1005 (2.0) | 53 (0.4) | 728 (1.9) |
| English | 11,400 (76.4) | 44,658 (87.9) | 8764 (74.1) | 35,404 (90.0) |
| Gujarati | 89 (0.6) | 80 (0.2) | 56 (0.5) | 37 (0.09) |
| Hindi | 155 (1.0) | 443 (0.9) | 109 (0.9) | 242 (0.6) |
| Kannada | 0 (0.0) | 1 (0.01) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) |
| Malayalam | 6 (0.04) | 35 (0.07) | 4 (0.03) | 17 (0.04) |
| Nepali | 65 (0.4) | 89 (0.18) | 51 (0.4) | 73 (0.2) |
| Punjabi | 13 (0.09) | 144 (0.28) | 0 (0.0) | 95 (0.24) |
| Tamil | n/a | 17 (0.03) | n/a | 9 (0.02) |
| Urdu | 68 (0.5) | 772 (1.5) | 32 (0.3) | 333 (0.9) |
| Other | 449 (3.0) | 3569 (7.0) | 1122 (9.5) | 2382 (6.0) |
| Not recorded | 2569 (17.2) | 0 (0.0) | 2458 (20.8) | 0 (0.0) |
| Insurance status | ||||
| Medicare | 3326 (22.3) | 6048 (11.9) | 2742 (23.2) | 5017 (12.8) |
| Medicaid | 932 (6.2) | 9817 (19.3) | 502 (4.2) | 6783 (17.3) |
| Private Insurance (HMO, PPO, POS, Indemnity, EPO, Managed Care) | 9915 (66.5) | 33,159 (65.3) | 7838 (66.3) | 25,556 (65.0) |
| Other (self pay, workers comp, no fault, child health plus) | 743 (5.0) | 465 (0.9) | 743 (6.3) | 760 (1.9) |
| Missing | n/a | 1326 (2.6) | n/a | 1206 (3.1) |
| Smoke cigarettes, n (%) | ||||
| Yes | 765 (5.1) | 3470 (6.8) | 1113 (9.4) | 6546 (16.7) |
| No | 11,274 (75.6) | 46,768 (92.0) | 8597 (57.6) | 32,277 (82.1) |
| Missing/NA | 2877 (19.3) | 577 (1.1) | 2115 (14.2) | 499 (1.3) |
*All variables were collected using electronic health record