Table 2.

Colorado—Baseline Characteristics of Patients Completing the Medicare Total Health Assessment Within the Past 2 Years by Race/Ethnicity

	All patients	White	Latino/Hispanic	Asian	Black	Multi-racial/other	Unknown
Patients, n (% of cohort)	58,802	48,587 (82.6%)	5,097 (8.7%)	938 (1.6%)	1,450 (2.5%)	1,542 (2.6%)	1,188 (2.0%)
Age in years, mean (SD)	73.6 (6.6)	73.8 (6.6)	72.5 (6.6)	73.1 (6.5)	73.6 (6.5)	73.3 (6.4)	73.0 (6.6)
Women, %	55.9	54.6	60.2	57.4	56.3	49.7	55.8
Diagnoses, %
Diabetes	21.3	18.9	37.7	30.9	39.9	23.7	16.6
COPD/asthma	23.7	23.9	21.8	17.1	27.7	25.4	20.2
Hypertension	57.1	56.1	62.7	55.3	80.7	57.8	46.3
Cardiovascular disease	33.2	33.7	30.9	24.6	33.4	33.5	27.0
Obesity (BMI 30+)	31.2	30.8	37.6	10.2	39.9	30.3	27.2
Hyperlipidemia	76.5	76.4	79.0	77.6	79.9	76.5	66.2
Anxiety/PTSD	14.1	14.2	15.4	7.8	11.6	14.5	10.5
Depression	18.5	19.0	18.0	8.5	15.0	15.7	13.6
Alzheimer’s/dementia	4.9	4.6	6.8	4.1	7.5	5.2	3.6
Elixhauser score, mean (SD)	3.1 (2.5)	3.0 (2.5)	3.4 (2.6)	2.5 (2.2)	3.8 (2.6)	3.01 (2.5)	2.5 (2.4)
Any primary care visits in prior 2 years, %	99.3	99.4	99.4	99.7	99.7	99.3	94.2
Any hospitalizations in prior 2 years, %	15.0	15.3	14	8.8	15.4	14.6	13.5
Any ED visits in prior 2 years, %	23.7	23.6	25.5	18.4	26.1	24.6	20.5
Needs an interpreter, %	0.3	0.0	2.1	5.5	0.0	0.5	0.1
Social Vulnerability Index (SVI) score, mean (SD)	6.4 (2.2)	6.3 (2.1)	7.6 (2.4)	6.4 (2.2)	7.8 (2.4)	6.6 (2.3)	6.5 (2.2)
% crowded housing, mean (SD)	2.0 (2.8)	1.8 (2.5)	3.3 (3.9)	2.0 (2.9)	3.8 (4.2)	2.1 (2.8)	1.9 (2.6)
Self-reported social context and risk, %
Do not live independently	2.0	2.1	1.3	1.4	1.4	1.5	1.7
Education less than high school	4.9	3.0	19.7	15.6	6.1	6.1	4.1
Food insecurity	10.2	8.6	19.6	17.8	22.3	12.6	11.6
ADL limitation	7.9	7.6	9.5	7.6	12.9	9.3	7.3
Instrumental ADL limitation	11	10.5	13.9	10.9	17	11.3	8.8

All p-values < 0.01; SD standard deviation, COPD chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, BMI body mass index, ED emergency department, ADL activities of daily living