Table 1.
Demographic characteristics and outcome prevalence and rates for Flushing, New York and Sunset Park, New York before (earlier than 2012) and after (after 2013) aeroplane noise increased in Flushing, New York
| Baseline characteristics | Pre period: 2009–2011 | Post period: 2013–2015 | ||||||||||
| Age 5–17 | Age 18–44 | Age 45–64 | Age 5–17 | Age 18–44 | Age 45–64 | |||||||
| Flushing | Sunset Park | Flushing | Sunset Park | Flushing | Sunset Park | Flushing | Sunset Park | Flushing | Sunset Park | Flushing | Sunset Park | |
| Demographics | ||||||||||||
| Total N | 20 120 | 21 597 | 57 089 | 52 016 | 36 472 | 18 681 | 24 552 | 26 009 | 76 278 | 60 774 | 50 806 | 24 421 |
| Age (mean) | 11.69 | 11.12 | 31.07 | 29.86 | 53.44 | 53.29 | 11.43 | 10.71 | 30.95 | 30.35 | 53.99 | 54.22 |
| Age (SD) | 3.94 | 3.92 | 8.19 | 7.54 | 5.59 | 5.5 | 3.94 | 3.87 | 7.84 | 7.25 | 5.44 | 5.57 |
| Female (%) | 48 | 48 | 58 | 57 | 54 | 51 | 48 | 48 | 56 | 54 | 54 | 52 |
| Asian (%) | 50 | 46 | 60 | 62 | 63 | 60 | 52 | 47 | 59 | 59 | 63 | 62 |
| Black (%) | 6 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| Hispanic (%) | 17 | 15 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 14 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 |
| White (%) | 11 | 24 | 10 | 15 | 10 | 14 | 10 | 24 | 8 | 14 | 8 | 12 |
| Other (%) | 5 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 6 |
| Unknown (%) | 12 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 12 | 20 | 16 | 13 | 11 |
| Average months on Medicaid per year | 9 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 |
| Total Medicaid spending per person per year | US$1911 | US$1904 | US$3818 | US$3954 | US$6754 | US$6076 | US$1783 | US$1972 | US$3398 | US$3914 | US$6520 | US$6115 |
| Prevalence per 100 000 | ||||||||||||
| Insomnia | 398 | 477 | 4208 | 6096 | 8036 | 9143 | 623 | 450 | 4755 | 5873 | 11 034 | 10 843 |
| Cardiovascular disease* | NA* | NA* | 1955 | 1576 | 9934 | 9073 | NA* | NA* | 3575 | 2040 | 13 260 | 10 786 |
| Alcohol use disorder | NA* | NA* | 2114 | 1173 | 2470 | 2184 | NA* | NA* | 2264 | 1358 | 2870 | 2199 |
| Substance use disorder | NA* | NA* | 2265 | 1517 | 1799 | 2098 | NA* | NA* | 3799 | 2926 | 4250 | 4058 |
| Anxiety | NA* | NA* | 5124 | 4639 | 6279 | 6279 | NA* | NA* | 5726 | 5265 | 7537 | 7416 |
| Depression | NA* | NA* | 3782 | 2874 | 6007 | 5867 | NA* | NA* | 3191 | 2272 | 5637 | 4656 |
| Mood disorder | NA* | NA* | 6371 | 4900 | 9399 | 8891 | NA* | NA* | 5607 | 4410 | 8375 | 7297 |
| Disorders diagnosed young | 1983 | 1394 | 289 | 212 | 170 | 112 | 2480 | 2219 | 307 | 244 | 163 | 188 |
| Visits per 1000 per year | ||||||||||||
| Emergency department | 328 | 216 | 335 | 257 | 288 | 237 | 375 | 188 | 360 | 217 | 332 | 216 |
| Emergency department (SM) | 13 | 20 | 26 | 21 | 31 | 39 | 20 | 7 | 32 | 12 | 45 | 36 |
| Inpatient stays | 70 | 53 | 267 | 319 | 299 | 245 | 60 | 49 | 231 | 300 | 234 | 190 |
| Inpatient stays (SM) | 14 | 7 | 43 | 24 | 45 | 32 | 11 | 5 | 37 | 21 | 37 | 21 |
| Outpatient visits per person per year | ||||||||||||
| Total outpatient | 3.4 | 4.1 | 4.1 | 4.6 | 6.7 | 7.3 | 3.9 | 5.2 | 4.5 | 5.5 | 7.6 | 8.2 |
| Outpatient (SM) | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.4 |
*We adopted a longer follow-up period 2008–2011(preimplementation) and 2013–2016 (TNNIS implementation) to allow for lag time in disease manifestation.