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Table 1 Sample demographics by race/ethnicity, uninsured status and diabetes diagnosis, 2002–2017

From: Catastrophic health expenditures: a disproportionate risk in uninsured ethnic minorities with diabetes

 

Full Sample

Uninsured

Diabetes

 

All

NHW

NHB

Hisp

NHW

NHB

Hisp

 

Mean

Lin. SE

Mean

Mean

Mean

Mean

Mean

Mean

CHE (%)

13.8%

0.1%

33.1%

41.3%

36.6%

17.7%

19.8%

23.5%

Hispanic (%)

11.9%

0.4%

-

-

-

-

-

-

NHB (%)

10.7%

0.4%

-

-

-

-

-

-

Diabetes (%)

10.5%

0.1%

6.0%

9.3%

8.8%

-

-

-

Uninsured (%)

8.8%

0.1%

-

-

-

4.3%

6.2%

14.3%

Charges & Expenditures

Tot. Charges

$12,015.6

$145.0

$5,547.3

$6,228.7

$4,112.6

$26,504.3

$27,713.0

$23,393.5

Tot. Expenditures

$6,455.4

$53.9

$2,827.6

$2,514.7

$1,759.7

$14,637.9

$13,206.2

$10,718.1

Predisposing Factors

Age

48.0

0.1

39.8

39.1

37.5

62.1

58.6

57.2

Female (%)

55.2%

0.1%

49.4%

52.7%

54.6%

49.0%

59.0%

54.4%

Married (%)

54.6%

0.3%

39.9%

23.6%

48.5%

61.3%

39.0%

56.5%

Family Size

2.7

0.0

2.6

2.7

3.6

2.2

2.3

2.9

Enabling Factors

College Degree (%)

30.3%

0.4%

15.4%

9.1%

6.7%

20.4%

13.7%

7.3%

Employed (%)

61.7%

0.3%

64.8%

59.1%

62.7%

39.0%

37.6%

40.2%

Need Factors

High Blood Pressure (%)

35.0%

0.2%

24.6%

35.8%

20.1%

75.3%

83.6%

70.2%

Coronary Heart Disease (%)

5.8%

0.1%

2.6%

1.9%

2.3%

19.8%

14.5%

14.5%

Stroke Diagnosis (%)

4.1%

0.1%

1.9%

3.0%

1.0%

12.1%

13.6%

8.7%

Emphysema Diagnosis (%)

2.4%

0.1%

2.1%

0.7%

0.3%

6.9%

2.8%

2.3%

Arthritis Diagnosis (%)

28.3%

0.2%

20.6%

19.2%

9.0%

55.1%

51.5%

40.8%

ADL Help Needed (%)

2.0%

0.0%

0.7%

0.7%

0.6%

5.6%

7.1%

6.0%

IADL Help Needed (%)

4.0%

0.1%

1.9%

1.5%

0.9%

10.4%

12.7%

10.1%

Self Health (% poor/fair)

15.4%

0.2%

17.4%

21.1%

21.3%

36.9%

42.9%

48.4%

Self Mental (% poor/fair)

7.7%

0.1%

10.1%

9.8%

7.1%

13.7%

16.7%

18.1%

Medical Events

OB Visits

7.3

0.1

4.3

2.9

2.7

12.4

10.6

9.5

OP Visits

0.7

0.0

0.3

0.3

0.2

1.4

1.2

0.8

ER Visits

0.2

0.0

0.3

0.5

0.2

0.4

0.4

0.3

IP Discharges

0.1

0.0

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.3

0.3

0.2

N

256,280

10,097

4,894

13,583

13,488

7,384

7,834

Annual Population Size

161.2mil

7.5mil

1.8mil

4.0mil

10.6mil

2.6mil

2.4mil

  1. Summary statistics are all based on survey weight adjusted mean estimates. For the full sample we also report linearized standard errors
  2. ADL Activities of Daily Living, CHE Catastrophic Health Expenditures, CPI Consumer Price Index, IADL Instrumental Activities of Daily Living, NHB Non-Hispanic Black, NHW Non-Hispanic White, OB Office Based, OP Outpatient, ER Emergency Room, IP Inpatient