Age Disparities Among Patients With Type 2 Diabetes and Associated Rates of Hospital Use and Diabetic Complications
ORIGINAL RESEARCH — Volume 16 — August 1, 2019
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Figure 1.Estimated prevalence and age distribution of patients with type 2 diabetes by race/ethnicity among 576,306 unique patients aged 10 to 100 years who had visited an emergency department at least once from 2011 through 2015 in New York City. Data source: New York State Department of Health Statewide Planning and Research Cooperative System (18).
| Age | Non-Hispanic Black, % | Hispanic, % | Asian, % | Non-Hispanic White, % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| 15 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.3 |
| 20 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| 25 | 1.5 | 1.1 | 0.8 | 0.5 |
| 30 | 2.5 | 2.0 | 1.3 | 0.9 |
| 35 | 4.1 | 3.6 | 2.7 | 1.4 |
| 40 | 6.7 | 6.3 | 5.6 | 2.8 |
| 45 | 10.9 | 9.4 | 10.1 | 5.2 |
| 50 | 15.3 | 13.9 | 14.6 | 9.0 |
| 55 | 21.3 | 19.3 | 19.8 | 12.0 |
| 60 | 27.0 | 25.1 | 24.6 | 15.5 |
| 65 | 32.3 | 30.5 | 29.5 | 19.0 |
| 70 | 38.5 | 35.2 | 33.9 | 21.7 |
| 75 | 40.3 | 36.8 | 33.6 | 25.7 |
| 80 | 43.0 | 38.6 | 37.4 | 24.9 |
| 85 | 41.2 | 36.4 | 36.5 | 24.7 |
| 90 | 35.8 | 34.5 | 34.3 | 21.7 |
| 95 | 32.1 | 31.3 | 30.9 | 17.6 |
| 100 | 22.2 | 19.2 | 24.0 | 13.0 |
Figure 2. Age distribution by sex, race, and ethnicity among patients with type 2 diabetes among 576,306 unique patients aged 10 to 100 years who had visited an emergency department at least once from 2011 through 2015 in New York City. Data source: New York State Department of Health Statewide Planning and Research Cooperative System (18).
| Age Group | Non-Hispanic Black, % | Hispanic, % | Asian, % | Non-Hispanic White, % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10-19 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.3 |
| 20-29 | 2.6 | 2.7 | 1.4 | 1.1 |
| 30-39 | 5.6 | 6.5 | 4.4 | 2.5 |
| 40-49 | 14.0 | 14.2 | 11.0 | 6.8 |
| 50-59 | 24.8 | 23.0 | 23.2 | 15.8 |
| 60-69 | 23.2 | 23.4 | 24.9 | 22.8 |
| 70-79 | 17.4 | 18.3 | 19.3 | 22.6 |
| 80-89 | 9.6 | 9.5 | 12.7 | 21.8 |
| 90-99 | 2.2 | 1.8 | 2.8 | 6.4 |
Census tracts with an average age of patients with type 2 diabetes of 57.1 years or younger localize primarily to southern areas of the Bronx, northern areas of Staten Island, and northern areas of Brooklyn.
Figure 3. Average age of patients with type 2 diabetes, by census tract, among 576,306 unique patients aged 10 to 100 years who had visited an emergency department at least once from 2011 through 2015 in New York City. Data source: New York State Department of Health Statewide Planning and Research Cooperative System (18).Return to Article
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