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Table 1 South Asian patient population by study site, 2014–2019*

From: Diabetes and hypertension among South Asians in New York and Atlanta leveraging hospital electronic health records

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)

  1. *All variables were collected using electronic health record