Mortality from Diabetes by Hispanic Groups: Evidence from the US National Longitudinal Mortality Study

Table 1

Events, population at risk, and gross (unadjusted) hazards regression estimates of the effects of the covariates on diabetes mortality, 1983–1994.

Variable	Diabetes deaths	Population at risk	Hazards regression coefficient	Relative risk	95% confidence interval
Race/ethnicity
Non-Hispanic white	1421	478346		1.00	Reference
Mexican	80	20265	0.694**	2.00	1.60, 2.51
Puerto Rican	12	4363	0.381	1.46	0.82, 2.58
Cuban	10	2621	0.098	1.10	0.59, 2.05
Other Hispanics	59	22259	0.105	1.11	0.86, 1.44
Non-Hispanic black	280	49299	0.758**	2.13	1.87, 2.42
Non-Hispanic other	47	15992	0.260	1.30	0.97, 1.73
Nativity status
Born in USA	1813	559517		1.00	Reference
Born outside USA	61	21518	−0.258*	0.77	0.59, 0.99
Sex
Female	1055	309523		1.00	Reference
Male	819	270043	0.111**	1.12	1.02, 1.22
Marital status
Married	1045	412040		1.00	Reference
Not married	829	166481	0.467**	1.55	1.41, 1.70
Central city residence
Lives outside city	1274	424934		1.00	Reference
Lives in city	600	154632	0.234**	1.26	1.15, 1.39
Health insurance
Has insurance	860	246072		1.00	Reference
Lacks insurance	1014	333494	0.026	1.03	0.94, 1.12
Educational attainment
Some college	297	198839		1.00	Reference
High school	468	219513	0.165**	1.18	1.02, 1.36
Less high school	1109	161214	0.823**	2.28	1.99, 2.59
Family income
Above $40,000	255	185130		1.00	Reference
Less than $10,000	597	90095	1.077**	2.94	2.51, 3.43
$10,000–$19,999	519	100664	0.858**	2.36	2.02, 2.75
$20,000–$29,999	326	116643	0.581**	1.79	1.52, 2.11
$30,000–$39,999	177	87034	0.411**	1.51	1.24, 1.83
Income unknown	60	20049	−0.677**	0.51	0.38, 0.66
Age
25–44	158	301806
45–64	640	184259	1.961**	7.11	5.97, 8.46
65 and above	1076	93501	3.502**	33.21	28.09, 39.26
𝑁	1874	579566

Note: *significant at 𝑃<0.05; **significant at 𝑃<0.01.