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

Table 3

Multivariate hazards regression estimates of the effect of Hispanic race on mortality from diabetes: Hispanic groups disaggregated, 1983–1994.

Covariate	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	0.403**	1.50	1.19, 1.88
Puerto Rican	12	4363	0.027	1.03	0.57, 1.82
Cuban	10	2621	−0.003	0.99	0.53, 1.86
Other Hispanics	59	22259	−0.069	0.93	0.71, 1.21
Non-Hispanic black	280	49299	0.416**	1.51	1.32, 1.74
Non-Hispanic other	47	15992	0.235	1.26	0.94, 1.69
Nativity status
Born in USA	1813	559517		1.00	Reference
Born outside USA	61	21518	−0.368**	0.69	0.53, 0.90
Sex
Female	1055	309523		1.00	Reference
Male	819	270043	0.239**	1.27	1.15, 1.39
Marital status
Married	1045	412040		1.00	Reference
Not married	829	166481	0.281**	1.32	1.19, 1.46
Central city residence
Lives outside city	1274	424934		1.00	Reference
Lives in city	600	154632	0.119*	1.13	1.02, 1.24
Health insurance
Has insurance	860	246072		1.00	Reference
Lacks insurance	1014	333494	−0.054	0.94	0.86, 1.04
Educational attainment
Some college	297	198839		1.00	Reference
High school	468	219513	0.092	1.09	0.94, 1.27
Less high school	1109	161214	0.556**	1.74	1.51, 2.00
Family income
Above $40,000	255	185130		1.00	Reference
Less than $10,000	597	90095	0.677**	1.97	1.65, 2.34
$10,000–$19,999	519	100664	0.616**	1.85	1.57, 2.18
$20,000–$29,999	326	116643	0.430**	1.54	1.30, 1.82
$30,000–$39,999	177	87034	0.319**	1.37	1.13, 1.67
Income unknown	60	20049	−0.408**	0.66	0.51, 0.87
Age
25–44	158	301806		1.00	Reference
45–64	640	184259	1.916**	6.79	5.69, 8.10
65 and above	1076	93501	3.144**	23.21	19.45, 27.70
−2 log 𝐿			46055.9
LRS			3365.5**
Events			1874
Population at risk			579566

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