Neighborhood Variation in Rate of Revascularization among Acute Myocardial Infarction Patients in New York City

Table 1

Descriptive summary of patient characteristics and comorbidity in NYC neighborhoods, 1998–2002.

Characteristics	Median	Minimum	Maximum
Average age	69.0	64.0	73.0
Male*	45.2%	40.8%	53.2%
Nonwhite	59.0%	12.0%	99.0%
CHF	33.0%	24.0%	45.0%
Obesity	1.5%	0.4%	2.6%
Diabetes	34.0%	19.0%	47.0%
Hypertension	58.0%	50.0%	70.0%
Renal disease	3.1%	0.6%	4.9%
Hyperlipidemia	23.0%	15.0%	30.0%
Pulmonary disease	13.0%	9.0%	20.0%
Public insurance	46.0%	23.0%	77.0%
Poverty level^†	18.4%	5.2%	45.6%
Access to revascularization	57.0%	27.7%	88.7%

*The denominator is the total number of patients with AMI within a neighborhood.
^†Percentage of households below poverty line.