Neighborhood socioeconomic status, Medicaid coverage and medical management of myocardial infarction: Atherosclerosis risk in communities (ARIC) community surveillance

Table 1 Characteristics (%) of the Study Population^a by nINC and Medicaid Status: ARIC Community Surveillance (1993-2002)

Characteristic	Overall	Median Household Income (nINC)			Medicaid Status
		Low	Medium	High	Yes	No
	n = 14,152	n = 4,439	n = 5,556	n = 4,157	n = 1,381	n = 12,771
nINC, mean (U.S. dollars)	$42,059	$23,629	$42,474	$61,189	$29,059	$43,465
Female	34.0	41.4	31.6	29.4	62.2	31.0
Black	23.2	57.2	10.6	3.9	57.8	19.5
Study Community
Washington Co., MD	16.9	23.6	60.8	15.6	90.4	9.6
Minneapolis, MN	19.5	2.0	33.3	64.7	96.6	3.4
Jackson, MS	24.3	65.5	18.8	15.7	81.1	18.9
Forsyth Co., NC	39.3	28.2	45.7	26.1	92.7	7.3
Age ≥ 65 yr	41.5	38.1	44.0	41.7	61.3	58.2
Health Insurance Status
Medicaid	9.8	21.5	5.4	3.0	-	-
Cardiac Pain	87.5	87.3	86.2	89.5	81.4	88.2
Hospital Type, Teaching	36.9	34.1	29.6	49.6	37.2	36.8
Diabetes	32.4	39.8	31.1	26.4	52.5	30.3
Hypertension	63.7	74.7	60.2	56.7	82.1	61.7
Heart Failure	30.4	36.2	29.6	25.3	47.5	28.5
Medications
Optimal Therapy	78.0	75.6	78.7	79.6	71.0	78.8
Aspirin	87.5	83.2	89.1	90.0	75.5	88.8
β-blockers	69.5	62.2	71.5	74.7	59.3	70.6
ACE Inhibitors	49.5	56.3	46.8	45.9	59.3	48.5

ISSN: 1471-2458