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Table 1 Demographic, homeownership status, and health characteristics of the HCHS/ SOL cohort by census tract-level mortgage foreclosure risk

From: Relationship between area mortgage foreclosures, homeownership, and cardiovascular disease risk factors: The Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos

 

Census tract-level Mortgage Foreclosure Risk

Overall

Low

Medium

High

N

Median (IQR) or % (95% CI)

N

Median (IQR) or % (95% CI)

N

Median (IQR) or % (95% CI)

N

Median (IQR) or % (95% CI)

Foreclosure rate

13, 851

7.5 (6.2, 9.5)

4444

5.8 (5.0, 6.3)

4737

7.5 (7.0, 8.0)

4670

10.5 (9.2, 11.2)

Homeownership

 Renters

9935

74.1 (71.8, 76.4)

3023

69.8 (64.3, 74.8)

3260

73.3 (69.8, 76.5)

3652

79.0 (75.9, 81.9)

 Owners

3916

25.8 (23.6, 28.2)

1421

30.2 (25.2, 35.7)

1477

26.7 (23.5, 30.3)

1018

21.0 (18.1, 24.1)

Demographics

Age Categories, years

 18–44

5919

61.8 (60.3, 63.3)

1887

62.5 (59.8, 65.1)

2080

65.6 (63.1, 68.0)

1952

57.9 (55.4, 60.4)

 45–64

6970

30.8 (29.6, 32.0)

2213

31.0 (28.9, 33.2)

2348

28.9 (26.7, 31.1)

2409

32.3 (30.4, 34.3)

 65+

962

7.4 (6.7, 8.2)

344

6.6 (5.4, 8.0)

309

5.5 (4.6, 6.6)

309

9.8 (8.5, 11.4)

Sex

 Female

8379

52.6 (51.5, 53.8)

2725

53.9 (51.8, 56.0)

2895

51.7 (49.5, 54.0)

2759

52.1 (50.4, 53.9)

 Male

5472

47.4 (46.2, 48.6)

1719

46.1 (44.0, 48.3)

1842

48.3 (46.0, 50.5)

1911

47.9 (46.1, 49.6)

Education

  < High school

5133

31.4 (29.9, 32.9)

1709

31.5 (28.6, 34.6)

1872

34.3 (31.9, 36.7)

1552

28.8 (26.6, 31.2)

 High school

3622

28.5 (27.3, 29.7)

1097

26.2 (24.2, 28.4)

1229

29.3 (27.0, 31.6)

1296

29.9 (28.1, 31.8)

  > High school

5096

40.2 (38.5, 41.9)

1638

42.3 (38.7, 46.0)

1636

36.5 (34.1, 38.9)

1822

41.3 (38.7, 43.9)

Annual Income, $

  < 20,000

6001

41.2 (39.4, 42.9)

1793

37.4 (34.0, 40.9)

1952

40.9 (38.0, 43.8)

2256

44.9 (42.5, 47.4)

 20,000-50,000

5404

38.3 (36.9, 39.8)

1687

37.6 (35.3, 39.9)

2029

41.9 (39.4, 44.4)

1688

36.1 (33.6, 38.6)

  > 50,000

1390

12.1 (10.6, 13.8)

658

18.1 (14.8, 22.0)

466

11.1 (9.4, 13.1)

266

7.2 (6.0, 8.7)

 Don’t Know/Refused

1056

8.4 (7.6, 9.3)

306

6.9 (5.9, 8.2)

290

6.1 (5.1, 7.3)

460

11.8 (10.2, 13.6)

Hispanic/Latino background

 Dominican

1202

9.4 (8.1, 10.9)

668

15.5 (12.6, 18.9)

363

8.9 (6.9, 11.5)

171

4.1 (2.4, 6.7)

 Central American

1526

7.8 (6.7, 9.0)

316

4.8 (3.9, 5.9)

304

5.1 (3.9, 6.7)

906

12.8 (10.4, 15.7)

 Cuban

2036

20.6 (17.4, 24.2)

67

2.2 (1.5, 3.1)

170

6.3 (4.4, 8.9)

1799

50.0 (43.7, 56.3)

 Mexican

5606

38.3 (35.1,41.7)

1788

44.4 (38.9, 50.1)

2823

55.7 (50.5, 60.8)

995

18.0 (13.1, 24.3)

 Puerto Rican

2128

14.9 (13.4, 16.5)

1074

22.6 (19.5, 26.0)

708

16.0 (13.5, 18.8)

346

6.7 (4.9, 8.9)

 South American

933

5.0 (4.4, 5.7)

353

5.6 (4.5, 6.9)

249

4.1 (3.3, 5.2)

331

5.2 (4.2, 6.5)

 Mixed/other

420

4.0 (3.5, 4.6)

178

4.9 (4.0, 6.0)

120

3.9 (2.9, 5.3)

122

3.2 (2.5, 4.1)

Employment

 Retired

1128

7.0 (6.3, 7.8)

443

7.3 (6.0, 8.8)

360

5.8 (4.9, 6.9)

325

7.7 (6.6, 9.1)

 Unemployed

5429

40.8 (39.4, 42.2)

1603

38.4 (36.1, 40.9)

1818

39.9 (37.5, 42.4)

2008

43.8 (41.4, 46.1)

 Part-time

2435

17.6 (16.7, 18.5)

794

18.1 (16.6, 19.8)

884

19.2 (17.7, 20.8)

757

15.7 (14.2, 17.4)

 Full-time

4859

34.6 (33.3, 36.0)

1604

36.1 (33.8, 38.6)

1675

35.1 (32.7, 37.6)

1580

32.8 (30.8, 34.9)

Nativity

 Foreign Born

11,432

77.2 (75.5, 78.8)

3411

70.0 (67.6, 72.3)

3799

73.9 (71.2, 76.5)

4222

86.7 (83.7, 89.2)

 US Born (50 States and District of Columbia)

2419

22.8 (21.2, 24.6)

1033

30.0 (27.7, 32.4)

938

26.1 (23.5, 28.8)

448

13.3 (10.8, 16.3)

Tertiles of % poverty

 Low

4742

34.3 (30.4, 38.5)

1934

46.6 (39.3, 54.0)

2041

38.8 (31.5, 46.5)

767

19.1 (14.8, 24.3)

 Medium

4603

30.8 (26.8, 35.2)

1248

24.1 (18.6, 30.6)

1518

32.1 (25.2, 39.8)

1837

36.2 (28.6, 44.6)

 High

4506

34.8 (30.8, 39.1)

1262

29.4 (23.7, 35.7)

1178

29.2 (23.0, 36.2)

2066

44.7 (36.5, 53.2)

Health

 Hypertension

3806

21.8 (20.7, 23.1)

1243

19.4 (17.6, 21.3)

1173

18.8 (16.9, 20.8)

1390

26.7 (24.7, 28.9)

 Hypercholesterolemia

6064

40.6 (39.3, 41.8)

1903

38.1 (35.9, 40.3)

2015

39.1 (36.9, 41.3)

2146

44.2 (42.2, 46.2)

 Current Cigarette Use

2616

20.7 (19.6, 21.8)

753

18.4 (16.7, 20.1)

833

19.9 (18.1, 21.9)

1030

23.5 (21.7, 25.5)

BMI, kg/m2

 Underweight (< 18.5)

106

1.1 (0.9, 1.5)

34

1.5 (0.9, 2.3)

27

0.6 (0.4, 1.0)

45

1.2 (0.8, 1.8)

 Normal (18.5–24.9)

2750

22.7 (21.7, 23.8)

878

22.7 (21.0, 24.5)

911

21.8 (19.9, 23.8)

961

23.5 (21.9, 25.1)

 Overweight (25–29.9)

5244

37.6 (36.3, 38.8)

1681

38.0 (35.6, 40.4)

1810

37.9 (35.6, 40.3)

1753

36.9 (35.238.6)

 Obese (≥30)

5751

38.6 (37.3, 39.9)

1851

37.9 (35.5, 40.3)

1989

39.6 (37.3, 42.1)

1911

38.4 (36.5, 40.4)

Center

 Bronx

3204

26.8 (24.1, 29.7)

1900

46.1 (39.7, 52.7)

987

27.5 (21.8, 34.0)

317

8.0 (4.9, 12.8)

 Chicago

3662

16.7 (14.7, 18.8)

1472

21.0 (16.5, 26.3)

1301

19.9 (15.0, 26.0)

889

9.8 (6.3, 15.0)

 Miami

3543

30.3 (26.2, 34.8)

94

2.9 (1.7, 4.7)

347

10.9 (7.8, 15.0)

3102

72.4 (64.8, 79.0)

 San Diego

3442

26.3 (23.0, 29.8)

978

30.0 (23.1, 38.0)

2102

41.7 (35.1, 48.6)

362

9.8 (5.7, 16.2)

  1. Census tract-level Mortgage Foreclosure Risk: Low: foreclosure rates ≤6.65%; Medium: 6.65–8.44%; High: > 8.44% in the HCHS/SOL cohort
  2. Hypertension is defined as: systolic or diastolic BP is greater than or equal to 140/90 mmHg or if the participant self-reported as currently taking antihypertensive mediations. Participants without a blood pressure measurement and no medication use were assumed to be not hypertensive
  3. Dyslipidemia is defined as: total cholesterol ≥240 or Low Density Lipoprotein cholesterol ≥160 or High Density Lipoprotein cholesterol < 40 or use of lipid lowering drugs