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Table 3 Standardized prevalence estimates of diabetes mellitus, ages 45–84, by race/ethnicity

From: Aggregation of Asian-American subgroups masks meaningful differences in health and health risks among Asian ethnicities: an electronic health record based cohort study

 

All 45–84 yr

Women 45–84 yr

Men 45–84 yr

All 45–84 yr

  

Age-sex standardized prevalence

 

Age-standardized prevalence

 

Age-standardized prevalence

Absolute percentage point difference from All Asian

 

N

% (99% CI)

N

% (99% CI)

N

% (99% CI)

All

Women

Men

All Asian

274,909

23.1% (22.9–23.3)

148,905

20.4% (20.1–20.7)

126,004

26.1% (25.8–26.5) b

(ref) c

(ref) c

(ref) c

Chinese

87,128

15.6% (15.2–15.9) a

47,034

13.4% (13.0–13.8) a

40,094

17.9% (17.4–18.4) a,b

−7.5

−7.0

−8.2

Korean

8910

18.0% (17.0–19.0) a

5138

14.8% (13.6–16.0) a

3772

21.5% (19.8–23.2) a,b

−5.1

−5.6

−4.6

Japanese

16,886

18.1% (17.4–18.9) a

9891

14.5% (13.7–15.4) a

6995

22.2% (20.9–23.4) a,b

−4.9

−5.9

−3.9

Southeast Asian

30,910

18.7% (18.1–19.4) a

15,104

16.8% (15.9–17.7) a

15,806

21.0% (20.0–21.9) a,b

−4.2

−3.6

− 5.1

Filipino

88,691

31.9% (31.5–32.3) a

50,957

28.7% (28.2–29.2) a

37,734

35.4% (34.8–36.0) a,b

8.8

8.3

9.3

South Asian

35,565

29.1% (28.7–30.0) a

16,430

25.5% (24.5–26.4) a

19,135

33.7% (32.7–34.6) a,b

6.3

5.1

7.6

Native Hawaiian/

Pacific Islander

8453

34.5% (33.1–35.9) a

4051

31.1% (29.1–33.1) a

4402

38.3% (36.3–40.3) a,b

11.4

10.7

12.2

White

non-Hispanic

795,079

12.8% (12.7–12.9) a

421,777

10.6% (10.5–10.7) a

373,302

15.3% (15.1–15.4) a,b

−10.3

−10.2

−10.8

African-American/Black

107,205

24.9% (24.5–25.2)

60,796

23.3% (22.9–23.7) a

46,409

26.6% (26.0–27.1) b

1.8

2.9

0.5

Hispanic/

Latino

210,050

25.3% (25.0–25.5) a

108,366

23.2% (22.8–23.5) a

101,684

27.6% (27.3–28.0) b

2.2

2.8

1.5

  1. All Asian group includes aggregated data for the 6 Asian ethnic groups above plus other Asians not represented in the table. This group does not include Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islanders
  2. aNon-overlapping 99% CIs and absolute percentage point difference from All Asian group within sex category of ≥ 2 percentage points
  3. bNon-overlapping 99% CIs and ≥ 2 percentage point difference between women and men
  4. cRef: reference group for race and ethnic group comparisons