Characteristic | Census tracts in HCV hotspot (n = 302)Mean (95% CI) | Census tracts outside HCV hotspot (n = 1162)Mean (95% CI) |
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Demographic Variables | ||
Malea, % | 48.32 (47.99, 48.48) | 48.23 (47.99, 48.48) |
Total population, no. per census tract | 3837 (3663, 4010) | 4577 (4481, 4673) |
Median age, years | 34.94 (34.20, 35.68) | 39.71 (39.32, 40.09) |
High School graduate or higherb, % | 81.59 (80.03, 83.15) | 89.18 (88.61, 89.75) |
Whitea, c, % | 70.57 (68.14, 73.00) | 82.99 (81.83, 84.14) |
African Americana, c, % | 10.44 (8.88, 11.99) | 6.25 (5.49, 7.01) |
Hispanica, d,, % | 16.80 (14.74, 18.86) | 8.33 (7.50, 9.16) |
Asiana, c, % | 7.60 (6.51, 8.69) | 4.49 (4.14, 4.84) |
Other Race or Ethnicitya, e, % | 7.56 (6.43, 8.69) | 4.35 (3.79, 4.91) |
Socioeconomic Variables | ||
Median household income, $ | 53,066 (50,543, 55,590) | 71,725 (70,006, 73,444) |
Households receiving food stampsa, g, %, | 13.86 (12.36, 15.37) | 8.07 (7.48, 8.66) |
Households living at poverty statusa, g, (%) | 10.16 (9.17, 11.15) | 12.40 (11.73, 13.08) |
Households with 1 workera, g, (%) | 27.85 (26.95, 28.75) | 29.26 (28.71, 29.80) |
Households with ≥2workersa,g, (%) | 59.53 (58.22, 60.83) | 58.07 (57.33, 58.82) |
Owner-occupied housing units, % | 42.78 (40.22, 45.34) | 67.46 (66.10, 68.82) |
Renter-occupied housing units, % | 57.22 (54.66, 59.78) | 32.54 (31.18, 33.90) |
Structural Variables | ||
Pharmacies, no. | 1.14 (0.93, 1.35) | 1.50 (1.38, 1.62) |
Gay bars, no. | 0.04 (0.02, 0.07) | 0.02 (0.00, 0.05) |
Adult bookstores, no. | 0.02 (0.01, 0.04) | 0.02 (0.01, 0.03) |
Syringe exchanges, no. | 0.007 (0.00, 0.02) | 0.00 (0.00, 0.00) |
HIV testing sites, no. | 0.36 (0.22, 0.49) | 0.10 (0.07, 0.14) |
Prisons, no. | 0.02 (0.00, 0.03) | 0.03 (0.02, 0.05) |
HCV casesf, no. | 72.31 (65.87, 78.74) | 51.96 (49.33, 54.90) |
HCV rate per 100,000 individualsf, no. | 2424 (1544, 3303) | 1220 (1154, 1286) |