Explore diabetes data by New York City neighborhood

Dec 11, 2024

Prevalence

Southwest Queens (23%), Pelham-Throggs Neck in the Bronx (18%), East Harlem in Manhattan (17%), and East New York in Brooklyn (17%) were among the neighborhoods with the highest prevalence of diabetes among residents

In 2022, 14% of NYC adults with diabetes who were receiving medical care had very high blood sugar levels (defined as A1C greater than 9%).
Neighborhoods in the Bronx, including Hunts Point-Mott Haven (18%), Fordham-Bronx Park (17%), High Bridge-Morrisania (17%), and Crotona-Tremont (17%) had the highest rates of residents with very high blood sugar levels.

Over 3,100 New Yorkers had diabetes-related lower-extremity amputations (LEAs) in 2022. The citywide rate of LEAs was 44 per 100,000.
The neighborhoods with the highest rates of LEAs in New York City in 2022 were:
- East Harlem (Manhattan): 116 per 100,000
- Hunts Point - Mott Haven (Bronx): 101 per 100,000
- Crotona - Tremont (Bronx): 87 per 100,000
- High Bridge - Morissania (Bronx): 78 per 100,000
- Pelham - Throgs Neck (Bronx): 74 per 100,000
Each of the neighborhoods above had over 100 LEAs in 2022.

Prevalence:
- Data are weighted to the adult residential population per the American Community Survey, 2021.
- Data are age-adjusted to the US 2000 Standard Population except those stratified by age group.
Diabetes lower extremity amputations were identified based on Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality’s (AHRQ) Prevention Quality Indicator (PQI) 16 algorithm, version 2022, with the inclusion of toe amputations.

Source: Diabetes and Health Inequities among New York City Adults. New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene: Epi Data Brief (146);May 2025. https://www.nyc.gov/assets/doh/downloads/pdf/epi/databrief146-diabetes-inequities.pdf