The objective of this project was to examine the role of neighborhood effects on diabetes, obesity and lack of sleep in Metropolitan Detroit. This project asked if the health indicators varied by neighborhood socioeconomic position (SEP), if non-Hispanic (NH) Blacks and Hispanics resided more in lower neighborhood SEPs, if mean rates of the health indicators were different across SEP and if SEP and diabetes had a significant association. Using the Modified Darden Kamel Composite Socioeconomic Index for 2011-2015, neighborhood SEPs were identified for census tracts in Metropolitan Detroit. Average health prevalence rates for each health indicator were found for each of the neighborhood SEPs. Neighborhoods of lower SEPs had the greatest prevalence for all three health indicators and greatest proportion of NH Blacks and Hispanics. All health prevalence rates were significantly different across SEPs. However, SEP was not significantly associated with diabetes after adjusting for smoking and obesity.
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