New York City: health issues among adults living in shelters 2022

In New York City, the most common medical condition self-reported at intake or assessment among single adults experiencing homelessness and living in a single adults shelter was hypertension/high blood pressure. This statistic depicts the most common medical conditions self-reported at intake or assessment among adults experiencing homelessness in New York City and living in shelters in 2022, by shelter type.

Number of medical conditions self-reported at intake/assessment among adults experiencing homelessness and living in shelters in New York City in 2022, by shelter type

Characteristic	Adults in Single Adult Shelters	Adults in Adult Family Shelters	Adults in Families with Children Shelters
Hypertension / high blood pressure	5,142	509	720
Asthma	4,008	633	1,815
Diabetes (Type 1/2)	3,150	362	539
Arthritis / other joint disease	2,021	253	234
Back pain or herniated/slipped disc	1,923	254	340
Other serious medical condition	1,867	157	300
High cholesterol	1,276	157	-
Heart / cardiac (CAD/MI/CHF/Atrial fibrillation)	1,174	133	175
Allergies (seasonal or medications)	839	175	490
Seizure disorder/epilepsy	764	117	-
Pregnancy (high-risk/ pre-term labor)	-	-	262
Anemia	-	-	331

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Release date

October 2022

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Region

North America, United States (New York)

Survey time period

2022

Age group

18 years and older

Supplementary notes

"This is self-reported data at the time of application, when they arrive at the assessment or intake site, from every adult client that spent the night in an adult family, families with children or single adult shelter in 2022. In this data collection method, each client has the ability to report several health conditions and therefore these data are not de-duplicated. These counts include clients that turned 18 while in shelter during 2022."

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