Table 2.
Clinical, social, and demographic characteristics of patients
| N | % | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Sex | |||
| Female | 57 | 56% | |
| Male | 44 | 44% | |
| Race | |||
| Asian | 3 | 3% | |
| Black | 47 | 47% | |
| White | 47 | 47% | |
| Unknown | 4 | 4% | |
| Relationship | |||
| Married | 45 | 45% | |
| Divorced | 12 | 12% | |
| Separated | 1 | 1% | |
| Single | 33 | 33% | |
| Widowed | 8 | 8% | |
| Unknown | 2 | 2% | |
| Admitting Hospital Service | |||
| Unknown | 15 | 15% | |
| General medicine | 20 | 20% | |
| Cardio/cardiovascular | 2 | 2% | |
| Emergency/ICU | 34 | 34% | |
| Urology/gynecology | 4 | 4% | |
| Neurology/neurosurgery | 11 | 11% | |
| Psychiatry | 4 | 4% | |
| Rehab medicine | 5 | 5% | |
| Thoracic/pulmonary | 6 | 6% | |
| Religion | |||
| Unknown | 9 | 9% | |
| Protestant Christian | 72 | 72% | |
| Catholic | 4 | 4% | |
| Muslim | 1 | 1% | |
| Jewish | 1 | 1% | |
| No preference | 14 | 14% |