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. 2023 Aug 23;38(3):488–493. doi: 10.1038/s41433-023-02708-4

Table 2.

Demographics of included patients in SCCS.

Total (N = 20149)
Age
N 20,149
 Mean (SD) 71.6 (9.3)
 Median 72.0
 Q1, Q3 63.0, 79.0
 Range (55.0–89.0)
Gender
 Male 8012 (39.8%)
 Female 12,136 (60.2%)
 Unknown 1 (0.0%)
Race
 White 15,633 (77.6%)
 Black 1389 (6.9%)
 Hispanic 1543 (7.7%)
 Asian 660 (3.3%)
 Unknown 924 (4.6%)
Education level
 Less than or equal to HS Diploma 4465 (22.2%)
 Less than Bachelor Degree 11,249 (55.8%)
 Bachelor Degree Plus 3905 (19.4%)
 Unknown 530 (2.6%)
Household income
 <$40K 4868 (24.2%)
 $40K–$49K 1563 (7.8%)
 $50K–$59K 1721 (8.5%)
 $60K–$74K 2229 (11.1%)
 $75K–$99K 2947 (14.6%)
 $100K+ 4591 (22.8%)
 Unknown 2230 (11.1%)
Geographic location
 Upper Midwest 5008 (24.9%)
 Southern Midwest 2864 (14.2%)
 Northeast 2311 (11.5%)
 Mountain 2199 (10.9%)
 Pacific 3281 (16.3%)
 South Atlantic 4473 (22.2%)
 Unknown 13 (0.1%)
Index year
 2002 130 (0.6%)
 2003 349 (1.7%)
 2004 461 (2.3%)
 2005 518 (2.6%)
 2006 541 (2.7%)
 2007 779 (3.9%)
 2008 1246 (6.2%)
 2009 1463 (7.3%)
 2010 1415 (7.0%)
 2011 1486 (7.4%)
 2012 1680 (8.3%)
 2013 1465 (7.3%)
 2014 1569 (7.8%)
 2015 1500 (7.4%)
 2016 888 (4.4%)
 2017 1088 (5.4%)
 2018 1212 (6.0%)
 2019 1356 (6.7%)
 2020 1003 (5.0%)
History of hypertension
 No 4851 (24.1%)
 Yes 15,298 (75.9%)
History of hypercholesterolemia
 No 4309 (21.4%)
 Yes 15,840 (78.6%)
Smoking
 No 15,385 (76.4%)
 Yes 4764 (23.6%)
CKD
 No disease 15,000 (74.4%)
 CKD 4504 (22.4%)
 ESRD 645 (3.2%)
Ischemic heart diseae
 No 13,861 (68.8%)
 Yes 6288 (31.2%)
Heart failure
 No 17,265 (85.7%)
 Yes 2884 (14.3%)
Atherosclerosis
 No 17,147 (85.1%)
 Yes 3002 (14.9%)
DM
 No 13,679 (67.9%)
 Yes 6470 (32.1%)
Chronic Liver disease
 No 19,964 (99.1%)
 Yes 185 (0.9%)
Chronic Pulmonary Disease
 No 12,987 (64.5%)
 Yes 7162 (35.5%)
Peripheral vascular disease
 No 16,722 (83.0%)
 Yes 3427 (17.0%)
Atrial fibrillation/flutter
 No 17,250 (85.6%)
 Yes 2899 (14.4%)
Congestive heart failure
 No 16,893 (83.8%)
 Yes 3256 (16.2%)
Previous myocardial infarction
 No 17,836 (88.5%)
 Yes 2313 (11.5%)
Arrhythmia
 No 14,502 (72.0%)
 Yes 5647 (28.0%)
Cor Artery Bypass graft
 No 19,883 (98.7%)
 Yes 266 (1.3%)
History of shingles vaccine
 No 19,842 (98.5%)
 Yes 307 (1.5%)
Health Care Usage in the year prior to index date
N 20149
 Mean (SD) 8.8 (7.2)
 Median 7.0
 Q1, Q3 4.0, 12.0
 Range (0.0–76.0)