Table 1.
Descriptive Statistics for the 2014 Heath Retirement Survey Cohort by Cognition Group (HRS, 2014).
| Normal Cognition N=13,774 Weighted % (n) |
Dementia/Impaired Cognition N=3924 Weighted % (n) |
P-Value | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Education | |||
| ≤ 12 years | 38.8 (5572) | 72.8 (2733) | < 0.01 |
| 13+ years | 61.2 (7062) | 27.2 (890) | |
| Gender | |||
| Male | 45.1 (5304) | 45.4 (1517) | 0.05 |
| Female | 54.9 (7494) | 54.6 (2124) | |
| Race | |||
| White | 86.3 (9666) | 66.9 (2084) | < 0.01 |
| Black/Other | 13.7 (2999) | 33.1 (1546) | |
| Ethnicity | |||
| Hispanic | 7.1 (1444) | 17.0 (752) | < 0.01 |
| Non-Hispanic | 92.9 (11237) | 83.0 (2882) | |
| Marital Status | |||
| Married/Living with a Partner | 76.0 (9743) | 70.4 (2708) | <0.01 |
| Single/Widowed | 24.0 (2952) | 29.6 (931) | |
| Rurality | |||
| Rural | 26.4 (3163) | 28.3 (937) | 0.27 |
| Urban | 73.6 (9480) | 71.7 (2678) | |
| Hospitalization Days Categories | |||
| None (0 days) | 79.3 (9821) | 70.9 (2514) | <0.01 |
| Low (1–7 days) | 15.7 (2094) | 20.9 (738) | |
| Medium (7–15 days) | 2.8 (430) | 4.8 (173) | |
| High (16+ days) | 2.1 (271) | 3.3 (115) | |
| Hospice Care Days Categories | |||
| None (0 days) | 58.0 (23) | 49.5 (183) | 0.11 |
| Low (1–7 days) | 21.6 (92) | 23.3 (86) | |
| Medium (7–15 days) | 9.1 (38) | 9.9 (33) | |
| High (16+ days) | 11.3 (53) | 17.3 (76) | |
| Nursing Home Days Categories | |||
| None (0 days) | 98.0 (12357) | 95.3 (3454) | <0.01 |
| Low (1–30 days) | 1.5 (224) | 3.0 (97) | |
| Medium (31–119 days) | 0.4 (61) | 1.1 (40) | |
| High (120+ days) | 0.1 (19) | 0.6 (17) | |
| Doctors Visits Categories | |||
| None (0 visits) | 7.6 (1017) | 17.2 (567) | < 0.01 |
| Low (1–6 visits) | 52.1 (6002) | 46.9 (1462) | |
| Medium (7–25 visits) | 35.6 (4277) | 30.6 (914) | |
| Mean (SE) | Mean (SE) | ||
| Age (yrs) | 65.7 (0.3) | 72.3 (0.4) | < 0.01 |
| Everyday Discrimination Score | 1.54 (0.01) | 1.59 (0.02) | 0.07 |
| Spousal Social Support Score | 1.72 (0.01) | 1.86 (0.03) | < 0.01 |
| Other Family Social Support Score | 1.82 (0.01) | 1.76 (0.02) | < 0.01 |
| Loneliness Score | 1.50 (0.01) | 1.63 (0.02) | < 0.01 |