Table 1.
Characteristics of Health and Retirement Study Population at Baseline (1992)*
| Population without Diabetes | Population with Diabetes | |
|---|---|---|
| Demographic Characteristics | ||
| Estimated population size (U.S.) | 23,587,252 | 2,335,715 |
| Age (years) | 56.0 | 56.5 |
| Gender | ||
| Male | 47.7% | 49.5% |
| Female | 52.3% | 50.5% |
| Race | ||
| White | 82.3% | 70.7% |
| Black | 9.0% | 17.3% |
| Hispanic | 5.7% | 8.9% |
| Asian | 1.4% | 1.5% |
| Other | 1.0% | 1.6% |
| Educational Level | ||
| Grade school | 10.3% | 17.4% |
| High school | 56.3% | 57.0% |
| College | 21.4% | 17.8% |
| Graduate school | 11.9% | 7.9% |
| Health Status Characteristics | ||
| Coronary artery disease | 7.4% | 17.5% |
| Congestive heart failure | 1.5% | 5.6% |
| Stroke | 2.6% | 6.2% |
| Visual acuity | ||
| Good | 88.9% | 78.8% |
| Fair | 8.5% | 14.4% |
| Poor | 2.6% | 6.8% |
| Kidney or bladder problems | 10.2% | 19.2% |
| Hypertension | 38.0% | 63.3% |
| Smoking | ||
| Never | 35.9% | 32.2% |
| Former | 37.1% | 43.3% |
| Current | 27.0% | 24.5% |
*
The HRS study population included a nationally representative sample of adults aged 51 to 61 in 1992.