Table 2.
Socio-demographic characteristics of decedents according to underlying cause of death
| Characteristic | Cardiac (n = 61) |
Non-cardiac (n = 56) |
Total (n = 117) |
P |
| Year of death | 0.86 | |||
| 2003 | 7% | 5% | 6% | |
| 2004 | 39% | 36% | 38% | |
| 2005 | 54% | 59% | 56% | |
| Age (yrs) | 74 ± 10 | 76 ± 9 | 75 ± 10 | 0.18 |
| Men | 97% | 95% | 96% | |
| Race | 0.033 | |||
| White | 93% | 89% | 92% | |
| African-American | 2% | 11% | 6% | |
| Other | 5% | 0% | 2% | |
| Marital status | 0.38 | |||
| Never | 13% | 9% | 11% | |
| Married | 51% | 43% | 47% | |
| Widowed | 23% | 23% | 23% | |
| Divorced | 13% | 25% | 19% | |
| Education | 0.07 | |||
| < 12 years | 21% | 43% | 32% | |
| High school graduate | 46% | 39% | 43% | |
| Some college | 21% | 12% | 17% | |
| College graduate | 12% | 5% | 8% | |
| Did tobacco use contribute to death? | 0.23 | |||
| Yes | 26% | 14% | 20% | |
| No | 23% | 36% | 29% | |
| Probably | 12% | 7% | 9% | |
| Unknown | 11% | 43% | 41% |