Table 4.
Socio-demographic characteristics of decedents according to underlying and secondary causes of death
| Characteristic | Cardiac (n = 95) |
Non-cardiac (n = 22) |
Total (n = 117) |
P |
| Year of death | 0.79 | |||
| 2003 | 5% | 9% | 6% | |
| 2004 | 38% | 36% | 38% | |
| 2005 | 57% | 55% | 56% | |
| Age (yrs) | 74 ± 10 | 77 ± 10 | 75 ± 10 | 0.22 |
| Men | 96% | 96% | 96% | 0.94 |
| Race | 0.18 | |||
| White | 93% | 86% | 92% | |
| African-American | 4% | 14% | 6% | |
| Other | 3% | 0% | 2% | |
| Marital status | 0.23 | |||
| Never | 14% | 0% | 11% | |
| Married | 47% | 46% | 47% | |
| Widowed | 22% | 27% | 23% | |
| Divorced | 17% | 27% | 19% | |
| Education | 0.006 | |||
| < 12 years | 26% | 54% | 32% | |
| High school graduate | 48% | 18% | 43% | |
| Some college | 15% | 27% | 17% | |
| College graduate | 11% | 0% | 8% | |
| Did tobacco use contribute to death? | 0.49 | |||
| Yes | 22% | 14% | 20% | |
| No | 26% | 41% | 29% | |
| Probably | 10% | 9% | 9% | |
| Unknown | 37% | 27% | 41% |