Table 4.

Age, education, and income by ethnicity and gender

	Black women	Black men	White women	White men	p value
Age (mean)	76.4	75.3	75.0	74.6	0.020
Highest level of education completed (%)					<0.001
<Sixth grade	30.1	40.2	3.6	7.6
≥Sixth and <12th	36.1	32.7	26.4	22.4
High school	26.5	16.7	44.0	48.4
Technical school	0.8	3.2	7.2	3.6
College	4.0	4.4	11.6	12.8
Graduate	2.4	2.8	7.2	5.2
Income (%)					<0.001
<$5000	15.3	6.8	1.5	1.8
$5000–$7999	42.6	22.3	15.5	3.6
$8000–$11,999	16.8	23.3	14.6	5.9
$12,000–$15,999	11.9	14.1	11.7	12.3
$16,000–$19,999	3.5	5.8	7.8	12.7
$20,000–$29,999	6.4	15.5	12.6	21.8
$30,000–$39,999	2.0	7.3	10.7	15.9
$40,000–$49,999	1.0	1.9	7.3	10.9
>$50,000	0.05	2.9	18.4	15.0