Table 1.

Characteristics of stroke survivors by race/ethnicity: National Health Interview Survey, 2000–2006^a

^aData source: National Center for Health Statistics (2000–2006). All percentages are weighted according to sampling fractions used by the National Health Interview Survey. Population estimates were calculated using SAS-callable SUDAAN software, version 9.00.1 (Research Triangle Institute) to obtain proper variance estimations that accounted for the complex sampling design of the National Health Interview Survey and results that were weighted to reflect national population estimates. Observations with missing values were excluded from the denominator for the computation of frequency when the covariate was missing; thus, the percentages in the table cannot be reproduced exactly by taking the overall N in the first row as the denominator for each cell in a column.

^bp ≤ 0.01 compared with non-Hispanic whites.

^cp ≤ 0.05 compared with non-Hispanic whites.

^dLow self-reported health status defined as poor or fair on 5-point Likert scale.

^eComorbidity score was calculated using a composite score based on 6 major health conditions: hypertension, coronary heart disease, diabetes mellitus, emphysema, heart condition/disease, and chronic kidney disease.