TABLE 1.

CHARACTERISTICS OF THE STUDY POPULATION FOR EACH COHORT OF CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE, DIABETES, MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION, AND CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE, AMONG RESIDENTS OF 105 UNITED STATES CITIES

	CHF		MI		Diabetes		COPD
	N*	%	N*	%	N*	%	N*	%
Events	1,562	100	1,186	100	2,936	100	3,211	100
Deaths	865	55.4	453	38.1	1,134	38.6	1,445	45
Sex
Male	632	40.5	604	50.9	1,211	41.3	1,470	45.8
Female	930	59.5	583	49.1	1,724	58.7	1,741	54.2
Race
White	1,249	80	1,019	85.9	2,145	73.1	2,728	85
Black	226	14.5	104	8.7	538	18.3	312	9.7
Other	87	5.6	64	5.4	252	8.6	170	5.3
Age†	79.1 (66.9, 92.3)		76.5 (66.7, 89.6)		75.7 (66, 88.6)		76.8 (66.4, 89.9)
N days in coronary care†	0.67 (0–4)		1.4 (0–6.5)		0.3 (0–2.3)		0.4 (0–2.6)
N days in intensive care†	0.85 (0–4.7)		1.5 (0–6.7)		0.5 (0–3.3)		0.7 (0–4.4)
Secondary or previous diagnoses
COPD	421	27	182	15.3	341	11.6
CHF			387	32.7	434	14.8	644	20
Diabetes	425	27.2	256	21.5			432	13.4
Hypertension	639	40.9	454	38.3	1,278	43.5	973	30.3
Previous admissions
Atrial fibrillation	250	16	69	5.8	129	4.4	200	6.2
MI	161	10.3			70	2.4	103	3.2

Definition of abbreviations: CHF = congestive heart failure; COPD = chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; MI = myocardial infarction.

^*N divided by 1,000.

^†Expressed as mean (5–95%).