Table 1. Sample Characteristics of the 5,154 Survey Respondents by Study Region.

Characteristics	All		Baltimore City		Eastern Shore		Western Maryland
	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%
Age group, in years***
Less than 65	3830	74.7	546	80.5	2463	74.0	821	73.3
65 and over	1298	25.3	132	19.5	867	26.0	299	26.7
Race/ethnicity***
White	4024	79.2	262	39.1	2691	81.7	1071	96.2
Black	935	18.4	377	56.3	537	16.3	21	1.9
Other	119	2.3	31	4.6	67	2.0	21	1.9
Gender*
Male	2416	46.9	288	42.3	1572	46.9	556	49.6
Female	2738	53.1	393	57.7	1779	53.1	566	50.5
Race/gender***
White male	1943	38.3	130	19.4	1280	38.9	533	47.9
White female	2081	41.0	132	19.7	1411	42.8	538	48.3
Black male	374	7.4	137	20.5	230	7.0	7	0.6
Black female	561	11.1	240	35.8	307	9.3	14	1.3
Other male	71	1.4	16	2.4	41	1.2	14	1.3
Other female	48	1.0	15	2.2	26	0.8	7	0.6
Health Status
Poor	279	5.4	31	4.6	175	5.2	73	6.5
Not poor	4867	94.6	648	95.4	3172	94.8	1047	93.5
Education***
Never attended	11	0.2	2	0.3	8	0.2	1	0.1
Elementary	158	3.1	27	4.0	89	2.7	42	3.8
Some high school	473	9.3	89	13.2	294	8.9	90	8.1
High school graduate	1767	34.7	195	29.0	1142	34.6	430	38.5
Some college	1291	25.4	146	21.7	827	25.1	318	28.5
College graduate	743	14.6	99	14.7	512	15.5	132	11.8
Some graduate school	144	2.8	31	4.6	94	2.9	19	1.7
Graduate degree	504	9.9	84	12.5	335	10.2	85	7.6
Insurance Status***
Uninsured	482	9.4	72	10.6	288	8.7	122	11.0
Insured
Through work or union	2117	41.5	333	49.1	1355	40.9	429	38.6
Someone else's work or union	717	14.0	74	10.9	500	15.1	143	12.9
Purchased directly	324	6.4	39	5.8	225	6.8	60	5.4
Medicare	1200	2.5	112	16.5	796	24.0	292	26.3
Medicaid	125	2.5	29	4.3	64	1.9	32	2.9
Other group	73	1.4	9	1.3	45	1.4	19	1.7
VA	68	1.3	10	1.5	44	1.3	14	1.3
Income Level***
Less than $7,500	220	5.6	43	8.2	115	4.6	62	7.0
$7,500-$14,999	357	9.1	50	8.6	203	8.1	104	11.8
$15,000-$24,999	486	12.4	65	12.5	294	11.7	127	14.4
$25,000-$34,999	625	15.9	89	17.1	377	15.0	159	18.0
$35,000-$49,999	656	16.7	83	15.9	421	16.7	152	17.2
$50,000-$74,999	826	21.0	102	19.5	565	22.4	159	18.0
$75,000-$99,999	372	9.5	42	8.1	259	10.3	71	8.0
$100,000 or more	386	9.8	48	9.2	288	11.4	50	5.7

Note: the sample sizes per variable may not add up to 5,154 due to missing values.

^*p<.05,

^**p<.01,

^***p<.001 by the χ² test.