Table 1.
Characteristics of those known alive and those deceased at the time of data collection.
| Variable | Mortality Status
|
p-value* | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alive (n=1034) | Dead (n=327) | ||
| Row Percent | |||
| Age | |||
| 18–34 | 89.1 | 10.9 | <.0001 |
| 35–44 | 80.5 | 19.5 | |
| 45–54 | 73.3 | 26.7 | |
| 55–64 | 51.9 | 48.1 | |
| 65–74 | 36.5 | 63.5 | |
| 75+ | 19.4 | 80.6 | |
| Gender | |||
| Female | 78.1 | 21.9 | 0.2725 |
| Male | 75.2 | 24.8 | |
| Race | |||
| Nonwhite | 75.0 | 25.0 | 0.6276 |
| White | 76.3 | 23.7 | |
| Residence | |||
| Super rural | 78.6 | 21.4 | 0.6164 |
| Rural | 77.4 | 22.6 | |
| Urban | 75.2 | 24.8 | |
| Education | |||
| 0–11 years | 66.3 | 33.7 | 0.002 |
| 12–15 years | 78.0 | 22.0 | |
| 16+ years | 79.6 | 20.4 | |
| Income | |||
| <$10,000 | 72.4 | 27.6 | 0.0002 |
| $10,000–34,999 | 80.8 | 19.2 | |
| $35,000 + | 85.7 | 14.3 | |
| Smoking | |||
| Current | 72.6 | 27.5 | <.0001 |
| Former | 69.2 | 30.8 | |
| Never | 83.6 | 16.5 | |
| Drinks per month | |||
| Heavy (80+) | 72.1 | 27.9 | 0.0023 |
| Moderate (1–79) | 80.6 | 19.4 | |
| None | 77.6 | 22.4 | |
| Weight Status | |||
| Underweight | 67.2 | 23.8 | 0.0452 |
| Overweight | 77.3 | 22.7 | |
| Normal | 74.2 | 25.8 | |
| Physical Activity | |||
| Much less | 63.5 | 36.5 | <.0001 |
| Less | 71.0 | 29.0 | |
| About the same | 75.0 | 25.0 | |
| More | 84.0 | 16.0 | |
| Much more | 82.8 | 17.2 | |
| SCI Level | |||
| C1–C4, Non-ambulatory | 63.3 | 36.7 | <.0001 |
| C5–C8, Non-ambulatory | 74.3 | 25.7 | |
| Non-cervical, Non-amb | 76.6 | 23.4 | |
| Ambulatory | 85.0 | 15.0 | |
| Self-rated health | |||
| Excellent/very good | 62.9 | 37.1 | <.0001 |
| Good | 76.6 | 23.4 | |
| Fair/poor | 84.1 | 15.9 | |
*
p-value from chi-square test