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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Mar 2.
Published in final edited form as: Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf. 2010 Aug;19(8):834–842. doi: 10.1002/pds.1974

Table 1.

Characteristics of the sample by race/ethnicity*

Total sample
(N = 2894)
White non-Hispanic
(N = 2092)
Black non-Hispanic
(N = 500)
Hispanic non-Black
(N = 302)
Age group
 57–64 41 40 43 50
 65–74 35 34 39 35
 75–85 24 25 17 15
Female 52 51 55 50
Highest education obtained
 Less than high school 18 13 36 53
 High school graduate 27 29 24 13
 Some college 30 32 24 20
 Bachelors or more 24 26 16 14
Household income
 < = 100% federal poverty level 6 4 13 20
 101–200% federal poverty level 12 11 17 16
 >200% federal poverty level 69 73 47 45
 Missing (<25k/yr) 5 4 10 9
 Missing (unknown) 8 7 12 10
Health insurance,§
 No insurance 4 3 8 12
 Medicare 50 52 40 38
 Private insurance 26 27 19 23
 Medicaid/VA/other 6 5 9 10
Missing 14 13 24 17
Usual source and type of care
 None 7 7 7 13
 Clinic/Health center 12 11 16 20
 Doctors office/HMO 70 72 57 54
 Hospital ER/OP or Other 4 3 10 6
 Missing 7 7 11 7
Co-morbidity Index 1.7 1.7 1.9 1.5
Medication use
 Any statin use 32 33 27 32
 Any aspirin use 28 29 23 18
 Both statin and aspirin usey 14 15 9 11
CVE Risk Category
 High 35 33 48 36
 Moderate 35 36 31 28
 Low 30 31 20 36
*

Percentage in each category, weighted to account for differential probabilities of selection and differential non-response.

Difference between racial/ethnic groups statistically significant at the 0.05 level.

Those labeled as ‘Missing (<25k/yr)’ did not report a specific amount, but indicated that it was ‘less than $25 000 per year’; those labeled as ‘Missing (unknown)’ did not provide sufficient information to make this determination.

§

Those labeled ‘Private insurance’ are not covered by Medicare; those labeled ‘Medicaid/VA/other’ are not covered by Medicare or private insurance.

HMO refers to Health Maintenance Organization; ‘Hospital ER/OP’ refers to hospital emergency room or hospital outpatient.

Subgroup means (observed range 0–10 over entire sample).