Table 1.
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).