Table 1.

Characteristics of CHAT Participants in 8 States 1999–2009 (N = 4264)^a

Characteristics	North Carolina	Minnesota	Californiab	Texas	Oklahoma	Montana	Ohio	North Dakotac
No. of groups	50	59	166	20	81	8	18
No. of participants	562	619	1794	190	687	94	179	139
Year	1999	2001	2002–2007	2004–2005	2007–2008	2008	2008	2009
Gender
Male, %	53	33	37	34	34	48	32	38
Age (mean or range), y
Mean ± SD	47 ± 19	42 ± 12		41 ± 11
18–39			41		48	29	24	13
40–59			49		43	51	61	56
60 and above			10		9	19	16	30
Ethnicityd
Asian	0	1	8	0	0	1	1
African American	40	0	9	27	15	0	34
Hispanic/Latino	0	0	11	21	7	0	3
White	56	94	68	52	66	95	56
Other	2	5	6	0	19	4	7
Education level
High school and below	37	12	11	40	30	19	52
Some college	25	27	30	31	46	34	35
College and above	39	61	59	29	24	47	13
Income level,e %
Low	45	1	18	16	23	5	73	24
Middle	55	42	33	49	36	38	26	27
High		58	48	34	41		3	49
Insurance status
Uninsured, %	22	0	10	100	19	3	96	14

^aColorado had approximately 100 participants, but data are not shown because they are not accurately known.

^bResults for California reflect 4 projects combined as described in the text.

^cInformation about ethnicity and education was not collected in North Dakota.

^dEthnicity is expressed in percentage and may add up to more than 100 because participants may identify with more than 1 ethnicity.

^eIncome categories differed slightly among projects, with the low range varying from less than 15 000 to less than 21 000, and the high range always defined as greater than 60 000 and are expressed as percentages of participants with incomes in the given range, dollar amounts are multiples of $10,000.