Table 1.

Demographics of Participants

Variable	Focus Group #s (percentages) N=36	Variable	Focus Group #s (percentages) N=36
Gender:  Women	7 (19.4%)	Age:  Average	63.4 y/o
Men	29 (80.6%)	Range	29–81 y/o
Ethnicity: White/Caucasian	25 (69.4%)	Income:
Hispanic/Latino(a)	4 (11.1%)	< $20,000	3 (8.3%)
Black	3 (8.3%)	$20,000 – $40,000	5 (13.9%)
Asian	3 (8.3%)	$40,000 – $80,000	10 (27.8%)
Native American	1 (2.8%)	> $80,000	18 (50.0%)
Diagnoses (not mutually exclusive):		Education Level:
Diabetes	21 (58.3%)	Did not graduate high school	1 (2.8%)
Hypertension	26 (72.2%)	High school graduate	2 (5.6%)
Heart Disease	15 (41.7%)	Some college or graduate	23 (63.9%)
		Graduate degree	9 (25%)
		Declined to answer	1 (2.8%)