Table 6. Social and demographic characteristics of the hemodialysis patient population.
Characteristic | 1967 | 1978 |
---|---|---|
Percent distribution | ||
Sex | ||
Male | 75.0 | 49.2 |
Female | 25.0 | 50.8 |
Race | ||
White | 91.0 | 63.7 |
Black | 7.0 | 34.9 |
Other | 2.0 | 1.4 |
Education | ||
Junior high school or less | 10.0 | 28.7 |
Some high school | 17.0 | 17.2 |
High school graduate | 27.0 | 28.4 |
Some college | 20.0 | 18.2 |
College graduate | 12.0 | 5.7 |
Postgraduate school | 13.0 | 1.8 |
Unknown | 1.0 | 0.0 |
Age | ||
Under 25 years | 8.0 | 3.4 |
25-34 years | 24.0 | 10.0 |
35-44 years | 32.0 | 14.6 |
45-54 years | 27.0 | 25.8 |
55 years or over | 7.0 | 45.7 |
Unknown | 2.0 | 0.5 |
Marital status | ||
Single | 16.0 | 13.0 |
Married | 79.0 | 61.8 |
Separated | 5.0 | 6.3 |
Divorced | 7.4 | |
Widowed | 11.5 | |
Employment status | ||
Employed | 41.7 | 18.4 |
Unemployed | 38.3 | 17.7 |
Disabled | 13.2 | 53.6 |
Student | (1) | |
Retired | 10.2 | |
Other | 0.0 | 0.1 |
Unknown | 6.8 | 0.0 |
Not coded.
Source: (Evans, Blagg, and Bryan, 1981).