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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Sep 29.
Published in final edited form as: Amyotroph Lateral Scler Frontotemporal Degener. 2014 Mar 6;15(0):433–439. doi: 10.3109/21678421.2014.887119

Table III.

Demographic characteristics of individuals identified with MND code and charts reviewed.

Race Individual charts reviewed
Individual charts not reviewed
p-valuea
< 0.0001
Total individuals
n (%) n (%) n (%)
White 3316 70% 15,579 81% 18,895 79%
Black 495 10% 1246 6% 1741 7%
Other 167 4% 998 5% 1165 5%
Unknown 776 16% 1361 7% 2137 9%
4754 19,184 23,938

Gender n (%) n (%) 0.0001 n (%)

Male 2642 56% 10,182 53% 12,824 53%
Female 2085 44% 8610 45% 10,695 45%
Unknown 27 1% 392 2% 419 2%

Age n (%) n (%) < 0.0001 n (%)

< 18 5 < 1% 13 < 1% 18 < 1%
18–39 341 7% 594 3% 935 4%
40–59 1434 30% 3158 16% 4592 19%
60–79 2348 49% 9580 50% 11,928 50%
80+ 590 12% 4247 22% 4837 20%
Unknown 36 1% 1592 8% 1628 7%

MND, motor neuron disease.

a

χ2 test.