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. 2016 Feb 22;31(6):630–637. doi: 10.1007/s11606-016-3590-9

Table 1.

Sociodemographic Characteristics and the Prevalence of the Outcomes of Interest Across Subgroups of the Study Population

Total N (column %) Fair/poor self-rated health N (row %) Self-rated worse health at 2 years N (row %) 2-year mortality N (row %)
No. with outcome 16,640 4797 3825 832
Age categories
 50–54 2969 (18 %) 829 (28 %) 518 (17 %) 35 (1 %)
 55–59 3067 (18 %) 930 (30 %) 596 (19 %) 53 (2 %)
 60–64 2293 (14 %) 643 (28 %) 482 (21 %) 36 (2 %)
 65–69 1828 (11 %) 409 (22 %) 387 (21 %) 53 (3 %)
 70–74 2224 (13 %) 588 (26 %) 561 (25 %) 111 (5 %)
 75–79 1823 (11 %) 548 (30 %) 542 (30 %) 117 (6 %)
 80–84 1247 (7 %) 382 (31 %) 397 (32 %) 150 (12 %)
 ≥ 85 1189 (7 %) 468 (39 %) 342 (29 %) 277 (23 %)
Sex
 Male 7063 (42 %) 1953 (28 %) 1545 (22 %) 400 (6 %)
 Female 9577 (58 %) 2844 (30 %) 2280 (24 %) 432 (5 %)
Race/ethnicity
 White non-Hispanic 11,020 (66 %) 2490 (23 %) 2659 (24 %) 607 (6 %)
 Black non-Hispanic 3105 (19 %) 1191 (38 %) 590 (19 %) 164 (5 %)
 Hispanic 2038 (12 %) 981 (48 %) 461 (23 %) 53 (3 %)
 Other 477 (3 %) 135 (28 %) 115 (24 %) 8 (2 %)
Marital status
 Married 10,275 (62 %) 2553 (25 %) 2196 (21 %) 394 (4 %)
 Divorced 2516 (15 %) 899 (36 %) 626 (25 %) 96 (4 %)
 Widowed 2847 (17 %) 996 (35 %) 797 (28 %) 308 (11 %)
 Never married 1002 (6 %) 349 (35 %) 206 (21 %) 34 (3 %)
Education, years
 < 9 1537 (9 %) 880 (57 %) 420 (27 %) 121 (8 %)
 9–11 1917 (12 %) 860 (45 %) 515 (27 %) 159 (8 %)
 12 5258 (32 %) 1516 (29 %) 1271 (24 %) 273 (5 %)
 13–15 3950 (24 %) 970 (25 %) 868 (22 %) 159 (4 %)
 16 2060 (12 %) 328 (16 %) 392 (19 %) 69 (3 %)
 ≥ 17 1918 (12 %) 243 (13 %) 359 (19 %) 51 (3 %)
Income as % of federal poverty level
 < 100 % 2076 (12 %) 1104 (53 %) 577 (28 %) 147 (7 %)
 100–199 % 3219 (19 %) 1353 (42 %) 929 (29 %) 244 (8 %)
 200–299 % 2755 (17 %) 834 (30 %) 709 (26 %) 160 (6 %)
 ≥ 300 % 8590 (52 %) 1506 (18 %) 1610 (19 %) 281 (3 %)
Smoking status
 Never smoked 7282 (44 %) 1796 (25 %) 1510 (21 %) 277 (4 %)
 Former smoker 6903 (41 %) 2015 (29 %) 1634 (24 %) 442 (6 %)
 Current smoker 2455 (15 %) 986 (40 %) 681 (28 %) 113 (5 %)
Alcohol use
 None 10,440 (63 %) 3574 (34 %) 2648 (25 %) 656 (6 %)
 Moderate 4593 (28 %) 767 (17 %) 864 (19 %) 133 (3 %)
 Heavy 1575 (9 %) * * *
 Missing 32 (< 0.1%) * * *
Body mass index
 Missing 291 (2 %) 128 (44 %) 58 (20 %) 21 (7 %)
 Underweight 222 (1 %) 106 (48 %) 55 (25 %) 51 (23 %)
 Normal/overweight 10,424 (63 %) 2558 (25 %) 2319 (22 %) 571 (5 %)
 Obese 5703 (34 %) 2005 (35 %) 1393 (24 %) 189 (3 %)
Vigorous exercise
 No 12,610 (76 %) 4279 (34 %) 3189 (25 %) 767 (6 %)
 Yes 4030 (24 %) 518 (13 %) 636 (16 %) 65 (2 %)
Proxy respondent
 Yes 783 (5 %) 419 (54 %) 219 (28 %) 194 (25 %)
 No 15,857 (95 %) 4378 (28 %) 3606 (23 %) 638 (4 %)

* denotes cells with counts < 11. In accordance with privacy rules, these cells, as well as cells in corresponding columns were masked