Table 3. Relationship between race and source of life expectancy estimate (LEE), N=229.

		Race		Logistic Regression Analyses		Fisher's Exact
Source of LEE	Total sample	White	Black	OR (95% CI)	p-value	p-value
Medical provider	42 (18.3%)	42 (21.2%)	0 (0.0%)	-----*	------	<.001
Patient belief	162 (70.7%)	142 (71.7%)	20 (64.5%)	1.40 (0.63-3.10)	.4138	<.001
Religious belief	15 (6.6%)	4 (2.0%)	11 (35.5%)	0.04 (0.01-0.13)	<.001	<.001
Other	10 (4.4%)	10 (5.1%)	0 (0.0%)
Total	229	198 (86.5%)	31 (13.5%)

^*OR cannot be estimated due to the sparseness of the data.