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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: Adv Emerg Nurs J. 2016 Oct-Dec;38(4):320–326. doi: 10.1097/TME.0000000000000118

Table 1.

Demographic characteristics of sample

Demographic Variables N (%)

Gender (n (%)
 Male 607 (51.4%)
 Female 576 (48.6%)

Race/Ethnicity n (%)
 Black* 511 (58.6%)
 White 183 (15.5%)
 Hispanic/Latino 5 (0.4%)
 Other 420 (35.5%)
 Pacific Islander 1 (0.1%)
 Unknown 39 (3.3%)

Age, M (SD) 50.2 ± 16
 18–24 63 (5.3%)
 24–44 355 (30%)
 45–64 544 (45.9%)
 65–74 131 (11.1%)
 75+ 91 (7.7%)

Insurance Status n (%)
 Medicaid* 471 (39.8%)
 Private 302 (25.5%)
 Medicare 254 (21.5%)
 Self-Pay 142 (12%)
 Other 15 (1.2%)
*

P =0.000