Table 1.

Distribution of select characteristics by region of origin, NHIS 2004–2013.^a

	White (US)	Mexico	Europe	Russia	Africa	Middle East	India	Asia	Southeast Asia
Heart disease	12.9	5.7	11.48**	10.5**	3.7**	6.9**	4.3**	5.2**	6.0
Poor self-rated health	12.1	15.3	10.4**	17.3**	7.2**	12.1**	6.2**	9.4**	11.0**
Female	51.3	47.2	53.6**	53.3**	44.8**	45.7**	43.9**	57.5**	55.0**
Average age	48.61	42.89 [15.50]	51.35** [18.48]	48.20** [19.50]	39.88** [13.29]	44.73** [17.07]	38.84** [13.79]	46.71** [18.15]	46.39** [15.62]
Less than HS	11.1	55.1	10.8**	10.5**	9.1**	13.6**	7.3**	11.1**	13.3**
High school	28.3	22.9	24.8**	13.7**	18.1**	20.1**	9.8	17.4**	17.5**
College	60.6	22.0	64.5**	75.8**	72.8**	66.2**	82.9**	71.6**	69.2**
Low income	30.6	55.9	30.7**	38.9**	40.0**	41.8**	24.3**	34.7**	25.3**
Middle income	33.5	32.2	30.0**	30.3	33.3**	26.5	28.4*	28.0	34.4**
High income	35.9	11.9	39.4**	30.7**	26.7**	31.6**	47.3**	37.3**	40.3**
Up to four years	–	9.7	6.4**	11.6	19.3**	15.6**	23.7**	14.8**	8.7
Five to nine years	–	16.2	8.3**	19.3**	24.1**	13.6*	21.0**	13.3**	10.6**
Ten to fourteen years	–	16.6	9.0**	24.4**	19.8**	13.2**	18.2	12.7**	11.9**
Fifteen or more years	–	57.4	76.3**	44.7**	36.8**	57.5	37.1**	59.2**	68.8**
Observations	183,795	25,135	4091	706	1744	874	2464	3366	4516

^**p ≤ 0.05

^*p ≤ 0.10.

^aNotes: The large sample size of U.S.-born whites produces uniformly significant results, rendering significance tests uninformative.