Table 1.

Characteristics of Decedents by Race

	Non-Hispanic White	African American		Hispanic		Asian
	n = 573,236	n = 55,837	p*	n = 11,198	p*	n = 9206	p*
Health care transition (mean, SD)	2.9 (2.7)	3.4 (3.2)	<0.001	2.8 (3.0)	<0.001	2.4 (2.7)	<0.001
Age in years (mean, SD)	82.8 (8.6)	80.5 (9.0)	<0.001	83.0 (8.1)	0.006	82.9 (8.3)	0.404
Female (%)			<0.001		0.456		<0.001
No	45.2	43.3		44.9		48.1
Yes	54.8	56.7		55.1		51.9
Metro (%)			<0.001		<0.001		<0.001
Nonmetro	10.2	6.7		2.9		0.8
Micropolitan	14.6	9.7		6.1		3.6
Metropolitan	75.2	83.6		90.9		95.5
Income (%)			<0.001		<0.001		<0.001
<$33,000	1.0	3.0		1.5		0.1
$33,000–$39,999	19.7	27.8		19.4		4.1
$40,000–$49,999	37.7	32.4		34.2		15.7
$50,000–$62,999	26.6	25.9		33.3		42.7
≥$63,000	14.9	10.8		11.5		37.5
High school education (%)			<0.001		<0.001		<0.001
<60	0.1	0.04		1.4		0
60–69	1.9	3.1		11.8		0.8
70–79	14.7	24.8		40.5		27.0
80–89	62.1	63.7		41.2		57.8
≥90	21.2	8.4		5.1		14.4
Chronic condition (%)
Heart disease	75.7	74.4	<0.001	77.4	<0.001	72.3	<0.001
Dementia	41.1	46.0	<0.001	49.3	<0.001	39.7	0.005
Kidney disease	40.4	52.4	<0.001	44.7	<0.001	43.8	<0.001
Diabetes	42.3	58.2	<0.001	63.6	<0.001	56.1	<0.001
Lung disease	48.8	43.3	<0.001	49.9	0.021	43.9	<0.001
Depression	43.0	34.4	<0.001	47.0	<0.001	27.9	<0.001
Stroke	29.1	33.6	<0.001	32.7	<0.001	28.0	0.021
Cancer	24.5	24.5	0.806	17.4	<0.001	17.9	<0.001

SD, standard deviation.

^*Comparisons between non-Hispanic whites and the minority groups.