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Published in final edited form as: Biodemography Soc Biol. 2018 Dec 20;64(2):139–151. doi: 10.1080/19485565.2018.1542291

Table 1.

Sample Characteristics by Race/Ethnicity, Ages 30 and Above, NHIS-LMF 1997–2009

	All Races^a		Non- Hispanic White		Non- Hispanic Black		Hispanic

	Men	Women	Men	Women	Men	Women	Men	Women
Death rate^b	19.2	12.2	18.8	11.9	23.6	15.6	17.4	10.4
Diabetes^b	29.8	21.3	31.2	22.4	31.3	22.1	25.2	17.8
No diabetes^b	17.6	11.0	17.3	10.8	22.4	13.8	15.5	8.7
Diabetes prevalence (%)	8.9	8.4	8.3	7.4	11.9	13.5	9.9	10.4
Mean age (years)	50.7	52.2	51.9	53.4	48.6	49.8	45.9	47.5
Age categories (%)
30–44	39.7	37.0	36.4	33.8	45.3	42.9	55.1	50.3
45–64	41.6	40.3	42.9	41.1	40.6	39.7	34.3	35.7
65 and over	18.7	22.7	20.8	25.1	14.1	17.4	10.6	14.0
Education
Less than 9^th grade	7.0	6.7	4.1	3.9	7.3	6.3	27.5	27.2
9^th – 11^th grade	7.6	8.0	6.5	6.7	11.5	13.0	12.9	12.9
High school graduate	30.8	32.8	31.2	33.8	36.4	33.6	27.3	27.5
Some college	25.7	28.0	26.5	29.0	27.8	30.2	19.6	20.3
4 Yrs college +	29.0	24.5	31.7	26.5	17.0	16.9	12.7	12.1
Smoking
Never	45.6	59.4	43.1	55.2	50.0	65.0	55.0	76.2
Former smoker	31.0	21.6	33.7	24.6	21.9	14.5	23.7	12.2
Current smoker	23.4	19.0	23.2	20.2	28.2	20.5	21.3	11.7
Alcohol status
Never	13.1	27.7	11.0	22.3	19.8	38.6	16.6	45.8
Former drinker	18.0	16.7	18.2	17.0	21.0	19.6	15.8	13.1
Current drinker	68.8	55.6	70.8	60.7	59.2	41.8	67.5	41.1
Hypertension (% Yes)	30.7	31.7	31.4	31.0	37.1	43.8	21.1	26.0
Number of deaths^c	8,759	9,440	6,501	7,080	1,237	1,458	839	726
Person-years^c	565,675	745,722	389,327	496,118	68,274	110,793	85,425	112,159
Unweighted N	124,272	162,538	85,367	107,956	15,215	24,351	18,617	24,258

All races include other racial/ethnic groups that are not separately identified.

Age-standardized rates per 1,000 person-years using 2010 US population age distribution as the standard for both sexes. Source: 2010 US Census.²⁸

Individuals in the sample are followed up to five years following the interview.