Table 1.
Descriptive characteristics and outcomes of the incident HD population with AF, overall and by race/ethnicity, 2006–2013
| Characteristic | Race/Ethnicity | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall (n=56,587) | Black (n=10,561) | White (n=39,073) | Hispanic (n=4594) | Asian (n=1971) | Other (n=388) | |||||||
| N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | |
| Female sex | 27,854 | 49.2 | 6281 | 59.5 | 18,204 | 46.6 | 2199 | 47.9 | 984 | 49.9 | 186 | 47.9 |
| Age | ||||||||||||
| 20–44 | 462 | 0.8 | 220 | 2.1 | 190 | 0.5 | 39 | 0.9 | 9 | 0.5 | 4 | 1.0 |
| 45–64 | 7559 | 13.4 | 2334 | 22.1 | 4299 | 11.0 | 703 | 15.3 | 160 | 8.1 | 63 | 16.2 |
| 65+ | 48,566 | 85.8 | 8007 | 75.8 | 34,584 | 88.5 | 3852 | 83.9 | 1802 | 91.4 | 321 | 82.7 |
| Age (mean±SD) | 69.3±12.2 | 65.4±12.3 | 71.5±11.6 | 68.2±11.7 | 71.5±11.8 | 64.0±12.5 | ||||||
| Residential | ||||||||||||
| Rural | 11,002 | 19.4 | 1543 | 14.6 | 8848 | 22.6 | 392 | 8.5 | 53 | 2.7 | 166 | 42.8 |
| Large metro | 28,880 | 51.0 | 6411 | 60.7 | 17,938 | 45.9 | 2809 | 61.1 | 1594 | 80.9 | 128 | 33.0 |
| Nonlarge metro | 16,705 | 29.5 | 2607 | 24.7 | 12,287 | 31.5 | 1393 | 30.3 | 324 | 16.4 | 94 | 24.2 |
| Household median income | ||||||||||||
| First quartile | 12,543 | 22.2 | 2529 | 24.0 | 8310 | 21.3 | 1200 | 26.1 | 390 | 19.8 | 114 | 29.4 |
| Second quartile | 16,940 | 29.9 | 3554 | 33.7 | 11,255 | 28.8 | 1392 | 30.3 | 524 | 26.6 | 215 | 55.4 |
| Third quartile | 14,168 | 25.0 | 2567 | 24.3 | 9812 | 25.1 | 1215 | 26.5 | 543 | 27.6 | 31 | 8.0 |
| Fourth quartile | 12,936 | 22.9 | 1911 | 18.1 | 9696 | 24.8 | 787 | 17.1 | 514 | 26.1 | 28 | 7.2 |
| Vintage | ||||||||||||
| 1 yr | 32,772 | 57.9 | 5306 | 50.2 | 24,021 | 61.5 | 2241 | 48.8 | 1013 | 51.4 | 191 | 49.2 |
| 2–3 yr | 18,318 | 32.4 | 3701 | 35.0 | 12,107 | 31.0 | 1683 | 36.6 | 684 | 34.7 | 143 | 36.9 |
| 4+ yr | 5497 | 9.7 | 1554 | 14.7 | 2945 | 7.5 | 670 | 14.6 | 274 | 13.9 | 54 | 13.9 |
| Vintage (mean±SD) | 1.8±1.4 | 2.0±1.5 | 1.7±1.3 | 2.1±1.7 | 2.0±1.8 | 2.0±2.1 | ||||||
| CHA2DS2-VASc (mean±SD) | 4.1±1.4 | 4.1±1.3 | 4.1±1.4 | 4.1±1.4 | 4.2±1.4 | 4.2±1.6 | ||||||
| Medicaid dual eligible | 21,485 | 38.0 | 6351 | 60.1 | 10,191 | 26.1 | 3242 | 70.6 | 1458 | 74.0 | 243 | 62.6 |
| Stroke (1-yr) | 3187 | 5.6 | 661 | 6.3 | 2060 | 5.3 | 294 | 6.4 | 142 | 7.2 | 30 | 7.7 |
| Died (1-yr) | 22,636 | 40.0 | 4153 | 39.3 | 1849 | 40.4 | 1849 | 40.3 | 710 | 36.0 | 155 | 40.0 |
All racial/ethnic comparisons were very highly statistically significant (P<0.001) except for the CHA2DS2-VASc, for which P=0.81.