Table 1.
Sample characteristics by gender, race, and education
| Men |
Women |
|||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| <high school |
High school |
Some college |
College | Graduate degree |
<high school |
High school |
Some college |
College | Graduate degree |
|
| White | ||||||||||
| n | 242 | 982 | 1204 | 1344 | 1307 | 251 | 1228 | 1416 | 1109 | 960 |
| Age1, years, mean (SD) | 74.1 (8.6) |
72.1 (8.7) |
71.2 (8.8) |
70.9 (9.0) |
71.0 (8.5) |
73.2 (9.2) |
71.3 (8.8) |
69.6 (9.2) |
68.5 (9.3) |
67.9 (8.5) |
| Working1, % | 18.2 | 21.9 | 30.7 | 33.0 | 37.4 | 11.6 | 23.1 | 29.2 | 34.7 | 37.7 |
| Living in stroke belt or buckle, % | 66.9 | 57.6 | 55.6 | 52.3 | 45.1 | 76.5 | 64.7 | 62.0 | 60.0 | 52.9 |
| Black | ||||||||||
| n | 279 | 584 | 570 | 391 | 304 | 529 | 996 | 1081 | 651 | 543 |
| Age1, years, mean (SD) | 73.9 (8.9) |
69.3 (8.5) |
68.8 (8.6) |
68.8 (8.8) |
71.2 (8.7) |
72.5 (8.3) |
69.2 (8.4) |
67.7 (8.6) |
68.3 (8.9) |
69.5 (8.9) |
| Working1, % | 14.0 | 23.8 | 28.4 | 37.1 | 31.6 | 16.3 | 21.5 | 27.6 | 32.4 | 29.1 |
| Living in stroke belt or buckle, % | 57.4 | 52.6 | 47.0 | 53.5 | 46.4 | 63.5 | 56.4 | 48.7 | 51.5 | 54.3 |
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Notes. At the time of occupational data collection