Table 2. Demographic descriptors of all screening populations.
Age, years (mean, SD) | 57.7 | 4.5 |
---|---|---|
Race/ethnicity | N | % |
White | 271 | 68.8 |
African American/Black | 75 | 19.0 |
Other* | 11 | 2.8 |
MENA (Middle Eastern North African) | 37 | 9.4 |
Religion | ||
Christian† | 241 | 63.6 |
Jewish | 14 | 3.7 |
Muslim | 26 | 6.9 |
No religion/no belief in god | 98 | 25.9 |
Education | ||
High school or less | 85 | 21.6 |
Some college | 123 | 31.2 |
College graduate | 138 | 35.0 |
Post college education | 48 | 12.2 |
Marital status‡ | ||
Married/partnered | 236 | 59.9 |
Single | 156 | 39.6 |
Income | ||
<$10,000 | 28 | 7.1 |
$10–49,999 | 148 | 37.6 |
$50–99,999 | 140 | 35.5 |
≥$100,000 | 70 | 17.8 |
Any chronic condition§ | 291 | 73.9 |
*Other includes Asian or other Pacific Islander, Hispanic, American Indian, and multi-race. This group was further excluded from our analyses.
†Christian includes Chaldean, Coptic, Assyrian, Catholic, Jehovah Witness.
‡Married/partnered includes married and living as married; single includes divorced, widowed, separated, and never been married.
§Chronic conditions include diabetes, hypertension, heart disease (heart attack, angina, congestive heart failure), lung disease (asthma, emphysema, chronic bronchitis), arthritis, depression, or cancer.