Table 3.
Race and ethnicity (Form 41 imputed) by age groups of WHI Participants at Baseline (1993–1998) compared with the US Census 1995 population estimates for women
| US 19954 | Ethnicity | Race | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Spanish/ Hispanic/ Latino |
Black/African American |
American Indian/Alaska Native |
Asian/ Pacific Islander | White | |||||
| Total, % | 5.9% | 9.9% | 0.6% | 2.7% | 86.8% | ||||
| Age, % | |||||||||
| 50 to 54 years | 7.1% | 10.9% | 0.7% | 3.3% | 85.2% | ||||
| 55 to 59 year | 7.0% | 11.1% | 0.7% | 3.1% | 85.2% | ||||
| 60 to 64 years | 6.4% | 10.6% | 0.6% | 2.9% | 85.9% | ||||
| 65 to 69 years | 5.6% | 9.7% | 0.5% | 2.6% | 87.3% | ||||
| 70 to 74 years | 4.6% | 8.3% | 0.4% | 2.1% | 89.2% | ||||
| 75 to 79 year | 3.9% | 8.0% | 0.4% | 1.6% | 90.0% | ||||
| WHI Baseline | Ethnicity1 | Race | |||||||
| N = 161,808 | Spanish/ Hispanic/ Latino | Black/African American | American Indian/Alaska Native | Asian2 | Pacific Islander3 | White | Unknown | Some Other Race | Two or more races |
| Total, N (%) | 7312 (4.5%) |
14,327 (8.9%) |
540 (0.3%) |
4025 (2.5%) |
137 (0.1%) |
137,628 (85.1%) |
2346 (1.4%) |
925 (0.6%) |
1880 (1.2%) |
| Age, % | |||||||||
| 50 to 54 years | 7.8% | 12.4% | 0.6% | 2.9% | 0.2% | 78.9% | 2.4% | 1.1% | 1.6% |
| 55 to 59 year | 5.9% | 10.3% | 0.4% | 2.4% | 0.1% | 83.1% | 1.7% | 0.8% | 1.3% |
| 60 to 64 years | 4.5% | 9.7% | 0.3% | 2.3% | 0.1% | 84.4% | 1.5% | 0.5% | 1.2% |
| 65 to 69 years | 3.4% | 7.1% | 0.3% | 2.4% | 0.1% | 87.7% | 1.0% | 0.4% | 1.0% |
| 70 to 74 years | 2.6% | 6.2% | 0.3% | 2.6% | 0.0% | 88.6% | 1.1% | 0.3% | 0.9% |
| 75 to 79 year | 2.2% | 6.4% | 0.2% | 2.8% | 0.0% | 88.3% | 1.1% | 0.3% | 0.9% |
1. Includes Puerto Rican, Mexican, Mexican American, or Chicano, Cuban and other Spanish/Hispanic/Latino
2. Includes Asian Indian or Chinese or Filipino or Japanese or Korean or Vietnamese or Other Asian
3. Includes Native Hawaiian or Guamanian/Chamorro or Samoan or Other Pacific Islander
4. Source: Day, Jennifer Cheeseman, Population Projections of the United States by Age, Sex, Race, and Hispanic Origin: 1995 to 2050, U.S. Bureau of the Census, Current Population Reports, P25–1130, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC, 1996