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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Prev Med. 2022 Feb 9;156:106985. doi: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2022.106985

Table 2:

Distributions of all study variables by disability type, 2005–2017 National Vital Statistics System US Multiple Cause of Death mortality data

No intellectual or developmental disability Intellectual disability Down syndrome Cerebral palsy
% or M(SD) N % or M(SD) N % or M(SD) N % or M(SD) N
Age at death M(SD) 73.99 (16.51) 32,680,964 59.34 (16.53) 26,890 54.93 (11.37) 23,849 49.76 (19.81) 30,408
Race-ethnicity
 White 79.87 26,103,567 79.97 21,505 83.93 20,016 75.55 22,972
 Black 11.47 3,748,069 12.72 3,421 8.03 1,914 14.02 4,264
 American Indian 0.60 196,488 0.61 163 0.45 108 0.88 269
 Asian or Pacific Islander 2.14 698,805 1.21 325 1.19 284 1.42 431
 Hispanic 5.92 1,934,035 5.49 1,476 6.40 1,527 8.13 2,472
Sex
 Female 49.95 16,323,769 45.54 12,246 48.53 11,575 44.95 13,668
 Male 50.05 16,357,195 54.46 14,644 51.47 12,274 55.05 16,740
Year M(SD) 2011.18 (3.76) 32,680,964 2010.45 (3.60) 26,890 2011.25 (3.77) 23,849 2011.60 (3.75) 30,408

Note: Disability type are not mutually exclusive. M = Mean. SD = Standard deviation.

Individuals identified as Hispanic are reported only in the Hispanic race-ethnicity category.