Table 1. Characteristics of Twitter users.

		Active Users		Suspended Users
User Characteristics		n = 31,405		n = 8,676
Verified twitter account		0		0
User followers		472 (118–1565)		610 (165–1907)
User posts to date		8,394 (2,680–24,677)		12,786 (3,668–26,023)
Demographic Characteristics
Age Group:		n = 31,405 (78.4%)		n = 8,676 (21.6%)
	< = 18	3,611 (11.5)*		2,178 (25.1)
	19–29	7,129 (22.7)*		902 (10.4)
	30–39	6,501 (20.7)*		2,473 (28.5)
	> = 40	14,164 (45.1)*		3,123 (36.0)
Gender:
	Male	22,580 (71.9)*		7,002 (80.7)
	Female	8,825 (28.1)*		1,674 (19.3)
Ethnicity:
	Asian	3,078 (9.8)		819 (9.44)
	Hispanic	1,602 (5.1)*		281 (3.23)
	Non-Hispanic Black	3,046 (9.7)*		983 (11.33)
	Non-Hispanic White	23,679 (75.4)		6,593 (76.0)
Type of Account:
	Organization	3,392 (10.8)*		816 (9.4)
	Personal	28,013(89.2)*		7,860 (90.6)

* = Significant difference between active and suspended users (P < 0.001).

Comparison between the two groups is done using Welch’s t-test.