Table 1 Demographic characteristics of pergeriatric patients*
Characteristics | Patients | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
All (n = 316) | Men (n = 149) | Women (n = 167) | P Value* | |
Age, y† | 60.3 (4.8) | 60.7 (5.4) | 60.0 (4.0) | 0.16 |
Ethnicity | 0.56 | |||
Non-Hispanic White | 60 (18.9) | 26 (17.4) | 34 (20.4) | |
African-American | 167 (52.8) | 76 (51.0) | 91 (54.5) | |
Hispanic | 82 (25.9) | 42 (28.2) | 40 (24.0) | |
Others | 7 (2.2) | 5 (3.4) | 2 (1.2) | |
US born | 266 (84.2) | 124 (83.2) | 142 (85.0) | 0.66 |
Education level | 0.21 | |||
Less than high school | 100 (31.6) | 50 (33.6) | 50 (29.9) | |
High school | 159 (50.3) | 77 (51.7) | 82 (49.1) | |
Some college or higher | 57 (18.0) | 22 (14.8) | 35 (21.0) | |
Employed | 87 (27.5) | 41 (27.5) | 46 (27.5) | 0.99 |
Household income level | 0.40 | |||
≤$ 5,000 | 58 (18.4) | 25 (16.8) | 33 (19.8) | |
$ 5,000 – $ 10,000 | 131 (41.5) | 61 (40.9) | 70 (41.9) | |
$ 10,000 – $ 20,000 | 108 (34.2) | 53 (35.6) | 55 (32.9) | |
>$ 20,000 | 19 (6.0) | 10 (6.7) | 9 (5.4) | |