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Table 2 Distributrion of Pooled Sample Characteristics by Race/Ethnicity among Older Adults with Type 2 Diabetes, 1992-2006

From: Socioeconomic status and race/ethnicity independently predict health decline among older diabetics

 

Unwgtd. N

White

Black

Hispanic

Education at baseline

    

   Less than high school (%)

1907

76.48

87.58

92.57

   High school/GED (%)

357

14.18

7.67

4.00

   Some college or more (%)

229

9.34

4.74

3.43

Mean household income per year (in $100 s) †

10342

344.41

171.59

143.32

Mean household assets (in $1000 s)†

10342

28.41

6.07

6.79

Mean BMI †

10207

27.32

28.17

27.63

Health insurance at baseline

    

   No private health insurance (%)

1317

47.11

33.25

18.13

   Private health insurance (%)

957

52.89

66.75

81.88

Sex

    

   Male (%)

1114

47.47

36.57

40.57

   Female (ref) (%)

1380

52.53

63.43

59.43

Comorbidities at baseline (in addition to diabetes)

    

   0 (%)

115

4.38

4.06

5.71

   1 (%)

310

11.88

11.51

16.00

   2 (%)

639

24.83

28.67

26.29

   3 (%)

722

28.64

30.70

29.14

   4 (%)

473

19.94

16.93

16.57

   5 or more (%)

 

10.34

8.13

6.29

Working Status at baseline

    

   Not working (%)

2382

90.65

68.52

51.03

   Working (ref) (%)

104

9.35

31.48

51.03

Mean age†

10340

77.58

78.12

77.41

  1. †Indicates variables that vary across waves. Variables measured at baseline have a maximum of 2494 observations. Variables that vary across waves have pooled respondent samples, with a maximum of 19061 observations from 1992-2006.