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Table 1 Demographics by race and gender

From: The burden of chronic diseases in a rural North Florida sample

Variable

Overall

White N = 1676

Black N = 705

Pvalue

Men N = 1056

Women N = 1325

Pvalue

Age

56.2 (15.1)a

57.4 (15.4)

53.2 (14.2)

<.0001

56.3 (14.7)

56.1 (15.4)

=.8019

Education

       

1. 8th grade or less

1 = 2%

1 = 2%

1 = 4%

<.0001

1 = 3%

1 = 2%

=.0001

2. Some HS

2 = 7%

2 = 5%

2 = 13%

 

2 = 8%

2 = 6%

 

3. Completed HSb

3 = 27%

3 = 25%

3 = 32%

 

3 = 28%

3 = 26%

 

4. Some college

4 = 30%

4 = 31%

4 = 26%

 

4 = 25%

4 = 33%

 

5. College graduate

5 = 16%

5 = 18%

5 = 11%

 

5 = 16%

5 = 17%

 

6. Post-graduate

6 = 18%

6 = 19%

6 = 14%

 

6 = 20%

6 = 16%

 

Financial security (range 0–2)

1.12 (0.59)

1.21 (0.59)

0.89 (0.59)

<.0001

1.17 (0.60)

1.07 (0.58)

=.0001

Health literacy (range 0–3)

2.36 (0.73)

2.41 (0.71)

2.24 (0.80)

<.0001

2.34 (0.78)

2.38 (0.69)

=.1305

Depression (range 0–3)

0.64 (0.55)

0.62 (0.56)

0.70 (0.51)

=.0007

0.61 (0.52)

0.67 (0.57)

=.0020

Tobacco use

       

1. Never

1 = 53%

1 = 48%

1 = 67%

<.0001

1 = 45%

1 = 60%

<.0001

2. Former

2 = 30%

2 = 35%

2 = 17%

 

2 = 36%

2 = 25%

3. Current

3 = 17%

3 = 17%

3 = 16%

 

3 = 19%

3 = 16%

  1. aStandard deviations for continuous variables are shown in parentheses.
  2. bCompleted high school or general educational development (GED).