Table 1 Demographic characteristics of the PROMPT cohort participants
Characteristic | Participants with spirometry (N = 64) | All participants (N = 80) |
|---|---|---|
Sex (male) | 69% | 70% |
Ethnicity | ||
 Caucasian | 78% | 78% |
 First Nations | 16% | 16% |
 Inuit | 1.5% | 1% |
 Métisb | 1.5% | 1% |
 East Asian | 1% | 1% |
 Other | 2% | 3% |
First language | ||
 English | 90% | 83% |
 French | 9% | 12% |
 Other | 1% | 4% |
 N/Aa | 0% | 1% |
Age | ||
 16–30 | 18% | 15% |
 31–40 | 9% | 9% |
 41–50 | 42% | 44% |
 51–65 | 31% | 31% |
 N/Aa | 0% | 1% |
Education | ||
 Elementary/high school | 36% | 34% |
 High school graduate/GED | 28% | 31% |
 Some college or university | 27% | 26% |
 College or university completed | 6% | 5% |
 None | 1.5% | 1% |
 N/Aa | 1.5% | 3% |
Monthly Income | ||
  < $499 | 13% | 11% |
 $500–$999 | 33% | 34% |
 $1000–$1999 | 43% | 44% |
 $2000–$2999 | 11% | 10% |
 N/Aa | 0% | 1% |
Food insecurity: | ||
 Always | 18% | 15% |
 Most of the time | 10% | 11% |
 Occasionally | 15% | 16% |
 Sometimes | 25% | 26% |
 Usually | 12% | 10% |
 Never | 18% | 19% |
 N/Aa | 2% | 3% |
Number of cigarettes per day: | ||
 < 15 | 53.8% | 32.5% |
 15–25 | 34.6% | 42.5% |
 26–35 | 9% | 10% |
 36–40 | 2.6% | 6.3% |
 N/Aa | 0% | 8.7% |
Total years tobacco smoking: | ||
 < 10 | 31.3% | 12.5% |
 10–20 | 11.3% | 15% |
 21–30 | 28.7% | 33.7% |
 31–40 | 18.7% | 25% |
 41–50 | 7.5% | 7.5% |
 51–60 | 2.5% | 2.5% |
 N/Aa | 0% | 3.8% |
Previous or current drug use | ||
 Crack | 72.7% | 66.3% |
 Marijuana | 60.6% | 61.3% |
 Heroine | 25.8% | 23.8% |
 Fentanyl | 13.6% | 13.8% |
 Oxycontin | 10.6% | 12.5% |