Table 1 Demographic characteristics and medical information (N = 665)
Variable | Number of patients (%) |
|---|---|
Gender | Â |
Male | 277 (42%) |
Female | 388 (58%) |
Racial/ethnic group | Â |
Caucasian | 341 (52%) |
Hispanic | 114 (17%) |
Black | 127 (19%) |
Asian | 5 (1%) |
American Indian | 20 (3%) |
Mixed ethnicity | 52 (8%) |
Years of education | Â |
12 years or less | 478 (72%) |
Some college | 152 (23%) |
College graduate | 27 (4%) |
Post graduate | 6 (1%) |
Employment status | Â |
Full-time | 36% |
Part-time | 10% |
Unemployed | 26.4% |
Disabled | 20.5% |
Retired | 4.8% |
Student/volunteer/other | 2.3% |
Marital status | Â |
Single | 301 (46%) |
Living with significant other | 89 (13%) |
Married | 126 (19%) |
Divorced or separated | 117 (18%) |
Widowed | 29 (4%) |
Total household income | Â |
Under 10,000 | 187 (29%) |
10,000-19,999 | 124 (19%) |
20,000-29,999 | 85 (13%) |
30,000-39,999 | 46 (7%) |
40,000-49,999 | 23 (4%) |
50,000 and over | 39 (6%) |
| Â | Mean (SD) |
Smokers in household | 2 (1.8) |
In past year: | Â |
Number of visits to doctor | 6.52 (15.4) |
Number of visits to ED | 4.14 (11.7) |
Number of hospitalizations | 1.19 (6.8 |
Number of days in hospital | 3.6 (12.4) |