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Socio-demographic characteristics of decedents according to underlying cause of death |
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| Characteristic |
Cardiac (n = 61) |
Non-cardiac (n = 56) |
Total (n = 117) |
P |
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| Year of death |
0.86 |
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| 2003 |
7% |
5% |
6% |
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| 2004 |
39% |
36% |
38% |
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| 2005 |
54% |
59% |
56% |
|
| Age (yrs) |
74 ± 10 |
76 ± 9 |
75 ± 10 |
0.18 |
| Men |
97% |
95% |
96% |
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| Race |
0.033 |
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| White |
93% |
89% |
92% |
|
| African-American |
2% |
11% |
6% |
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| Other |
5% |
0% |
2% |
|
| Marital status |
0.38 |
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| Never |
13% |
9% |
11% |
|
| Married |
51% |
43% |
47% |
|
| Widowed |
23% |
23% |
23% |
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| Divorced |
13% |
25% |
19% |
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| Education |
0.07 |
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| < 12 years |
21% |
43% |
32% |
|
| High school graduate |
46% |
39% |
43% |
|
| Some college |
21% |
12% |
17% |
|
| College graduate |
12% |
5% |
8% |
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| Did tobacco use contribute to death? |
0.23 |
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| Yes |
26% |
14% |
20% |
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| No |
23% |
36% |
29% |
|
| Probably |
12% |
7% |
9% |
|
| Unknown |
11% |
43% |
41% |
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Maynard et al. Population Health Metrics 2008 6:3 doi:10.1186/1478-7954-6-3 |
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