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Socio-demographic characteristics of decedents according to underlying and secondary causes of death |
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| Characteristic |
Cardiac (n = 95) |
Non-cardiac (n = 22) |
Total (n = 117) |
P |
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| Year of death |
0.79 |
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| 2003 |
5% |
9% |
6% |
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| 2004 |
38% |
36% |
38% |
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| 2005 |
57% |
55% |
56% |
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| Age (yrs) |
74 ± 10 |
77 ± 10 |
75 ± 10 |
0.22 |
| Men |
96% |
96% |
96% |
0.94 |
| Race |
0.18 |
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| White |
93% |
86% |
92% |
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| African-American |
4% |
14% |
6% |
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| Other |
3% |
0% |
2% |
|
| Marital status |
0.23 |
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| Never |
14% |
0% |
11% |
|
| Married |
47% |
46% |
47% |
|
| Widowed |
22% |
27% |
23% |
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| Divorced |
17% |
27% |
19% |
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| Education |
0.006 |
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| < 12 years |
26% |
54% |
32% |
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| High school graduate |
48% |
18% |
43% |
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| Some college |
15% |
27% |
17% |
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| College graduate |
11% |
0% |
8% |
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| Did tobacco use contribute to death? |
0.49 |
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| Yes |
22% |
14% |
20% |
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| No |
26% |
41% |
29% |
|
| Probably |
10% |
9% |
9% |
|
| Unknown |
37% |
27% |
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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