From: Perspectives on the impact of painful diabetic peripheral neuropathy in a multicultural population
Variable | Value | ||
---|---|---|---|
Caucasians (n = 823) | African-Americans (n = 525) | Hispanics (n = 537) | |
Sex, % | |||
Male | 43 | 48 | 42 |
Female | 57 | 52 | 58 |
Age, years, mean | 55.7ab | 41.0 | 37.0 |
Age distribution, % | |||
18–29 years | 3ab | 25b | 21 |
30–39 years | 9ab | 24 | 38 |
40–49 years | 16b | 20 | 24 |
50–59 year | 30ab | 18b | 12 |
60–69 years | 30ab | 10b | 6 |
≥ 70 years | 12ab | 3b | 1 |
Marital status, % | |||
Married or living as married | 57ab | 45b | 72 |
Living with domestic partner | 4ab | 11 | 8 |
Single, never married | 14ab | 30 | 16 |
Widowed | 5b | 4b | 2 |
Separated | 2b | 3b | 1 |
Divorced | 18ab | 7b | 2 |
Education, % | |||
Less than high school | 4b | 6 | 7 |
High school | 22b | 25 | 42a |
Some college—no degree | 31b | 28 | 20a |
Associate’s degree | 16b | 15 | 9a |
Bachelor’s degree | 17 | 18 | 19 |
Post-graduate degree | 10b | 8 | 2a |
Employment status, % | |||
Employed | 38ab | 65 | 69 |
Retired | 31ab | 12b | 4 |
Disabled | 19ab | 10b | 2 |
Stay-at-home parent/spouse | 9ab | 5b | 15 |
Unemployed, looking for work | 2ab | 4 | 5 |
Unemployed, not looking for work | 2b | 2 | 4 |
Full time student | < 1b | 1 | 2 |
Annual income, mean | $52,300b | $53,700b | $58,500 |
Insurance, % | |||
Medicare | 44ab | 16b | 8 |
Medicaid | 14b | 18 | 20 |
Private | 33ab | 47 | 52 |
Other | 6ab | 3 | 2 |
No insurance | 4ab | 15 | 18 |