Table 1

Demographics of 5 ethnic groups: means (95% confidence intervals)


European American
Hispanic American
African American
Asian-Pacific American
Native-Aleut American

Percentage of Sample
72.2%
13.7%
9.4%
4.0%
0.7%
Age
69.8 (69.1–70.6)
62.4 (60.6–64.2)
61.7 (59.4–64.0)
61.7 (58.0–65.5)
62.3 (48.8–75.8)
Education (~years)
14.6 (14.4–15.0)
13.0 (12.0–14.0)
14.4 (13.4–15.4)
15 (13.6–16.4)
13.4 (9.8–16.8)
Body Mass Index
26.5 (25.7–27.2)
28.0 (26.5–29.6)
30.3 (28.3–32.4)
23.3 (21.6–25.0)
29.8
Employed
16% (12%–21%)
43% (30%–56%)
46% (31%–62%)
50% (25%–75%)
100%
Currently Married
60% (55%–65%)
62% (50%–75%)
57% (42%–72%)
78% (58%–98%)
67% (1–100%)
Current smoking
7% (3%–11%)
19% (5%–33%)
29% (11%–48%)
0%
0%

Kripke et al. BMC Psychiatry 2004 4:8   doi:10.1186/1471-244X-4-8