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Table 2 Demographic characteristics of HTH participants relative to San Mateo County and the U.S. population1

From: Implementation of case management to reduce cardiovascular disease risk in the Stanford and San Mateo Heart to Heart randomized controlled trial: study protocol and baseline characteristics

  

HTH2

San Mateo County

U.S.

Mean Age in years (SE)

 

55.7 (0.5)

53.7 (0.5)

54.3 (0.2)

Sex (%)

Male

34.6

47.8

47.4

 

Female

65.4

52.2

52.6

Ethnicity (%)

Hispanic or Latino

62.8

14.9

10.2

 

Non-Hispanic White

15.5

59.0

73.7

 

African American

9.5

0.8

10.5

 

Asian/Pacific Islander

12.2

22.9

4.2

 

Other

0

2.4

1.4

Education (%)

< High School

61.3

16.1

15.2

 

High School Graduate

15.9

15.3

32.3

 

Some College

13.3

25.5

25.1

 

College Graduate

8.9

43.1

27.3

Marital Status (%)

Never Married

16.5

14.6

9.9

 

Married/Living with a Partner

39.3

62.0

64.1

 

Separated

18.8

7.1

4.2

 

Divorced

12.4

7.1

13.0

 

Widowed

9.6

9.2

8.8

Employment Status (%)

Employed

38.2

63.5

61.3

 

Unemployed

26.2

3.6

2.2

 

Disabled or Otherwise Not in Labor Force

18.8

7.7

22.7

 

Retired

13.9

25.1

13.8

  1. 1Estimates for San Mateo County and U.S. populations are based on the January 2006 Current Population Survey of adults between the ages of 35 and 85.
  2. 2The percentages for education, marital status and employment status do not add up to 100% because of missing data.