Table 1 Comparison of characteristics in individuals without a stroke diagnosis and stroke survivors. Weighted data are representative for the civilian non-institutionalized population of the United States and do not reflect raw study numbers
From: Complementary medicine use in stroke survivors: a US nationally representative survey
Characteristics | No stroke diagnosis (weighted n = 238,899,450) | Stroke survivors (weighted n = 7,757,821) | P value |
|---|---|---|---|
Age (Mean ± Standard deviation) | 46.9 ± 18.0 | 65.5 ± 14.3 | < 0.001 |
Sex | 0.002 | ||
Male | 114,828,688 (48.1%) | 4,161,400 (53.6%) | |
Female | 124,070,762 (51.9%) | 3,596,421 (46.4%) | |
Ethnicity | < 0.036 | ||
Non-Hispanic White | 16,866,8410 (70.6%) | 5,209,325 (67.1%) | |
Hispanic | 28,450,939 (11.9%) | 1,022,068 (13.2%) | |
African American | 26,154,790 (10.9%) | 871,811 (11.2%) | |
Asian | 12,449,616 (5.2%) | 470,530 (6.1%) | |
Other | 3,175,695 (1.3%) | 184,087 (2.4%) | |
Region | < 0.001 | ||
West | 56,817,267 (23.8%) | 1,560,205 (20.1%) | |
Northeast | 44,066,931 (18.4%) | 1,102,129 (14.2%) | |
Midwest | 51,849,267 (21.7%) | 1,943,502 (25.1%) | |
South | 86,165,985 (36.1%) | 3,151,985 (40.6%) | |
Education | < 0.001 | ||
Less than college | 84,863,775 (35.7%) | 3,719,522 (48.6%) | |
Some college or more | 153,129,584 (64.3%) | 3,939,196 (51.4%) | |
Employment | < 0.001 | ||
Not employed | 86,137,494 (36.1%) | 6,132,012 (79.0%) | |
Employed | 152,685,287 (63.9%) | 1,625,809 (21.0%) | |
Marital status | < 0.001 | ||
Not in a relationship | 94,129,063 (39.5%) | 3,671,551 (47.3%) | |
In a relationship | 144,393,462 (60.5%) | 4,086,270 (52.7%) | |
Health insurance | < 0.001 | ||
Not insured | 25,484,799 (10.7%) | 395,516 (5.1%) | |
Insured | 213,414,651 (89.3%) | 7,362,305 (94.9%) |