Table 1

Age adjusted mean neighbourhood characteristics and personal socioeconomic indicators at baseline in white participants who died and did not die, the cardiovascular health study, 1989–1993

	White men					White women
	Died of CVD (n = 276)	Died of other causes (n = 367)	Did not die (n = 1169)	p Value death v no death	p Value CVD death v non-CVD death	Died of CVD (n = 218)	Died of other causes (n = 321)	Did not die (n = 1866)	p Value death v no death	p Value CVD death v non-CVD death
CVD, cardiovascular disease. *The neighbourhood score was constructed by summing Z scores for six neighbourhood level variables: median household income; median value of housing units; percentage of households receiving interest, dividend or net rental income; percentage adults with complete high school; percentage adults with complete college, and percentage of persons in managerial or professional specialty occupations.
Mean neighbourhood characteristics
Neighbourhood score*	2.7	2.9	3.8	0.0001	0.49	1.6	3.1	3.3	0.0004	0.0001
Median household income ($)	33500	33500	35400	0.01	0.90	30900	32800	33800	0.01	0.11
Median value of housing units ($)	100100	105700	115400	0.0001	0.24	95000	110000	111000	0.03	0.003
Households with interest, dividends or rent income (%)	48	48	52	0.0003	0.98	45	49	50	0.002	0.004
Adult residents who completed high school (%)	80	81	83	0.0001	0.67	78	82	82	0.006	0.0002
Adult resident who completed college (%)	27	29	32	0.0007	0.27	23	30	31	0.0009	0.0001
Employed residents with executive, managerial, or professional occupation (%)	33	34	36	0.001	0.52	29	34	35	0.0008	0.0003
Individual characteristics
Annual income ⩾$25,000 (%)	43	45	53	0.0008	0.68	25	34	39	0.002	0.05
Complete college (%)	23	24	30	0.007	0.63	6	18	18	0.004	0.0001
Executive/managerial/professional/administrative lifetime occupation (%)	46	47	55	0.001	0.9	20	26	25	0.5	0.1