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 | |||||||||
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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 |