Table 3 Race and ethnicity (Form 41 imputed) by age groups of WHI Participants at Baseline (1993–1998) compared with the US Census 1995 population estimates for women
From: Taking action to advance the study of race and ethnicity: the Women’s Health Initiative (WHI)
US 19954 | Ethnicity | Race | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Spanish/ Hispanic/ Latino | Black/African American | American Indian/Alaska Native | Asian/ Pacific Islander | White | |||||
Total, % | 5.9% | 9.9% | 0.6% | 2.7% | 86.8% | ||||
Age, % | |||||||||
50 to 54 years | 7.1% | 10.9% | 0.7% | 3.3% | 85.2% | ||||
55 to 59 year | 7.0% | 11.1% | 0.7% | 3.1% | 85.2% | ||||
60 to 64 years | 6.4% | 10.6% | 0.6% | 2.9% | 85.9% | ||||
65 to 69 years | 5.6% | 9.7% | 0.5% | 2.6% | 87.3% | ||||
70 to 74 years | 4.6% | 8.3% | 0.4% | 2.1% | 89.2% | ||||
75 to 79 year | 3.9% | 8.0% | 0.4% | 1.6% | 90.0% | ||||
WHI Baseline | Ethnicity1 | Race | |||||||
N = 161,808 | Spanish/ Hispanic/ Latino | Black/African American | American Indian/Alaska Native | Asian2 | Pacific Islander3 | White | Unknown | Some Other Race | Two or more races |
Total, N (%) | 7312 (4.5%) | 14,327 (8.9%) | 540 (0.3%) | 4025 (2.5%) | 137 (0.1%) | 137,628 (85.1%) | 2346 (1.4%) | 925 (0.6%) | 1880 (1.2%) |
Age, % | |||||||||
50 to 54 years | 7.8% | 12.4% | 0.6% | 2.9% | 0.2% | 78.9% | 2.4% | 1.1% | 1.6% |
55 to 59 year | 5.9% | 10.3% | 0.4% | 2.4% | 0.1% | 83.1% | 1.7% | 0.8% | 1.3% |
60 to 64 years | 4.5% | 9.7% | 0.3% | 2.3% | 0.1% | 84.4% | 1.5% | 0.5% | 1.2% |
65 to 69 years | 3.4% | 7.1% | 0.3% | 2.4% | 0.1% | 87.7% | 1.0% | 0.4% | 1.0% |
70 to 74 years | 2.6% | 6.2% | 0.3% | 2.6% | 0.0% | 88.6% | 1.1% | 0.3% | 0.9% |
75 to 79 year | 2.2% | 6.4% | 0.2% | 2.8% | 0.0% | 88.3% | 1.1% | 0.3% | 0.9% |