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Table 4 Race and ethnicity (Form 41 imputed) of WHI Extension Study Participants in 2019 compared with the US Census 2019 population estimates for women

From: Taking action to advance the study of race and ethnicity: the Women’s Health Initiative (WHI)

US 20194

Ethnicity

Race

 
 

Spanish/ Hispanic/ Latino

Black/African American

American Indian/Alaska Native

Asian

Pacific Islander

White

Two or more races

  

Total, %

8.4%

9.7%

0.7%

4.6%

0.1%

84.0%

0.9%

  

Age, %

70 to 74 years

8.6%

10.2%

0.8%

4.9%

0.1%

83.0%

1.0%

  

75 to 79 year

8.4%

9.7%

0.7%

4.5%

0.1%

84.1%

0.9%

  

80 to 84 years

8.6%

9.6%

0.6%

4.5%

0.1%

84.3%

0.8%

  

85 and over

7.7%

8.7%

0.5%

4.4%

0.1%

85.6%

0.7%

  

WHI 2019

Ethnicity1

Race

 

N = 67,140

Spanish/ Hispanic/ Latino

Black/African American

American Indian/Alaska Native

Asian2

Pacific Islander3

White

Unknown

Some Other Race

Two or more races

Total, N (%)

2302 (3.4%)

4247 (6.3%)

150 (0.2%)

1394 (2.1%)

49 (0.1%)

59,819 (89.1%)

284 (0.4%)

362 (0.5%)

835 (1.2%)

Age, %

70 to 74 years

244 (6.6%)

396 (10.6%)

18 (0.5%)

130 (3.5%)

9 (0.2%)

3028 (81.3%)

31 (0.8%)

50 (1.3%)

64 (1.7%)

75 to 79 year

733 (4.3%)

1278 (7.5%)

55 (0.3%)

376 (2.2%)

15 (0.1%)

14,929 (87.2%)

97 (0.6%)

115 (0.7%)

253 (1.5%)

80 to 84 years

660 (3.3%)

1303 (6.5%)

42 (0.2%)

375 (1.9%)

14 (0.1%)

17,914 (89.2%)

82 (0.4%)

99 (0.5%)

259 (1.3%)

85 to 89 years

426 (2.8%)

808 (5.3%)

21 (0.1%)

310 (2.0%)

8 (0.1%)

13,852 (90.6%)

55 (0.4%)

60 (0.4%)

168 (1.1%)

90 to 94 years

198 (2.3%)

375 (4.4%)

10 (0.1%)

158 (1.8%)

3 (0.0%)

7936 (92.2%)

16 (0.2%)

39 (0.3%)

77 (0.9%)

Over 95 years

41 (1.8%)

87 (3.8%)

4 (0.2%)

45 (1.9%)

0

2160 (93.0%)

3 (0.1%)

9 (0.4%)

14 (0.6%)

  1. 1. Includes Puerto Rican, Mexican, Mexican American, or Chicano, Cuban and other Spanish/Hispanic/Latino
  2. 2. Includes Asian Indian or Chinese or Filipino or Japanese or Korean or Vietnamese or Other Asian
  3. 3. Includes Native Hawaiian or Guamanian/Chamorro or Samoan or Other Pacific Islander
  4. 4. Source: US Census Bureau, Population Division. Annual Estimates of the Resident Population by Sex, Age, Race, and Hispanic Origin for the United States: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2019 (NC- EST2019-ASR6H