Characteristics of survey respondents and of persons in the Harris Interactive Chronic Illness Database, according to self reported diagnoses
| Heart disease | Breast cancer | Depression | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Database n = 15670 | Respondents n = 2355 | Database n = 5201 | Respondents n = 1006 | Database n = 133716 | Respondents n = 2117 | |
| *Per cent of 45 to 60 year old persons. | ||||||
| †Per cent of persons over 60 years old. | ||||||
| Women (%) | 22 | 19 | 98 | 99.9 | 73 | 60 |
| Age (%) | ||||||
| 18–29 | <1 | 0 | 1 | <1 | 20 | 9 |
| 30–44 | 7 | 4 | 17 | 14 | 39 | 29 |
| 45–64 | 67 | 64* | 69 | 73* | 37 | 55* |
| 65+ | 25 | 31† | 13 | 12† | 2 | 8† |
| Education (%) | ||||||
| High school or less | 21 | 17 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 18 |
| Some college | 40 | 37 | 40 | 40 | 45 | 42 |
| College | 21 | 20 | 23 | 20 | 22 | 22 |
| Post-college | 17 | 25 | 17 | 21 | 13 | 18 |
| Income (%) | ||||||
| <25K | 15 | 19 | 13 | 20 | 23 | 24 |
| 25 to<50 | 33 | 26 | 34 | 18 | 36 | 27 |
| 50K to<100K | 31 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 27 | 28 |
| >100k | 10 | 12 | 8 | 12 | 6 | 9 |
| No answer | 11 | 13 | 14 | 19 | 8 | 12 |
| Race (%) | ||||||
| White | 93 | 93 | 91 | 93 | 88 | 91 |
| Black/African American | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| Hispanic | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| Other | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 |