patient characteristics (N=8308)*
| Characteristics | N (%) |
| Demographic characteristics | |
| Sex | |
| Male | 3338 (40) |
| Female | 4959 (60) |
| Race/ethnicity | |
| White | 1644 (20) |
| Black/African-American | 6066 (73) |
| Hispanic/Latino | 201 (2) |
| Other | 348 (4) |
| Married | |
| No | 5794 (70) |
| Yes | 2461 (30) |
| Education level | |
| No high school diploma | 1791 (22) |
| High school diploma | 2535 (32) |
| Some university or junior university | 2180 (27) |
| University or postgraduate degree | 1535 (19) |
| Religious characteristics | |
| Attendance at religious services | |
| Never | 1720 (22) |
| Less than once a week | 3491 (44) |
| Once a week or more | 2767 (35) |
| Tries hard to carry religious beliefs into all other dealings in life | |
| Disagree | 1171 (15) |
| Agree | 2720 (35) |
| Strongly agree | 3914 (50) |
| Self-reported spirituality | |
| Slightly/not at all spiritual | 1578 (20) |
| Moderately spiritual | 3211 (40) |
| Very spiritual | 3206 (40) |
| Measures of health status | |
| Charlson Comorbidity Index | |
| 0 | 2770 (35) |
| 1 | 1456 (18) |
| 2 | 1316 (17) |
| 3 | 1246 (16) |
| 4+ | 1126 (14) |
| Self-reported health rating | |
| 81–100 | 978 (12) |
| 61–80 | 2250 (29) |
| 41–60 | 2587 (33) |
| 21–40 | 1149 (15) |
| 0–20 | 906 (12) |
| Vulnerable Elder Score | |
| 0–3 | 3098 (67) |
| 4–7 | 1182 (25) |
| 8–11 | 363 (8) |
↵* N counts do not always sum to 8308 because of partial non-response. Except where indicated, ‘not apply’ and ‘do not know’ responses are counted as missing.