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Table 3 Pooled annual cohorts: baseline demographics, 2001-2005 1

From: Using U.S. Medicare records to evaluate the indirect health effects on spouses: a case study in Alzheimer’s disease patients

 

AD spouses (N = 6,291)

Matched controls (N = 16,322)2

Gender

  

Male

49.3%

49.3%

Female

50.7%

50.7%

Race/ethnicity

  

White

90.0%

90.0%

Black

5.5%

5.5%

Hispanic

3.0%

3.0%

Other race/ethnicity

1.5%

1.5%

Ages

  

Age 60-64

0.1%

0.1%

Age 65-69

5.3%

5.3%

Age 70-74

14.7%

14.7%

Age 75-79

25.8%

25.8%

Age 80-84

29.4%

29.4%

Age 85+

24.8%

24.8%

  1. 1The AD spouse and control cohorts were matched on the basis of gender, age category, race/ethnicity, and urban status. Represented here is the entire pooled study population – incident, pre-existing and unknown AD cases with their spouses and the control population with their marital partners.
  2. 2The total population from 2001 to 2005. When creating the cross-sectional annual cohort profiles, AD spouses were rematched each year to new controls.