Table 1 Age-adjusted comparison of older adults in jail with older adults in the Health and Retirement Study (HRS) overall and with older adults in the Health and Retirement Study (HRS) in the lowest net worth quintile (net worth <$24,000)
From: Older adults in jail: high rates and early onset of geriatric conditions
Older Adults in Jail (n = 238) | HRS overall (n = 6871) | HRS in lowest net worth quintile (n = 1586) | P-Value Jail vs. HRS overall | P-Value Jail vs. HRS in lowest net worth quintile | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Race/ethnicitya | |||||
Non-White Race | 79.8% | 24.5% | 43.0% | < 0.001 | < 0.001 |
Education Level | |||||
< High school | 74.8% | 10% | 21.2% | < 0.001 | < 0.001 |
US Military Veteran | 25.2% | 27.3% | 28.7% | 0.501 | 0.247 |
Marital Status | |||||
Currently Married | 12.2% | 73.9% | 55.3% | < 0.001 | < 0.001 |
Separated/Divorced/Widowed | 54.6% | 17.5% | 29.6% | < 0.001 | < 0.001 |
Never Married | 32.8% | 8.8% | 15.2% | < 0.001 | < 0.001 |
Self-rated health | |||||
Poor /Fair | 53% | 22.5% | 39.7% | < 0.001 | 0.009 |
Good | 24.8% | 31.6% | 31.9% | < 0.001 | 0.009 |
Very Good / Excellent | 22.2% | 45.9% | 28.4% | < 0.001 | 0.009 |
Hypertensionb | 64.3% | 54.3% | 63.2% | < 0.001 | 0.607 |
Diabetes | 18.5% | 21.5% | 27.2% | 0.237 | < 0.001 |
Cancerc | 7.1% | 9.0% | 9.0% | 0.280 | 0.258 |
Chronic lung disease | 16.4% | 7.2% | 12.1% | < 0.001 | 0.069 |
Cardiovascular diseased | 21.8% | 19.2% | 21.2% | 0.329 | 0.823 |
Stroke | 10.5% | 4.9% | 8.6% | 0.005 | 0.332 |
Arthritis | 50.4% | 43.1% | 45.6% | 0.020 | 0.125 |
Depression (self-report) | 27.3% | 19.2% | 28.0% | 0.004 | 0.887 |
Serious Mental Illnesse | 55.5% | NA | NA | – | – |
HIV | 5.1% | NA | NA | – | – |
Hepatitis C | 49.6% | NA | NA | – | – |
Heavy drinkerf | 17.4% | 6.3% | 6.8% | < 0.001 | < 0.001 |
Current smokerg | 64.7% | 20.7% | 32.9% | < 0.001 | < 0.001 |