Characteristic N = 9741
PAT_AGE_AT_CNTCT 71 (11)
SEX
    F 618 (63%)
    M 356 (37%)
PAT_RACE
    American Indian or Alaska Native 2 (0.2%)
    Asian 20 (2.1%)
    Black or African American 317 (33%)
    Declined 14 (1.4%)
    Race not listed 137 (14%)
    Unavailable 18 (1.8%)
    White 466 (48%)
ETHNIC_GROUP
    Hispanic 171 (18%)
    Not Hispanic 774 (79%)
    Patient doesn't know 1 (0.1%)
    Prefer not to say/Decline 4 (0.4%)
    Unavailable 24 (2.5%)
LANGUAGE
    Armenian 1 (0.1%)
    Bosnian 1 (0.1%)
    Cape Verdean Creole 4 (0.4%)
    Chinese-Cantonese 4 (0.4%)
    Deaf-ASL (request American Sign Language interpreter) 1 (0.1%)
    English 786 (81%)
    Ethiopian-Amharic 1 (0.1%)
    French 1 (0.1%)
    Greek 2 (0.2%)
    Haitian Creole 18 (1.9%)
    Language not listed 1 (0.1%)
    Portuguese-Brazilian 1 (0.1%)
    Portuguese-European 1 (0.1%)
    Russian 7 (0.7%)
    Spanish 136 (14%)
    Unavailable 2 (0.2%)
    Vietnamese 2 (0.2%)
    Unknown 5
EDUCATION_LEVEL
    8th Grade or Less 97 (10.0%)
    Associate's, vocational, or technical degree 21 (2.2%)
    Declined 45 (4.6%)
    Graduated - College 246 (25%)
    Graduated - Grad School 82 (8.4%)
    Graduated - High School 272 (28%)
    Obtained GED 7 (0.7%)
    Other 26 (2.7%)
    Some College 112 (11%)
    Some High School 61 (6.3%)
    Unavailable 5 (0.5%)
PAYOR_NAME
    AETNA 58 (6.0%)
    BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD 78 (8.1%)
    CENTERS OF EXCELLENCE 2 (0.2%)
    CIGNA 3 (0.3%)
    COMMONWEALTH CARE ALLIANCE 2 (0.2%)
    ELDER SERVICES 1 (0.1%)
    GENERIC MEDICARE REPLACEMENT 1 (0.1%)
    HARVARD PILGRIM 22 (2.3%)
    HEALTH SAFETY NET 2 (0.2%)
    HUMANA 9 (0.9%)
    MASSHEALTH 28 (2.9%)
    MEDICARE 457 (48%)
    MGB HEALTH PLAN 145 (15%)
    TUFTS HEALTH PLAN 3 (0.3%)
    TUFTS HEALTH PUBLIC PLANS 3 (0.3%)
    UNITED HEALTHCARE 140 (15%)
    WELLPOINT 4 (0.4%)
    WELLSENSE 1 (0.1%)
    Unknown 15
CKD_STAGE
    Stage 3A 541 (64%)
    Stage 3B 196 (23%)
    Stage 4 108 (13%)
    Unknown 129
1 Mean (SD); n (%)