Correlates of Delayed Initial Contact to Emergency Services among Patients with Suspected ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction

Table 2

Demographic characteristics of patients (n = 280–287).

Demographic characteristics	Mean (SD)	Freq (valid %)
Age	61.20 (11.94)
Gender
Male		206 (71.8)
Female		81 (28.2)
Race/ethnicity
White (non-Hispanic)		209 (72.8)
Black		25 (8.7)
Hispanic		33 (11.5)
Others		20 (7.0)
Residence
Rural, town, or village		78 (27.2)
Suburbs		55 (19.2)
Urban, city, or metropolitan		154 (53.7)
Distance from hospital
<10 miles		141 (49.1)
>10 miles		146 (50.9)
Income
<$45k		168 (58.5)
>$45k		119 (41.5)
Marital status
Not married		166 (59.3)
Married		114 (40.7)
Insurance
Uninsured		32 (11.1)
Government		155 (54.0)
Private		100 (34.8)

k = $1000. SD = standard deviation.