Characteristics Age 21–34 35–44 45–54 55–64 65–74 75–84 Over 85 Female Male Sex N 251 1008 1302 1436 996 283 15 3360 1941 Less than High School High School/GED >High School,< Bachelors Bachelors degree or higher Low Lower–Middle Upper–Middle Affluent Hinds Madison Rankin Unknown % 4.7 19.0 24. 6 27.1 18.8 5.5 0.3 63.4 36.6 15.64 25.24 29.64 29.48 9.40 4.38 3.78 1958 964 690 630 749 432 691 690 650 244 107 97 973 18.42 1064 20.15 1525 28.88 701 1131 1328 1321 498 232 200 Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2011, 8 Table 1. Self-reported cardiovascular conditions of JHS participants at baseline. Education Level p > 0.05 p < 0.05 p > 0.05 p > 0.05 p < 0.05 1719 32.55 843 49.1 462 26.9 239 13.9 Family Income p > 0.05 p > 0.05 p > 0.05 p > 0.05 p > 0.05 p > 0.05 County of Residence p > 0.05 p > 0.05 p > 0.05 p > 0.05 p > 0.05 p > 0.05 4367 82.44 2472 56.7 1200 Told by Doctor Had High Blood Pressure p < 0.05 N % 36 14.3 340 33.7 620 47.7 949 56.2 741 74.6 226 77.0 10 66.7 p > 0.05 Told by Doctor Had High Cholesterol p > 0.05 N % 10 3.9 159 15.8 338 26.0 463 32.3 383 38.6 102 34.9 5 33.3 p > 0.05 58.3 49.7 70.8 59.2 49.1 61.6 61.1 52.0 49.2 49.0 46.3 48.5 965 495 329 289 376 201 328 338 354 158 54 48 Told by Doctor Had Heart Attack p > 0.05 N % 0 0.0 9 0.9 50 3.9 88 6.1 85 8.6 29 9.9 1 6.7 p > 0.05 138 4.1 124 6.4 p < 0.05 9.3 6.0 3.7 2.9 8.1 5.8 3.7 2.8 5.0 4.6 3.5 7.5 28.8 25.6 32.9 27.2 24.7 28.7 29.0 25.5 26.8 27.5 31.7 23.4 24.0 90 64 56 51 57 65 49 37 21 6 23 8 15 Told by Doctor Had Diabetes p > 0.05 N % 12 4. 8 74 7.3 176 13.6 318 22.2 256 25.8 75 25.7 1 6.7 p > 0.05 616 296 255 183 232 160 219 208 164 768 80 28 35 18.4 15.3 26.2 17.2 15.2 22.8 19.3 15.7 12.4 17.6 16.1 12.1 17.5 Told by Doctor Had Kidney Problems p> 0.05 N % 21 8.4 31 3.1 54 4.2 72 5.0 60 6.0 29 9.9 4 26.7 p > 0.05 188 83 81 63 63 62 64 61 44 38 232 27 7 4 5.6 4.3 8.3 5.9 5.9 3.6 9.1 5.4 3.3 2.9 5.3 5.2 3.0 2.0 2510 Told by Doctor Had Stroke p > 0.05 N % 1 0.4 7 0.7 19 1.5 72 5.0 75 7.6 18 6.2 3 20.0 p > 0.05 113 82 82 39 41 33 52 60 37 18 170 13 5 7 3.4 4.2 8.4 3.7 2.7 1.9 7.4 6.3 2.8 1.4 3.9 2.6 2.2 3.5