Table 1 Demographic, medical, and visual characteristics overall and by site, 1990–1997
Alabama IAlabama IIKentuckyMarylandTotal
N = 297N = 373N = 451N = 2037N = 3158
Demographic
    Age, mean71.070.268.873.071.9
    Male (%)53.352.641.247.847.9
    White (%)81.486.194.978.982.3
    Education (years), mean12.313.113.011.612.0
Medical
    Arthritis49.963.043.351.451.5
    Cancer13.25.99.814.112.4
    Depression12.810.55.87.88.3
    Diabetes14.612.316.915.915.5
    Heart disease23.231.114.125.424.2
    Hypertension32.137.024.053.345.2
    Neurological6.17.23.88.47.4
    Fall13.132.22.127.523.1
    Cognitive impairment18.39.11.917.114.1
Eye and visual
    Cataract35.871.921.234.236.9
    Glaucoma7.37.06.08.67.9
    Macular degeneration1.06.71.62.62.8
    Diabetic retinopathy1.43.80.93.83.1
    Binocular acuity
        20/20 or better44.131.145.467.958.1
        Worse 20/20 and better 20/4042.159.552.630.037.9
        20/40 or worse13.89.42.02.14.0
    Binocular contrast sensitivity
        ⩾1.67560.38.641.121.926.7
        ⩾1.575 and <1.67521.511.042.028.227.5
        ⩾1.450 and <1.5756.832.711.333.527.8
        <1.45011.447.75.616.418.1
    Useful field of view
        <22.524.423.347.019.724.5
        ⩾22.5 and <35.012.229.526.722.523.0
        ⩾35.0 and <45.025.932.420.828.427.6
        ⩾45.037.614.85.429.425.0