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. 2019 Feb;25(2):10.18553/jmcp.2018.18205. doi: 10.18553/jmcp.2018.18205

TABLE 1.

Demographic Results for the Study Cohorts

Subscriber Characteristics Fully Insured Self-Insured
All Subscribers All Families Cohort P Valuea Families with a Rare Disease Cohort P Valuea All Subscribers All Families Cohort P Valueb Families with a Rare Disease Cohort P Valueb
Observations, n (%) 39,274,850 9,904,563 (25.2) 9,117 (0.1) 19,621,014 6,111,514 (31.1) 6,904 (0.1)
Observation months, n 860,267,578 262,736,479 322,336 725,056,027 274,254,793 410,601
Average age of subscriber,c years 41.7 years 39.5 years < 0.0001 39.6 years 0.78 42.5 years 40.0 years < 0.0001 40.5 years < 0.0001
Male, n (%) 21,169,144 (53.9) 6,031,879 (60.9) < 0.0001 6,081 (66.7) < 0.0001 10,497,243 (53.5) 3,636,350 (59.5) < 0.0001 4,592 (66.5) < 0.0001
Include spouse on coverage, n (%) 13,314,174 (33.9) 6,804,435 (68.7) < 0.0001 7,111 (78.0) < 0.0001 8,378,172 (42.7) 4,412,513 (72.2) < 0.0001 5,688 (82.4) < 0.0001
Average number of dependents aged ≤ 16,d years 0.5 1.8 < 0.0001 2.1 < 0.0001 0.6 1.8 < 0.0001 2.2 < 0.0001
  0 (%) 74.8 0.0 0.0 68.9 0.0 0.0
  1 (%) 11.5 45.8 29.8 13.6 43.7 26.9
  2 (%) 9.2 36.3 41.1 11.6 37.3 42.1
  3+ (%) 4.5 17.9 29.2 5.9 19.0 31.0

aThe P value is the result of the comparison of the all subscribers cohort to the all families cohort.

bThe P value is the result of the comparison of the all families cohort to the families with a rare disease cohort.

cThe average age of each subscriber was calculated during their exposure period. The value reported in the table represents the average age for all subscribers in each cohort.

dThe maximum number of child dependents observed during the subscriber exposure period was associated with each subscriber. The value reported in this table represents the average number of child dependents assigned to subscribers in each cohort.