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. 2024 Nov 11;62(12 Suppl 1):S76–S83. doi: 10.1097/MLR.0000000000002069

TABLE 1.

Sample Characteristics

Characteristic N = 2872*
Age 65 (12)
Sex, n (%)
 Female 319 (11)
 Male 2553 (89)
Race, n (%)
 American Indian or Alaska Native 17 (0.6)
 Asian 14 (0.5)
 Black or African American 514 (19)
 Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 17 (0.6)
 White 2203 (80)
 Unknown 107
Ethnicity, n (%)
 Hispanic or Latino 127 (4.4)
 Not Hispanic or Latino 2659 (93)
 Unknown 86 (3.0)
History of PTSD, n (%) 674 (23)
History of depression 349 (12)
History of anxiety 427 (15)
Marital status, n (%)
 Divorced 683 (24)
 Married or in a civil union 1750 (61)
 Single (never married or in a civil union) 199 (7.0)
 Separated 95 (3.3)
 Widowed 126 (4.4)
 Unknown 19
Count of chronic conditions 2.79 (1.95)
History of chronic pain, n (%) 1830 (64)
Employment status, n (%)
 Homemaker 12 (0.4)
 Multiple responses 700 (25)
 Not working and not looking for work 71 (2.5)
 Not working, but actively looking for work 55 (1.9)
 Retired 781 (27)
 Student in high school, job training, or college degree program 11 (0.4)
 Unable to work due to disability 661 (23)
 Working as a volunteer (no pay) 29 (1.0)
 Working for pay full-time (30+ h/wk) 401 (14)
 Working for pay part-time (<30 h/wk) 122 (4.3)
 Unknown 29
Length of chronic pain, n (%)
 Not at all 59 (2.1)
 <1 month 26 (0.9)
 1–3 months 57 (2.1)
 3–6 months 69 (2.5)
 6 mo–1 y 134 (4.8)
 1–5 y 527 (19)
 More than 5 y 1901 (69)
 Unknown 99
*

Mean (SD); n (%).

Past-year diagnosis found in the electronic health record.

Elixhauser Comorbidity Index.