Table 1.
Study Population by Patient Demographic Characteristics, All VHA Users in 2004
| N (%) | |||
| All Users | Users with SR race/ethnicity | Users with SR and OR race/ethnicity | |
| Total | 4,814,175 | 1,890,649 | 988,277 |
| Age | |||
| < 55 | 1,321,901 (27.46) | 517,268 (27.36) | 251,083 (25.41) |
| 55 – 64 | 1,164,843 (24.20) | 493,638 (26.11) | 258,052 (26.11) |
| 65 – 74 | 1,067,405 (22.17) | 409,489 (21.66) | 219,427 (22.20) |
| 75 – 84 | 1,061,298 (22.05) | 396,189 (20.96) | 216,433 (21.90) |
| 85 and over | 198,728 (4.13) | 74,065 (3.92) | 43,282 (4.38) |
| Sex | |||
| Male | 4,425,937 (91.94) | 1,785,358 (94.43) | 938,471 (94.96) |
| Female | 388,233 (8.06) | 105,291 (5.57) | 49,806 (5.04) |
| Unknown | 5 (0.00) | ||
| Region | |||
| Northeast | 768,974 (15.97) | 300,152 (15.88) | 156,537 (15.84) |
| Midwest | 1,070,858 (22.24) | 417,123 (21.06) | 219,503 (22.21) |
| South | 1,976,662 (41.06) | 845,155 (44.70) | 443,063 (44.83) |
| West | 997,679 (20.72) | 328,217 (17.36) | 169,174 (17.12) |
| Unknown | 2 (0.00) | 2 (0.00) | |
| Race, New Standards§ | |||
| White | 1,497,743 (31.11) | 1,497,743 (79.22) | 769,661 (77.88) |
| Black or African American | 314,564 (6.53) | 314,564 (16.64) | 180,007 (18.21) |
| AIAN | 7,986 (0.17) | 7,986 (0.42) | 3,737 (0.38) |
| Asian or Pacific Islander | 31,310 (0.65) | 31,310 (1.66) | 14,262 (1.44) |
| Multiracial | 13,135 (0.27) | 13,135 (0.69) | 7,347 (0.74) |
| By OB and PROXY | 1,314 (0.03) | ||
| Inconsistent | 5,203 (0.11) | ||
| Missing or Unknown | 2,942,920 (61.13) | ||
| Ethnicity, New Standards | |||
| Hispanic | 100,727 (2.09) | 100,727 (5.33) | 57,085 (5.78) |
| Non-Hispanic | 1,743,996 (36.23) | 1,577,729 (83.45) | 815,150 (82.48) |
| Unknown | 2,969,452 (61.68) | 212,193 (11.22) | 116,042 (11.74) |
* SR indicates self-reported; OR, observer-recorded; AIAN, American Indian or Alaska Native; OB, observation; PROXY, proxy report.
§The percentages in the last two columns do not add up to 100% due to those who identified themselves as Hispanic but did not report a valid race value.