Table 1.

Patient Characteristics by Sex and Primary Care Visit Use, 2002-2003

Variable	Women (N=26,314)		Men (N=22.398)
		Primary Care Visits
	0 to 1 (n=2,699)	>=2 (23,615)	0 to 1 (n=3,808)	>=2 (n=18,590)
	Column %		Column %
Age, y*
50-54	36.0	32.5	45.7	31.5
55-59	21.9	21.6	25.0	23.4
60-64	12.8	12.8	12.6	14.3
65-69	10.6	10.4	6.9	10.9
70-74	11.0	12.5	6.3	11.9
75-78	7.7	10.4	3.6	8.1
Charlson Comorbidity Index
0	89.9	73.7	91.0	71.7
1	7.0	16.4	6.4	17.3
2	2.1	6.5	2.1	6.8
>=3	1.0	3.5	0.5	4.2
Non-primary care Visits, 2002-2003 (Quintile)
0	46.6	8.5	49.8	12.1
1 to 2	33.6	27.0	33.8	28.6
3 to 5	11.6	25.1	10.2	23.0
6 to 9	5.1	16.7	4.1	16.1
>=10	3.1	22.8	2.1	20.3
Fecal Occult Blood Tests, 2000- 2001
0	86.9	71.8	87.7	75.4
1	12.2	25.4	11.9	22.0
>=2	0.9	2.9	0.4	2.7
One or More Preventive Health Examinations, 2000-2001	39.0	63.4	26.0	41.3

^*In χ² analyses within sex strata, all listed patient characteristics differ significantly by primary care visits (p<0.001).