Table 1.

Demographic Data on Adults^a Admitted to San Francisco General Hospital between September 2005 and July 2006 (n = 948), San Francisco, California

Factor	No.	%
Sex
Male	585	61.7
Female	363	38.3
Race/ethnicity
Caucasian	317	33.4
African-American	239	25.2
Latino	203	21.4
Native American	5	0.5
Asian	145	15.3
Other	9	1.0
Unknown	30	3.2
Insurance coverage
MediCal	504	53.2
Medicare	38	4.0
Private	48	5.1
None	268	28.3
Other/unknown	90	9.5
Cigarette smokingb
Yes	331	34.9
No	295	31.1
Unknown	322	34.0
Alcohol consumptionb
Yes	296	31.2
No	331	34.9
Unknown	321	33.9
Illicit drug useb
Yes	208	21.9
No	411	43.4
Unknown	329	34.7
Employmentb
Yes	166	17.5
No	678	71.5
Unknown	104	11.0

^aMean age = 49.4 years (range, 18–93).

^bSelf-reported.