TABLE 1.

Demographics, Health Care Services Use, and Military Service Characteristics of Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom Veterans Health Administration Outpatients and Military Sexual Trauma Screen Results: October 1, 2001, to September 30, 2007

	Women			Men
	Screened Positive for Military Sexual Trauma (n = 2648), %	Screened Negative for Military Sexual Trauma (n = 14 932), %	P	Screened Positive for Military Sexual Trauma (n = 732), %	Screened Negative for Military Sexual Trauma (n = 107 417), %	P
Demographics
Age, y			.95			.006
18–24	35.8	36.2		24.0	29.7
25–34	38.6	38.5		36.6	35.4
35–44	17.9	17.5		26.0	22.8
≥ 45	7.7	7.8		13.4	12.1
Race/ethnicity			< .001			.097
White	59.3	49.6		64.1	68.3
Black	25.5	34.6		20.1	17.3
Hispanic	10.0	10.0		10.7	9.4
Other/unknown	5.2	5.7		5.2	4.9
Marital status			.003			.007
Married	32.7	30.2		49.1	46.9
Never married	56.8	60.3		43.5	47.8
Divorced/separated/widowed	10.5	9.5		7.4	5.3
Health insurance	21.5	23.0	.09	19.0	27.0	< .001
Service connection > 50%	27.6	13.7	< .001	27.6	16.6	< .001
Veterans Health Administration services use before Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom	7.3	5.8	.002	9.2	5.5	< .001
Time in Veterans Health Administration care > 12 mo	88.7	87.2	.04	84.3	85.4	.41
Military service characteristics
Component			< .001			< .001
Active duty	54.9	47.0		53.3	46.0
National Guard/Reserve	45.1	53.0		46.7	54.0
Rank			.92			.53
Enlisted	93.3	93.3		94.7	94.1
Officer	6.7	6.7		5.3	5.9
Branch			.002			< .001
US Air Force	12.7	13.0		9.7	7.7
US Army	69.1	71.7		66.4	70.3
US Navy/Coast Guard	14.4	12.2		14.6	9.1
Marines	3.8	3.1		9.3	12.9
Multiple deployments	32.2	35.3	.002	35.8	37.1	.46
Most recent deployment > 6 mo duration	50.9	53.2	.03	51.9	58.3	.001