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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Pers Disord. 2013 Feb 11;27(3):359–370. doi: 10.1521/pedi_2013_27_083

Table 1.

Demographics

Gender Physical Illnesses
 Male 42.9  Heart Disease 9.0
 Female 57.1  Hypertension 14.5
Race  Cancer 13.8
 Caucasian 69.5  Diabetes 13.9
 African American 28.5  Hepatitis 4.9
 Hispanic 0.6  Stroke 2.4
 Asian 0.4  Arthritis 25.1
 Other 1.0  Asthma 10.5
Marital Status  Tuberculosis 1.4
Never Married 12.8  Bleeding Ulcer 2.6
Currently Married 50.3  Epilepsy 1.1
Divorced 23.9  Other 18.9
Widowed 6.8
Other 6.2
Education Level Number of Illnesses
< High School 1.4  Zero 30.7
High School Diploma 27.3  One 35.4
Bachelors Degree 26.9  Two 21.8
Masters Degree or greater 27.1  Three or greater 12.1
Other 17.3

Note: Data are presented as percentages unless otherwise specified.