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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: Pain Med. 2013 Jun 6;14(10):1461–1467. doi: 10.1111/pme.12151

Table 1.

Demographic and medical characteristics of women enrolled in the Fairview Health System who returned a survey on women's health, 2010 – 2011.

Total N=12,834
n (%)
Race
    White 10,994 (85.7)
    Black 441 (3.4)
    Biracial 613 (4.8)
    Other 786 (6.1)
Age Categories (y)
    18 – 20 649 (5.1)
    21 – 25 2,090 (16.3)
    26 – 30 3,577 (27.9)
    31 – 35 3,678 (28.7)
    ≥ 36 2,840 (22.1)
Level of Education
    Less than High School 140 (1.1)
    High School/GED 1,056 (8.2)
    Some College or Technical School 2,506 (19.5)
    Associate's Degree 1,533 (11.9)
    Bachelor's Degree 5,079 (39.6)
    Graduate Degree 2,520 (19.6)
Marital Status
    Single, never married 4,841 (37.7)
    Married/Partnered 7,308 (56.9)
    Separated/Divorced 672 (5.2)
    Widowed 13 (0.1)
Weight Status
    Underweight, BMI <18.5 343 (2.7)
    Normal, BMI 18.5 – 24.9 7,057 (55.0)
    Overweight, BMI 25 – 29.9 2,989 (23.3)
    Obese, BMI ≥ 30 2,445 (19.1)
Pain Status
    No Pain 7,847 (61.4)
    Any Pain 4,987 (38.6)
        Non-Syndromic Pain* Only 2,460 (19.2)
        Syndromic Pain** Only 473 (3.7)
        Syndromic Pain + Non-Syndromic Pain 376 (2.9)
        Vulvar Pain Only 959 (7.5)
        Vulvar Pain + Non-Syndromic Pain 443 (3.5)
        Vulvar Pain + Syndromic Pain 112 (0.9)
        All 3 Pain Types 137 (1.1)
*

Non-syndrome pain include: endometriosis, migraine headache, polycystic ovaries, fibroids, pelvic inflammatory disease.

**

Syndromic pain conditions include: chronic fatigue syndrome, irritable bowel syndrome, interstitial cystitis, fibromyalgia.