Table 1. Demographic characteristics of the cohort by number of mental health visits (MHV).
| Variable | All (n = 120,852) | MHV = 0* (n = 31,785) | MHV> = 1* (n = 89,067) |
| Mental Health Care Visits, n, Mean (sd) range | |||
| 2002 | 8.0 (24.7) 0–616 | 10.8 (28.1) 0–616 | |
| 2003 | 5.9 (17.9) 0–424 | 7.4 (19.8) 0–424 | |
| 2004 | 9.3 (29.5) 0–1009 | 11.9 (32.8) 0–1009 | |
| 2005 | 6.5 (20.5) 0–576 | 8.2 (22.7) 0–576 | |
| 2006 | 5.9 (19.4) 0–489 | 7.4 (21.4) 0–489 | |
| Age, years Mean (sd) | 61.0 (11.4) | 67.0 (10.8) | 58.9 (10.9) |
| Male (%) | 96.4 | 96.9 | 96.2 |
| Race (%) | |||
| NHW | 67.3 | 77.1 | 63.8 |
| NHB | 15.9 | 10.5 | 17.8 |
| Hispanic | 6.7 | 4.0 | 7.7 |
| Others | 10.1 | 8.3 | 10.7 |
| Married (%) | 53.9 | 61.0 | 51.3 |
| Service Connected Disability* † (%) | 39.0 | 25.6 | 43.7 |
| Rural (%) | 37.4 | 44.2 | 34.9 |
| Geographic Region (%) | |||
| Mid-Atlantic % | 22.2 | 20.8 | 22.7 |
| West % | 16.8 | 16.3 | 17.0 |
| Northeast % | 10.4 | 9.0 | 10.9 |
| South % | 30.1 | 28.8 | 30.5 |
| Midwest % | 20.0 | 24.6 | 18.3 |
| Number of Psychiatric Comorbidities | |||
| One | 81.7 | 93.3 | 77.5 |
| Two | 15.2 | 6.3 | 18.4 |
| Three | 3.1 | 0.4 | 4.0 |
| Psychiatric Comorbidities | |||
| Substance Abuse | 22.6 | 18.0 | 24.2 |
| Depression | 73.3 | 75.9 | 72.3 |
| Psychoses | 25.6 | 13.3 | 30.0 |
| Medical Comorbidities | |||
| Anemia | 10.5 | 13.5 | 9.4 |
| Cancer | 7.1 | 10.4 | 5.9 |
| Cerebrovascular disease | 16.9 | 22.1 | 15.1 |
| Congestive heart failure | 13.4 | 19.7 | 11.1 |
| Cardiovascular disease | 4.2 | 5.8 | 3.7 |
| Hypertension | 79.0 | 80.7 | 78.4 |
| Hypothyroidism | 7.2 | 7.7 | 7.0 |
| Liver disease | 7.0 | 6.0 | 7.4 |
| Lung disease | 19.6 | 21.6 | 18.8 |
| Fluid/electrolyte disorders | 9.2 | 10.6 | 8.7 |
| Obesity | 16.3 | 13.6 | 17.3 |
| Other disease | 5.6 | 6.4 | 5.3 |
| PVD | 13.0 | 17.6 | 11.3 |
*Stratified by number of mental health visits in 2002;
†
Greater than 0.5 service connected disability.