Table 1.
Demographic characteristics of patients, overall and by presence of conditions.
| Characteristics | Overall (N=6,012,875) | Patients with at least one of 18 conditionsa (N=4,893,286) | Patients without any of 18 conditions (N=1,119,589) | |
| Age, mean (SD) | 63.32 (16.46) | 65.20 (15.02) | 55.12 (19.66) | |
| Gender, % | ||||
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Female | 6.20 | 5.33 | 9.98 |
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Male | 93.80 | 94.67 | 90.02 |
| Race, % | ||||
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White | 61.45 | 62.55 | 56.66 |
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African-American | 13.09 | 13.27 | 12.28 |
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Latino | 5.46 | 5.39 | 5.77 |
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Other | 1.62 | 1.49 | 2.20 |
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Unknown/Missing | 18.38 | 17.30 | 23.09 |
| High economic needb, % | 26.76 | 27.30 | 24.34 | |
| Urban/Rural, % | ||||
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Urban | 73.69 | 72.73 | 77.95 |
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Rural | 26.31 | 27.27 | 22.05 |
a18 conditions: Medical—hypertension, hyperlipidemia, diabetes, coronary artery disease, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, congestive heart failure, stroke, hepatitis, HIV; Mental health—anxiety, depression, post-traumatic stress disorder, psychosis, schizophrenia/schizoaffective disorder, alcohol abuse, drug abuse; Trauma-related—traumatic brain injury, spinal cord injury.
bEligible for free care based on a VA financial assessment.