Table 1.

Demographic and Clinical Characteristics of Patients Sampled from 6 Primary Care Practices in Washington, Wyoming, Alaska, and Idaho (June 2013)

Characteristics	Patients, n (%)
Age, years (n = 858)
18–24	130 (15.2)
25–34	183 (21.3)
35–44	164 (19.1)
45–54	163 (19.0)
55–64	140 (16.3)
≥65	78 (9.1)
Female sex (n = 859)	643 (74.9)
Race/ethnicity (n = 867)
White	694 (80.1)
Native American	18 (2.1)
Asian/Pacific Islander	31 (3.6)
African American	21 (2.4)
Latino	42 (4.8)
Other/multiracial	61 (7.0)
Any health literacy limitation (n = 844)	526 (62.3)
Any chronic medical condition (n = 909)	575 (63.3)
Depression (n = 808)*	334 (41.3)

^*Depression is defined as a 2-item Patient Health Questionnaire score ≥3 or a history of depression endorsed as a medical condition.