Table 2.
Self-Reported Baseline Prevalence of Disease by Veteran Status and Age Decade
| Variable | Veteran N = 3,706 |
Non-Veteran N = 141,009 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVD | N | % | N | % |
| All | 798 | 21.9 | 24,679 | 17.7 |
| 50–59 | 106 | 2.9 | 5,665 | 4.1 |
| 60–69 | 226 | 6.2 | 11,506 | 8.3 |
| 70+ | 466 | 12.8 | 7,508 | 5.4 |
| Cancer | N | % | N | % |
| All | 476 | 13.0 | 13,437 | 9.6 |
| 50–59 | 64 | 1.7 | 3,491 | 2.5 |
| 60–69 | 122 | 3.3 | 6,049 | 4.3 |
| 70+ | 290 | 7.9 | 3,897 | 2.8 |
| Diabetes | N | % | N | % |
| All | 215 | 5.8 | 8,409 | 6.0 |
| 50–59 | 24 | 0.7 | 2,114 | 1.5 |
| 60–69 | 80 | 2.2 | 4,148 | 2.9 |
| 70+ | 111 | 3.0 | 2,147 | 1.5 |
| Hip Fracture | ||||
| All | 29 | 0.8 | 751 | 0.5 |
| 50–59 | 0 | -- | 19 | 0.0 |
| 60–69 | 2 | 0.1 | 308 | 0.2 |
| 70+ | 27 | 0.7 | 424 | 0.3 |