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. 2017 Feb 11;17:127. doi: 10.1186/s12913-017-2025-6

Table 1.

AFIB Population Description 2010 NAMCS Data (weighted n = 7,669,844)

Variable Factor Frequency Percent
Sex Female 3548521 46.3
Male 4121323 53.7
Health Insurance Status Have Health Insurance 7428685 96.9
Do Not Have Health Insurance 241159 3.1
Race Caucasian 6571700 85.7
Non-Caucasian 1098144 14.3
Poverty Percent In Patient Zip Code <10% 3705869 48.3
≥10% 3636363 47.4
Unknown 327612 4.3
Education <20% University Graduates 3003060 39.2
≥20% University Graduates 4339172 56.6
Unknown 327612 4.3
Geographic Locale Rural 1288012 16.8
Non-Rural 6205257 80.9
Unknown 176575 2.3
Primary HCP Yes 3128743 40.8
No 4095339 53.4
Unknown 445762 5.8
Warfarin No 6297368 82.1
Yes 1372476 17.9
Congestive Heart Failure No 6584055 85.8
Yes 1085789 14.2
Diabetes No 5942040 77.5
Yes 1727804 22.5
Hypertension No 2512157 32.8
Yes 5157687 67.2
History of Stroke or TIA No 7576285 98.8
Yes 93559 1.2
CHADS Age <75 Years 3544600 46.2
≥75 Years 4125244 53.8
CHADS2 Scorea Low Score 3596112 46 .9
High Score 4073732 53.1

aTo calculate a CHADS2 score 1 point is assigned to each of the variables: congestive heart failure, hypertension, ≥75 years, diabetes, and 2 points for history of stroke or TIA