Table 1.
| Patient characteristic |
Menopausal symptoms (N = 383) |
Diabetesc (N = 1292) |
Disorders of lipid metabolism (N = 2398) |
Headache (N = 806) |
Cataract (N = 158) |
Glaucoma (N = 143) |
Essential hypertension (N = 3313) |
Influenza (N = 515) |
| Age, yrs, mean (SD) | 53.6 (5.2) | 55.8 (5.9) | 56.1 (5.8) | 52.8 (5.6) | 59.6 (5.4) | 57.0 (5.7) | 55.3 (6.0) | 54.3 (5.8) |
| 45–50, % | 30.3 | 24.0 | 21.3 | 41.2 | 8.9 | 17.5 | 26.5 | 30.7 |
| 51–55, % | 37.1 | 22.2 | 22.7 | 26.4 | 11.4 | 21.7 | 23.7 | 27.0 |
| 56–60, % | 20.4 | 27.2 | 28.6 | 20.7 | 21.5 | 28.0 | 25.1 | 23.7 |
| 61–65, % | 12.3 | 26.6 | 27.4 | 11.7 | 58.2 | 32.9 | 24.6 | 18.6 |
| Race/ethnicity, % | ||||||||
| White | 68.7 | 31.9 | 46.1 | 52.9 | 53.8 | 42.7 | 37.5 | 56.9 |
| Black | 12.3 | 25.7 | 19.7 | 16.0 | 23.4 | 28.0 | 29.6 | 11.3 |
| Asian | 3.1 | 6.8 | 7.7 | 6.0 | 7.6 | 9.8 | 7.3 | 6.2 |
| Hispanic | 14.9 | 32.4 | 24.5 | 23.9 | 12.7 | 18.9 | 23.5 | 23.1 |
| Other | 1 | 3.2 | 2 | 1.2 | 2.5 | 0.7 | 2.0 | 2.5 |
| Insured, % | 82.2 | 72.5 | 77.7 | 79.7 | 86.1 | 76.2 | 73.6 | 73.6 |
| Education, mean, yrs (SD) | 13.9 (2.7) | 11.5 (4.0) | 12.3 (3.8) | 13.0 (3.5) | 13.2 (3.6) | 12.8 (3.9) | 12.2 (3.7) | 13.1 (3.7) |
| Less than high school, % | 6 | 30.7 | 22.9 | 17.9 | 19.0 | 20.3 | 23.4 | 15.3 |
| GED/high school diploma, % | 48 | 46.4 | 46.2 | 41.6 | 36.1 | 37.8 | 47.9 | 43.9 |
| Bachelor's, % | 23 | 11.2 | 15.4 | 19.5 | 25.9 | 13.3 | 14.4 | 22.1 |
| Master's or above, % | 23 | 11.8 | 15.6 | 21.5 | 19.0 | 28.7 | 14.4 | 19.0 |
| Income, US$, mean (SD) | 37,804 (36,401) | 23,314 (27,235) | 28,296 (31,691) | 32,754 (34,409) | 34,839 (37,652) | 29,068 (32,387) | 26,370 (28,242) | 32,929 (32,549) |
| Relative to federal poverty level, % | ||||||||
| <100 | 11 | 24.7 | 20.4 | 16.3 | 22.8 | 25.9 | 20.6 | 12.8 |
| 100 to <125 | 2.6 | 7.2 | 5.2 | 4.2 | 5.1 | 5.6 | 6.5 | 2.9 |
| 125 to <200 | 11.5 | 16.6 | 15.3 | 15.3 | 9.5 | 14.0 | 16.4 | 16.9 |
| 200 to <400 | 26.9 | 29.1 | 28.0 | 30.6 | 21.5 | 23.8 | 28.9 | 28.0 |
| ≥400 | 48 | 22.4 | 31.1 | 33.6 | 41.1 | 30.8 | 27.6 | 39.4 |
|
COPD and bronchiectasis (N = 667) |
Asthma (N = 820) |
Esophageal disorders (N = 786) |
UTIs (N = 453) |
Osteoarthritis (N = 884) |
Osteoporosis (N = 1051) |
Anxiety disorders (N = 1170) |
Mood disorders (N = 1431) |
|
| Age, yrs, mean (SD) | 55.0 (5.8) | 54.4 (5.7) | 55.2 (6.0) | 53.9 (6.0) | 56.6 (5.6) | 56.8 (5.6) | 54.0 (5.8) | 53.9 (5.6) |
| 45–50, % | 26.5 | 30.7 | 27.2 | 34.7 | 18.4 | 17.3 | 32.8 | 32.0 |
| 51–55, % | 25.6 | 25.9 | 22.5 | 23.6 | 22.5 | 21.6 | 28.0 | 29.3 |
| 56–60, % | 27.4 | 25.7 | 27.0 | 26.3 | 28.2 | 28.8 | 22.5 | 24.0 |
| 61–65, % | 20.4 | 17.7 | 23.3 | 15.5 | 30.9 | 32.3 | 16.7 | 14.7 |
| Race/ethnicity, % | ||||||||
| White | 59.4 | 49.6 | 57.4 | 56.5 | 57.5 | 57.8 | 62.1 | 58.8 |
| Black | 16.9 | 19.0 | 21.8 | 14.1 | 19.5 | 17.0 | 12.1 | 15.2 |
| Asian | 1.8 | 6.1 | 3.4 | 3.1 | 3.1 | 5.0 | 2.6 | 3.1 |
| Hispanic | 18.3 | 21.1 | 15.0 | 24.1 | 17.2 | 17.7 | 20.9 | 20.5 |
| Other | 3.6 | 4.1 | 2.4 | 2.2 | 2.8 | 2.5 | 2.4 | 2.4 |
| Insured, % | 77.2 | 78.5 | 86.0 | 79.7 | 78.7 | 80.1 | 77.6 | 77.4 |
| Education, mean (SD), yrs | 12.9 (3.0) | 12.9 (3.3) | 12.7 (3.1) | 12.9 (4.0) | 13.2 (3.1) | 13.2 (3.2) | 13.1 (3.2) | 12.7 (3.3) |
| Less than high school, % | 15.9 | 20.7 | 19.7 | 18.8 | 14.6 | 14.7 | 16.7 | 20.0 |
| GED/high school diploma, % | 51.0 | 44.8 | 49.0 | 43.0 | 47.4 | 45.1 | 46.4 | 47.9 |
| Bachelor's, % | 18.1 | 16.8 | 13.1 | 19.2 | 18.8 | 20.4 | 19.0 | 15.9 |
| Master's or above, % | 15.4 | 17.9 | 18.6 | 19.2 | 19.5 | 20.0 | 18.0 | 16.3 |
| Income, US$, mean (SD) | 26,702 (28,170) | 27,775 (32,983) | 29,361 (33,727) | 32,756 (33,132) | 29,578 (34,147) | 30,564 (34,117) | 31,056 (34,631) | 27,378 (30,950) |
| Relative to federal poverty level, % | ||||||||
| <100 | 21.4 | 26.0 | 25.6 | 14.1 | 19.7 | 18.1 | 21.4 | 27.1 |
| 100 to <125 | 5.8 | 4.9 | 5.7 | 4.2 | 4.8 | 4.4 | 5.0 | 5.2 |
| 125 to <200 | 15.3 | 16.1 | 12.1 | 14.1 | 15.4 | 15.9 | 14.5 | 13.3 |
| 200 to <400 | 29.1 | 25.0 | 25.1 | 29.8 | 27.0 | 26.4 | 26.8 | 26.6 |
| ≥400 | 28.3 | 28.0 | 31.6 | 37.7 | 33.1 | 35.3 | 32.2 | 27.9 |
NOTE: The study included women aged 45 to 65 years who had not had a hysterectomy and had menopausal symptoms or any of 15 comparator conditions and participated in the 2010, 2011, and/or 2012 MEPS-HC (descriptive statistics, pooled).
a
Data shown here are for women who were included in the modeled data analysis; some women who contributed direct cost data (see Appendix Table at www.AHDBonline.com) were excluded from the analysis if any of the covariate data were missing.
b
Percentages may not total 100 because of rounding.
c
Diabetes with/without complications, combined.
COPD indicates chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; GED, General Educational Development; MEPS-HC, Medical Expenditure Panel Survey Household Component; SD, standard deviation; UTIs, urinary tract infections.