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. 2017 Apr 24;177(6):819–828. doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2017.0906

Table 3. Demographics of Patient and Clinician Survey Participants .

Demographics No. (%)a
Patients (n = 1516) Clinicians (n = 429)b
Lesbian
(n = 244)
Gay
(n = 289)
Bisexual
(n = 179)
Straight
(n = 804)
Total
(n = 1516)
MD
(n = 209)
RN
(n = 220)
Total
(n = 429)
Women 244 (100) 0 118 (65.7) 418 (52.0) 780 (51.4) 52 (24.7) 199 (90.4) 251 (58.4)
Age, mean (SD), y 50 (15.0) 49 (14.0) 42 (15.1) 50 (17.5) 49
(16.4)
50 (8.9) 51 (9.9) 51 (9.4)
Age, y
18-29 56.2 (23.0) 55.1 (19.1) 82.2 (45.9) 163.6 (20.4) 357.1 (23.6) 0 20 (8.9) 20 (4.6)
30-44 69.5 (28.5) 85.0 (29.4) 49.4 (27.6) 204.2 (25.4) 408.2 (26.9) 67 (32.3) 59 (26.7) 126 (29.4)
45-59 77.6 (31.8) 107.7 (37.3) 30.9 (17.3) 217.2 (27.0) 433.4 (28.6) 93 (44.5) 114 (51.6) 207 (48.1)
≥60 40.7 (16.7) 41.1 (14.2) 16.4 (9.2) 219.0 (27.2) 317.2 (20.9) 49 (23.3) 28 (12.8) 77 (17.9)
Education
<High school 23.2 (9.5) 11.4 (3.9) 29.0 (16.2) 93.8 (11.7) 157.4 (10.4) 0 10 (4.7) 10 (2.3)
High school 46.1 (18.9) 71.7 (24.8) 50.1 (28.0) 239.9 (29.8) 407.8 (26.9) 0 56 (25.3) 56 (13.1)
Some college 78.8 (32.3) 95.4 (33.0) 59.2 (33.1) 231.4 (28.8) 464.8 (30.7) 0 117 (53.3) 117 (27.3)
Undergraduate or above 95.9 (39.3) 110.5 (38.2) 40.7 (22.7) 238.8 (29.7) 485.9 (32.0) 209 (100) 37 (16.8) 246 (57.3)
Race/ethnicity
White, non-Hispanic 145.9 (59.8) 174.7 (60.5) 108.6 (60.7) 536.2 (66.7) 965.4 (63.7) 136 (65.2) 169 (76.7) 305 (71.1)
Black, non-Hispanic 29.7 (12.2) 19.3 (6.7) 20.6 (11.5) 92.5 (11.5) 162.1 (10.7) 3 (1.5) 19 (8.6) 22 (5.1)
Other, non-Hispanic 7.3 (3.0) 15.3 (5.3) 9.5 (5.3) 50.1 (6.2) 82.1 (5.4) 58 (27.6) 19 (8.7) 77 (17.9)
Hispanic 53.5 (21.9) 66.3 (23.0) 35.4 (19.8) 115.5 (14.4) 270.8 (17.9) 10 (4.7) 11 (5.1) 21 (4.9)
≥2 Races, non-Hispanic 7.6 (3.1) 13.3 (4.6) 4.9 (2.7) 9.8 (1.2) 35.6 (2.3) 2 (1.0) 2 (0.9) 4 (0.9)
US region
Northeast 45.0 (18.4) 52.3 (18.1) 27.1 (15.1) 146.8 (18.3) 271.3 (17.9) 45 (20.4) 50 (24.0) 95 (22.2)
Midwest 39.2 (16.1) 40.0 (13.8) 37.6 (21.0) 174.4 (21.7) 291.2 (19.2) 54 (24.5) 38 (18.3) 92 (21.5)
South 96.6 (39.6) 99.6 (34.5) 62.7 (35.0) 298.2 (37.1) 557.2 (36.8) 77 (35.2) 77 (36.9) 155 (36.0)
West 63.1 (25.9) 97.0 (33.6) 51.5 (28.8) 184.6 (23.0) 396.3 (26.1) 44 (19.9) 43 (20.8) 87 (20.3)
Marital status
Married 58.9 (24.2) 24.8 (8.6) 52.1 (29.1) 427.9 (53.2) 563.9 (37.2)
Widowed 2.5 (1.0) 4.3 (1.5) 1.4 (0.8) 35.8 (4.4) 44.0 (2.9)
Divorced 11.3 (4.6) 8.8 (3.0) 10.4 (5.8) 72.5 (9.0) 103.0 (6.8)
Separated 5.7 (2.3) 0.3 (0.1) 4.2 (2.3) 18.9 (2.4) 29.1 (1.9)
Never married 75.8 (31.0) 160.1 (55.4) 74.5 (41.6) 193.4 (24.1) 503.8 (33.2)
Living with partner 89.8 (36.8) 90.8 (31.4) 36.3 (20.3) 55.4 (6.9) 272.4 (18.0)
a

Percentages are weighted.

b

Empty cells indicate data not obtained.