TABLE 1.
Description of the Study Sample
| Characteristic | N (%)* |
| Total STD cases | 790,910 (100.0%) |
| Sex | |
| Female | 399,043 (50.5%) |
| Male | 391,867 (49.5%) |
| Age (yrs) | |
| 18–24 | 16,676 (2.1%) |
| 25–34 | 134,134 (17.0%) |
| 35–44 | 209,161 (26.4%) |
| 45–54 | 257,970 (32.6%) |
| 55–64 | 172,969 (21.9%) |
| Region | |
| North Central | 214,850 (27.2%) |
| Northeast | 149,222 (18.9%) |
| South | 303,316 (38.4%) |
| West | 123,226 (15.6%) |
| Unknown | 296 (<0.01%) |
| Industry | |
| Construction | 436 (0.1%) |
| Finance, Insurance, Real Estate | 137,263 (17.4%) |
| Durable manufacturing | 239,002 (30.2%) |
| Non-durable manufacturing | 98,037 (12.4%) |
| Oil, Gas, Mining | 1,860 (0.2%) |
| Retail | 34,877 (4.4%) |
| Services | 40,058 (5.1%) |
| Transportation, communications, utilities | 239,324 (30.3%) |
| Wholesale | 33 (<0.01%) |
| Unknown | 20 (<0.01%) |
| Health plan | |
| Consumer driven health plan (CDHP) | 54,539 (6.9%) |
| Comprehensive | 22,982 (2.9%) |
| Exclusive provider organization (EPO) | 8,696 (1.1%) |
| High deductible health plan (HDHP) | 18,208 (2.3%) |
| Health maintenance organization (HMO) | 89,059 (11.3%) |
| Non-capitated point-of-service (POS) | 84,057 (10.6%) |
| Preferred provider organization (PPO) | 513,369 (64.9%) |
STD, short-term disability.
*Percentages may not add to 100 because of rounding.