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. 2019 Feb 23;28(2):244–249. doi: 10.1089/jwh.2018.7380

Table 1.

Descriptive Characteristics of Study Population

  2005 2016
Characteristics Patients, No. (%) Patients, No. (%)
Age, years
 16 to <21 5,186 (11.0) 4,411 (8.9)
 21 to <30 9,524 (20.2) 9,705 (19.6)
 30–65 25,667 (54.4) 27,418 (55.4)
 >65 6,826 (14.5) 7,976 (16.1)
Race
 White 39,632 (84.0) 40,366 (81.5)
 Black 1,910 (4.1) 2,932 (5.9)
 Asian 2,155 (4.6) 3,110 (6.3)
 Other 1,899 (4.0) 2,328 (4.7)
 Unknown 1,607 (3.4) 774 (1.6)
Ethnicity
 Hispanic 1,796 (3.8) 2,577 (5.2)
 Non-Hispanic 43,900 (93.0) 46,266 (93.5)
 Unknown 1,507 (3.2) 667 (1.4)
Smoking
 Never 28,317 (60.0) 21,637 (43.7)
 Past 16,874 (35.8) 25,520 (51.6)
 Current 2,012 (4.3) 2,353 (4.8)
Charlson Comorbidity Index
 0 39,424 (83.5) 40,423 (81.7)
 1–2 5,247 (11.1) 5,685 (11.5)
 3–4 1,506 (3.2) 1,835 (3.7)
 ≥5 1,026 (2.2) 1,567 (3.2)