Table 1.
Demographic, service, and disability characteristics of women by age categories.
| Age category | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Characteristic | ≤50 (n = 231,634) | 51–64 (n = 128,533) | ≥65 (n = 28,780) | All (n = 388,947) |
| Age (years) | 37 ± 7 | 56 ± 4 | 70 ± 6 | 46 ± 13 |
| Service branch | ||||
| US Air Force | 49,287 (22%) | 34,613 (28%) | 7698 (28%) | 91,598 (24%) |
| US Army | 103,397 (48%) | 59,962 (48%) | 13,396 (49%) | 182,755 (48%) |
| US Coast Guard | 2193 (1%) | 1246 (1%) | 129 (<1%) | 3568 (1%) |
| US Marines | 18,308 (8%) | 4312 (4%) | 958 (4%) | 23,578 (6%) |
| US Navy | 46,770 (21%) | 23194 (19%) | 4605 (17%) | 74,569 (20%) |
| Other | 73 (<1%) | 374 (<1%) | 398 (2%) | 845 (<1%) |
| Rank | ||||
| Enlisted | 201,532 (87%) | 95,478 (74%) | 14,350 (50%) | 311,360 (80%) |
| Warrant officer | 649 (<1%) | 1096 (1%) | 190 (<1%) | 1935 (<1%) |
| Officer | 14357 (6%) | 15,190 (12%) | 5640 (20%) | 35,187 (9%) |
| Missing | 15,096 (6%) | 16,769 (13%) | 8600 (30%) | 40,465 (10%) |
| Number service connected conditions | 6.0 ± 5.1 | 6.0 ± 5.4 | 4.7 ± 4.3 | 5.9 ± 5.2 |
| Combined disability rating | ||||
| 100% | 20,779 (9%) | 17,456 (14%) | 3873 (14%) | 42,108 (11%) |
| 50%–90% | 108,031 (47%) | 58,909 (46%) | 12,742 (44%) | 179,682 (46%) |
| 10%–40% | 102,618 (44%) | 51,902 (40%) | 12,064 (42%) | 166,584 (43%) |
| 0% | 206 (<1%) | 266 (<1%) | 101 (<1%) | 573 (<1%) |
| Condition | ||||
| Hearing loss | 21,345 (9%) | 13,899 (11%) | 3638 (13%) | 38,882 (10%) |
| Tinnitus | 51,028 (22%) | 20,974 (16%) | 3532 (12%) | 75,534 (19%) |
| Asthma | 19,819 (9%) | 8880 (7%) | 1601 (65) | 30,300 (8%) |
| Sleep apnea | 11,262 (5%) | 7213 (6%) | 719 (2%) | 19,194 (5%) |
| Anxiety | 18,723 (8%) | 5221 (4%) | 1212 (4%) | 25,456 (6%) |
| Post traumatic stress disorder | 52,572 (23%) | 22,685 (18%) | 4232 (15%) | 79,489 (20%) |
| Major depression | 34,045 (15%) | 16,634 (13%) | 2693 (9%) | 53,372 (14%) |
| Migraine | 73,060 (32%) | 26,766 (21%) | 3306 (12%) | 103,142 (26%) |
| Traumatic brain disease | 5698 (3%) | 2162 (2%) | 385 (1%) | 8245 (2%) |
| VA health care utilization in 2015 | 109,875 (47%) | 56,723 (56%) | 17,195 (60%) | 19,880 (51%) |