Table 1.

Firefighter Sociodemographic Characteristics (N = 831).

Characteristic	Value
Age, mean (SD) [range: 20 y–63 y]	38.37 y (8.53 y)
Sex
Male	785 (94.5%)
Female	40 (4.8%)
Transgender	6 (0.7%)
Race, no. (valid %)
White/Caucasian	625 (75.2%)
Black/African American	106 (12.8%)
Native American or Alaska Native	13 (1.6%)
Asian/Pacific Islander	12 (1.4%)
Native Hawaiian or other pacific islander	1 (0.1%)
Other	74 (8.9%)
Ethnicity, no. (valid %)
Hispanic or Latino/a	216 (26.0%)
Not Hispanic or Latino/a	615 (74.0%)
Education, no. (valid %)
Did not complete high school	11 (1.3%)
High school graduate/GED	67 (8.1%)
Some college	387 (46.6%)
College graduate	366 (44.0%)
Total years as a firefighter, mean (SD) [range: 0 y–42 y]	13.02 y (8.71 y)
Military status, no. (valid %)
Active duty in the past (not now)	188 (22.6%)
Active duty (now)	4 (0.5%)
Participated in initial/basic training only	20 (2.4%)
No military experience	691 (74.5%)