Table 1.

Bivariate Association Between Substance Use Disorder Diagnosis and Demographics for Veterans Health Administration Outpatient Survey of Healthcare Experiences of Patients Survey Respondents (N=286,026)

	SUD diagnosis N=23,661 (%a)	No SUD diagnosis N=262,365 (%a)
Age*
18–29	5.8	3.1
30–39	9.0	5.7
40–49	12.5	8.3
50–59	30.0	15.7
60–69	35.9	36.8
70–79	5.6	17.0
80+	1.3	13.4
Gender*
Male	93.9	91.8
Female	6.1	8.2
Race/ethnicity*
American Indian/Alaska Native	0.7	0.5
Asian	0.5	1.0
Black	26.2	15.4
Hispanic	6.9	6.1
Multirace	1.0	0.8
Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander	0.6	0.7
Unknown	1.9	2.0
White, non-Hispanic	62.3	73.5
Urban/rural residence*
Any urban	73.9	65.8
Rural	25.2	33.1
Highly rural	0.9	1.2
Military service-connected disability rating*
No service-connected disability	39.9	42.8
Service-connected 0–49%	19.9	22.5
Service-connected 50–99%	28.8	25.2
Service-connected 100%	11.4	9.5

^aAll percentages are column percentages.

^*p<0.01 from test for association between SUD diagnosis and other characteristics.

SUD, substance use disorder.