Table 1.
Patient demographics at the time of index CT scan (n=950 patients).
| Characteristic | Number of Encounters |
|---|---|
| General Demographics | |
| Mean age in years (range) | 73 (36–99) |
| Sex | |
| Men | 362 (38.1%) |
| Women | 588 (61.9%) |
| Race | |
| African American | 35 (3.7%) |
| Asian | 23 (2.4%) |
| White | 803 (84.5%) |
| Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 2 (0.2%) |
| Other | 52 (5.5%) |
| Unknown | 35 (3.7%) |
| Ethnicity | |
| Not of Spanish/Hispanic Origin | 586 (61.7%) |
| Spanish/Hispanic Origin | 21 (2.2%) |
| Unknown | 343 (36.1%) |
| Smoking Status* | |
| Current every day/ Heavy smoker | 42 (4.4%) |
| Current some day/ Light smoker | 18 (1.9%) |
| Former smoker | 473 (49.8%) |
| Smoker, current status unknown | 1 (0.1%) |
| Passive smoke exposure | 4 (0.4%) |
| Never smoker | 350 (36.8%) |
| Unknown | 62 (6.5%) |
Represented categories are the available choices in the electronic health record for specifying smoking history