Table 1.
Demographic and clinical characteristics of the study cohort.
| Characteristic | Patients (n=343,681), n (%) | ||
| Age | |||
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18 to <40 years | 120,422 (35.04) | |
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40 to 65 years | 149,418 (43.48) | |
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>65 years | 73,841 (21.49) | |
| Gender |
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Male | 159,964 (46.54) | |
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Female | 183,701 (53.45) | |
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Unknown or not reported | 16 (<.01) | |
| Race | |||
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Black or African American | 25,513 (7.42) | |
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American Indian or Alaska native | 4795 (1.40) | |
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Asian | 34,474 (10.03) | |
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Native Hawaiian or other Pacific islander | 2843 (0.83) | |
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Multiple races | 1 (<0.01) | |
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Unknown or not reported | 45,094 (13.12) | |
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White | 230,961 (67.20) | |
| Ethnicity | |||
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Non-Hispanic | 271,582 (79.02) | |
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Hispanic | 21,718 (6.32) | |
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Unknown or not reported | 50,381 (14.66) | |
| Insurance | |||
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Private | 163,908 (47.69) | |
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Public (Medicare and Medicaid) | 160,026 (46.56) | |
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Self-paid or charity | 19,747 (5.75) | |
| Disease | |||
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Asthma | 14,644 (4.26) | |
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Chronic kidney disease | 25,363 (7.38) | |
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Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease | 7579 (2.21) | |
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Type 2 diabetes | 56,551 (16.45) | |
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Type 1 diabetes | 2879 (0.84) | |