Table 1.

Weighted Demographic Characteristics by Veteran Race and Urban/Rural Status, 2011–12 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System Survey

	Veteran Race and Urban/Rural Status
	AIANa - Ruralb (n=l,500)		AIANa - Urbanc (n=l,567)		White – Ruralc (n=32,316)		White - Urbanc (n=59,849)		Odds Ratio
Characteristic	%	CId	%	CId	%	CId	%	CId	AIANa-Ruralc vs. AIANa-Urbanc	AIANa-Ruralb vs. White-Ruralc	AIANa-Urbanb vs. White-Urbanc
Male	94.5%	92.2–96.1	92.8%	90.8–94.4	94.7%	94.2–95.1	93.7%	93.4–94.0	1.33	0.96	0.86
Age Group
18–24	1.0%	.400–2.22	1.1%	.61–2.13	0.64%	.41–1.01	1.0%	.79–1.25	0.65	1.80	1.70
25–44	18.0%	11.4–27.3	19.2%	15.1–24.2	11.3%	10.4–12.2	12.7%	12.1–13.3	0.76	1.95e	2.24g
45–64	38.0%	32.4–44.1	44.8%	40.0–49.7	35.6%	34.6–36.7	34.9%	34.2–35.6	0.69	1.30	1.90g
65+	43.0%	36.6–49.7	34.9%	30.7–39.3	52.5%	51.4–53.6	51.5%	50.7–52.2	1	1	1
Marital Status
Married/cohabiting	64.5%	58.5–70.0	64.6%	59.7–69.3	73.3%	72.4–74.2	73.3%	72.7–73.9	0.99	.661f	0.67g
Unmarried	35.5%	30.0–41.5	35.4%	30.7–40.3	26.7%	25.8–27.6	26.7%	26.1–27.3	1	1	1
Education
< High school	15.9%	11.5–21.6	11.3%	8.2–15.3	11.7%	10.8–12.5	7.2%	6.7–7.6	1	1	1
High school	27.9%	22.9–33.6	28.2%	24.1–32.7	36.7%	35.7–37.8	28.9%	28.2–29.6	0.70	0.56e	0.62
Some college	41.7%	34.7–49.0	39.2%	34.4–44.2	32.8%	31.7–33.8	33.8%	33.1–34.5	0.75	0.93	0.74
College graduate	14.5%	11.6–18.0	21.3%	18.0–25.1	18.8%	18.2–19.5	30.2%	29.6–30.7	0.48	0.56e	0.45g
Income
Less than $15K	15.3%	11.5–20.1	8.5%	6.4–11.2	6.9%	6.4–7.5	4.0%	3.7–4.2	1	1	1
$15–$24.9K	19.4%	15.6–23.8	15.9%	12.7–19.7	1.8%	17.1–18.8	11.9%	11.4–12.3	0.68	.049f	0.62
$25–$34.5K	13.7%	10.0–18.5	11.9%	9.2–15.3	13.8%	13.1–14.5	10.8%	10.3–11.2	0.64	0.45f	0.52e
$35–$49.9K	14.2%	11.0–18.1	13.0%	10.3–16.4	17.6%	16.8–18.5	15.4%	14.9–15.9	0.61	0.37g	0.39g
$50K+	26.5%	19.5–34.9	38.9%	34.0–43.9	33.5%	32.4–34.5	47.2%	46.5–47.9	0.38e	0.36g	0.38g
Missing	10.9%	7.5–15.5	11.8%	9.2–15.1	10.3%	9.7–10.9	10.8%	10.4–11.3	0.51	0.48e	0.50e
Geography
Northeast	7.8%	4.5–13.2	10.4%	7.7–13.8	13.6%	12.8–14.5	19.4%	19.1–19.7	1	1	1
Midwest	25.0%	18.1–33.4	17.6%	14.1–21.7	31.1%	20.2–31.9	19.9%	19.5–20.3	1.88	1.41	1.65
South	39.0%	33.0–45.2	34.0%	29.6–38.7	40.6%	39.8–41.5	37.5%	37.0–38.0	1.52	1.68	1.70e
West	28.3%	23.6–33.5	38.1%	33.5–42.9	14.7%	14.1–15.3	23.2%	22.8–23.6	0.98	3.36g	3.08g

^aAmerican Indian Alaska Native

^bRural = Not in a metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA)

^cUrban = In an MSA or county of an MSA

^dConfidence Interval

^ep ≤0.05

^fp <0.01

^gp <0.001