TABLE I.
Clinical and Demographic Characteristics of the Sample
| Variable | Descriptive statistics | |
|---|---|---|
| N | 1,270,198 person-years; 771,570 Veterans | |
| Gender | Male | 87.9% |
| Age | M = 58.7 years | SD = 17.4 |
| Race | White | 62.7% |
| Black | 11.2% | |
| Asian | 3.6% | |
| Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander | 1.4% | |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 1.9% | |
| Declined to report or unknown | 19.2% | |
| Ethnicity | Latinx | 14.2% |
| Marital status | Married | 48.6% |
| Divorced | 21.9% | |
| Separated | 3.0% | |
| Widowed | 3.4% | |
| Never married | 18.0% | |
| Income | M = 66,482 | SD = 23,349 |
| Diagnostic group | ICD-10 codes | % |
| Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) | F43.10–F43.12 | 14.9% |
| Major depression | F32.0–F32.5, F32.9, F33.0–F33.3, F33.40–F33.42, F33.9 | 12.6% |
| Generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) | F41.1 | 2.6% |
| Other anxiety disorder (OAD) | F06.4, F40.00–F40.02, F40.10, F40.11, F40.210, F40.218, F40.220, F40.228, F40.230–F40.233, F40.240–F40.243, F40.248, F40.290, F40.291, F40.298, F40.8, F40.9, F41.0, F41.3, F41.8, F41.9, F42., F42.2, F43.2, F42.4, F42.8, F42.9, F45.20, F45.21, and F45.29 | 7.4% |
| Alcohol-use disorder (AUD) | F10.10–F10.99 | 5.3% |
| Opioid-use disorder (OUD) | F11.10–F11.99 | 0.9% |
| Any other substance-use disorder (SUD) | F12.10–F16.99, F18.10–F19.99 | 3.3% |
| Serious mental illness (SMI) | F20.0, F20.1, F20.2, F20.3, F20.5, F20.81, F20.89, F20.9, F25.0, F25.1, F25.8, F25.9, F06.0, F06.2, F22, F23, F24, F28, F29, F53, F53.1, F30.10–F30.12, F30.13, F30.2, F30.3, F30.4, F30.8, F30.9, F31.0, F31.11–F31.13, F31.2, F31.30, F31.31, F31.32, F31.4, F31.5, F31.60– F31.64, F31.70–F31.78, F31.81, F31.89, F31.9 | 3.3% |
| 1+ MH visits | 27.6% | |