Table. Demographic Characteristics, Overall and by Cannabis Policy Category.
| Characteristic | Person months, No. (%) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall (n = 2 015 189 706 ) | No policy (n = 1 399 958 524) | Medical | Recreational | |||
| No dispensaries (n = 172 068 754) | Dispensaries (n = 370 695 920) | No dispensaries (n = 33 285 610) | Dispensaries (n = 39 180 898) | |||
| Sexa | ||||||
| Male | 971 559 233 (48.2) | 677 785 592 (48.4) | 82493727 (47.9) | 176523088 (47.6) | 15929852 (47.9) | 18 826 974 (48.1) |
| Female | 1 043 369 033 (51.8) | 722 034 469 (51.6) | 89476572 (52.0) | 194152594 (52.4) | 17353344 (52.1) | 20 352 054 (51.9) |
| Age, y | ||||||
| 16-34 | 562 066 415 (27.9) | 407 088 387 (29.1) | 45 939 044 (26.7) | 92 461 530 (24.9) | 7 634 651 (22.9) | 8942803 (22.8) |
| 35-54 | 706 946 119 (35.1) | 513 829 728 (36.7) | 58 630 415 (34.1) | 115 394 727 (31.1) | 8 715 647 (26.2) | 10 375 602 (26.5) |
| 55-64 | 288 925 376 (14.3) | 207 888 251 (14.8) | 24 865 564 (14.5) | 47 130 674 (12.7) | 4 004 080 (12.0) | 5 036 807 (12.9) |
| ≥65 | 457 251 796 (22.7) | 271 152 157 (19.4) | 42 633 731 (24.8) | 115 708 989 (31.2) | 12 931 233 (33.8) | 14 825 686 (37.9) |
| Race and ethnicityb | ||||||
| Asian | 85 493 072 (4.2) | 41 409 520 (3.0) | 8 971 711 (5.2) | 30 394 285 (8.2) | 2 935 649 (8.8) | 1 781 906 (4.5) |
| Black | 179 175 433 (8.9) | 146 758 807 (10.5) | 16 495 701 (9.6) | 13 622 094 (3.7) | 1 356 582 (4.1) | 942 249 (2.4) |
| Hispanic | 214 962 576 (10.7) | 127 616 551 (9.1) | 15 420 561 (9.0) | 63 335 441 (17.1) | 5 060 718 (15.2) | 3 529 305 (9.0) |
| White | 1 301 673 039 (64.6) | 925 038 782 (66.1) | 112 700 157 (65.5) | 217 992 205 (58.8) | 18 656 900 (56.1) | 27 284 996 (69.6) |
| Diagnosesc | 6 054 892 (100.0) | 4 034 704 (66.6) | 726 197 (12.0) | 974 921 (16.1) | 111 280 (1.8) | 207 790 (3.4) |
| Prescriptionsd | 20 406 581 (100.0) | 13 332 316 (65.3) | 1 958 949 (9.6) | 3 942 447 (19.3) | 443 613 (2.2) | 729 256 (3.6) |
a
Sex was unknown for 261 440 person-months of follow-up.
b
Race and ethnicity were unknown for 233 885 586 person-months of follow-up.
c
Depicts the total number of psychosis-related diagnoses overall and by cannabis policy category.
d
Depicts the total number of filled prescriptions for antipsychotics overall and by cannabis policy category.