Table 2 Demographic characteristics of Veterans with confirmed/probable carbon monoxide poisoning compared to all Veterans patients, 2010–2017
From: Carbon monoxide poisoning surveillance in the Veterans Health Administration, 2010–2017
Characteristic | Confirmed and Probable cases | Unique users of VHA care No. users. (%) | |
|---|---|---|---|
No. cases (%) | Rate per 100,000 unique users of care (95% CI) | ||
Overall | 1755 (100.0) | 3.6 (3.5, 3.8) | 48,461,554 (100.0) |
Gender: | |||
Female | 199 (11.3) | 4.2 (3.7, 4.8) | 4,692,679 (9.7) |
Male | 1556 (88.7) | 3.6 (3.4, 3.7) | 43,664,749 (90.1) |
Unknown | 0 | --a | 104,126 (0.2) |
Age groups (years): | |||
< 44 | 429 (24.4) | 5.3 (4.8, 5.8) | 8,131,072 (16.8) |
45–64 | 883 (50.3) | 5.4 (5.1, 5.8) | 16,219,636 (33.5) |
> 65 | 443 (25.2) | 1.8 (1.7, 2.0) | 24,078,923 (49.7) |
Unknown | 0 | --a | 31,923 (0.1) |
Race/Ethnicity: b | |||
AI/AN | 8 (0.4) | --a | 167,952 (0.3) |
Asian | 5 (0.3) | --a | 254,426 (0.5) |
Black | 156 (8.9) | 3.4 (2.9, 4.0) | 4,555,304 (9.4) |
Hispanic/Latino | 53 (3.0) | 3.0 (2.2, 3.9) | 1,746,941 (3.6) |
Multi-racial | 8 (0.4) | --a | 308,867 (0.6) |
NH/OPI | 9 (0.5) | --a | 180,193 (0.4) |
Unknown | 66 (3.8) | 1.6 (1.2, 2.0) | 4,168,179 (8.6) |
White | 764 (43.5) | 3.9 (3.7, 4.2) | 19,427,646 (40.1) |
N = 30,809,508 | |||
U.S. Census Region: c | |||
Midwest | 438 (24.9) | 5.3 (4.8, 5.8) | 8,207,633 (16.9) |
Northeast | 206 (11.7) | 4.2 (3.6, 4.8) | 4,920,495 (10.2) |
South | 381 (21.7) | 2.4 (2.2, 2.7) | 15,575,099 (32.1) |
West | 268 (15.3) | 3.5 (3.1, 3.9) | 7,681,621 (15.9) |
PR/VI | 2 (0.1) | --a | 374,127 (1) |
N = 36,758,975 | |||