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Table 1 Participants’ characteristics

From: Health issues and healthcare utilization among adults who reported exposure to tear gas during 2020 Portland (OR) protests: a cross-sectional survey

Category

n

% (N = 2257)

Age, years

 18–33

1199

53.1

 34–50

706

31.3

  ≥ 51

122

5.4

 Prefer Not to Answer

230

10.2

Gender Identity

 Female/Cisgender Woman

1151

51.0

 Male/Cisgender Man

587

26.0

 Genderqueer, not exclusively female or male

162

7.2

 Transgender woman

20

0.9

 Transgender man

33

1.5

 My gender identity is not listed here

27

1.2

 Prefer Not to Answer

277

12.3

Race/Ethnicity

 White, non-Hispanic

1615

71.6

 All other race/ethnicity

377

16.7

 Prefer not to answer

265

11.7

Race/Ethnicity (not mutually exclusive)a

 White

1831

81.1

 Black

58

2.6

 American Indian or Alaska Native

93

4.1

 Asian/Pacific Islander

115

5.1

 Hispanic

174

7.7

 Prefer not to answer

265

11.7

Place of exposure to tear gas

 At a protest

2099

93.0

 Other (i.e., homes, community)

158

7.0

Intensity of exposure in days overall

 1

398

17.6

 2 to 4

1391

61.6

  ≥ 5

468

20.7

  1. aRespondents may be counted in multiple race/ethnicity categories