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Table 2 Proportions of persons reporting health issues

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

Health issues categories

Number of persons expressing health issuesb

Change from immediate to delayed issues

Either immediate or with a delay

Immediately

Delayed

n

%

n

%

n

%

n

%

Any physical or psychological health issues

2116

93.8

2105

93.3

1944

86.1

−161

−7.6

Any physical health issuesa

2114

93.7

2105

93.3

1823

80.8

− 282

−13.4‖

 Eyes

2001

88.7

1995

88.4

594

26.3

− 1401

−70.2‖

 Nose

1802

79.8

1790

79.3

437

19.4

− 1353

−75.6‖

 Mouth

1542

68.3

1510

66.9

378

16.7

− 1132

−75.0‖

 Lungs and/or Chest

1674

74.2

1569

69.5

1063

47.1

− 506

−32.2‖

 Skin

1312

58.1

1238

54.9

495

21.9

− 743

−60.0‖

 Gastrointestinal

808

35.8

453

20.1

638

28.3

+ 185

+ 40.8‖

 Head

920

40.8

610

27.0

626

27.7

+ 16

+ 2.6

 Menstrualc, d

899

54.5

N/A

 

899

54.5

N/A

 

Psychological health issues

1635

72.4

N/A

 

1635

72.4

N/A

 
  1. N/A not applicable
  2. a Total count for the delayed physical issues includes menstrual health/breast/chest health
  3. b Denominator was 2257 for any health issues, except 1650 for menstrual health
  4. c Excludes cisgender men/males and transgender women
  5. d For details for each menstrual/breast/chest health change, see Table 4 and Additional file 1
  6. ‖ p < 0.01 for the change