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Table 1 Sociodemographic characteristics of Veterans and age, sex, region of residence and income matched general population comparison cohort (n = 152,869)

From: Canadian Veteran chronic disease prevalence and health services use in the five years following release: a matched retrospective cohort study using routinely collected data

Demographic characteristics

Veterans

(n = 30,576)

General population

(n = 122,293)

SD

VR

Average age in years (SD)

41.9 (10.3)

41.9 (10.3)

0

1

Age categories (years)

 < 30

4,882 (16.0%)

19,475 (15.9%)

0

4.01

 30–39

6,765 (22.1%)

27,098 (22.2%)

0

4

 40–49

10,299 (33.7%)

41,322 (33.8%)

0

3.99

 50 + 

8,630 (28.2%)

34,398 (28.1%)

0

4.01

Female sex

4,509 (14.7%)

18,031 (14.7%)

0

4

Region of residence

 Erie St. Clair

497 (1.6%)

1,988 (1.6%)

0

4

 South West

1,199 (3.9%)

4,796 (3.9%)

0

4

 Waterloo Wellington

462 (1.5%)

1,848 (1.5%)

0

4

 Hamilton Niagara Haldimand Brant

904 (3.0%)

3,616 (3.0%)

0

4

 Central West

227 (0.7%)

908 (0.7%)

0

4

 Mississauga Halton

387 (1.3%)

1,548 (1.3%)

0

4

 Toronto Central

295 (1.0%)

1,180 (1.0%)

0

4

 Central

621 (2.0%)

2,483 (2.0%)

0

4

 Central East

746 (2.4%)

2,984 (2.4%)

0

4

 South East

6,382 (20.9%)

25,523 (20.9%)

0

4

 Champlain

15,215 (49.8%)

60,856 (49.8%)

0

4

 North Simcoe Muskoka

2,374 (7.8%)

9,495 (7.8%)

0

4

 North East

1,115 (3.6%)

4,460 (3.6%)

0

4

 North West

152 (0.5%)

608 (0.5%)

0

4

Median community income quintile

 1 (lowest)

3,358 (11.0%)

13,430 (11.0%)

0

4

 2

5,381 (17.6%)

21,522 (17.6%)

0

4

 3

6,642 (21.7%)

26,567 (21.7%)

0

4

 4

7,914 (25.9%)

31,655 (25.9%)

0

4

 5 (highest)

7,281 (23.8%)

29,119 (23.8%)

0

4

Rurality of residence*

 0–9

17,676 (57.8%)

73,152 (59.8%)

0.04

4.06

 10–30

5,691 (18.6%)

17,275 (14.1%)

0.12

4.99

 31–50

3,972 (13.0%)

24,786 (20.3%)

0.2

2.8

 51 + 

3,237 (10.6%)

7,080 (5.8%)

0.18

6.94

  1. SD Standardized differencesn, VR Variance ratio
  2. *increasing values indicate increasing rurality as measured by a combination of population size and access to health resources