Table 2

Veteran Population and Study Sample by Selected Individual Characteristics, 1999 – 2002


Population
Sample



N
Column %
N
Column %

Total
8,284,166
100.00
2,998
100.0
Age on Jan. 1, 1999




     < 65
4,896,608
59.1
1,762
58.8
     65 or over
3,387,558
40.9
1,236
41.2
Sex




     Female
410,274
5.0
143
4.8
     Male
7,873,892
95.0
2,855
95.2
VHA use*




     Inpatient
1,099,600
13.3
387
12.9
     Outpatient
5,786,477
69.8
2,101
70.1
     No use
2,490,427
30.1
894
29.8
Medicare enrolment




     Enrolled
4,641,193
56.0
1,705
56.9
     Not enrolled
3,642,973
44.0
1,293
43.1

* Based on any use of VA inpatient or outpatient care in 1999 – 2002. The column per cents do not add up to 100% because almost all inpatient users (99.2%) also used outpatient care at least once during this period.

Sohn et al. Population Health Metrics 2006 4:2   doi:10.1186/1478-7954-4-2