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Table 2 Veteran Population and Study Sample by Selected Individual Characteristics, 1999 – 2002

From: Accuracy and completeness of mortality data in the Department of Veterans Affairs

 

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

  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.
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