Table 1 Socio-demographics of the study population
No RP, VEDOSS, or SSc (n = 606,692) | Raynauds Phenomenon (n = 857) | VEDOSS (n = 49) | Systemic Sclerosis (n = 71) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Age (years) | ||||
< 29 | 345,899 (57%) | 439 (51%)a | 14 (31%) | 20 (28%) |
30–39 | 137,616 (23%) | 213 (25%)a | 17 (38%) | 29 (41%)a |
40–49 | 98,582 (16%) | 168 (20%) | < 25% | < 25% |
50+ | 24,595 (4%) | 37 (4%) | < 5% | < 15%a |
Married | 271,866 (45%) | 421 (51%) | 25 (56%) | 34 (48%)a |
Unmarried | 335,799 (55%) | 436 (49%) | 20 (45%) | 37 (52%)a |
Sex | ||||
Male | 528,329 (87%) | 522 (61%) | 27 (60%) | 41 (58%) |
Female | 78,363 (13%) | 335 (39%)a | 18 (4 0%) | 30 (42%)a |
Asian | 15,878 (3%) | 17 (2%) | < 5% | < 5% |
Black | 107,291 (18%) | 165 (19%) | < 20% | 22 (31%)a |
Hispanic | 71,375 (12%) | 54 (6%) | < 5% | < 15% |
Native American | 8690 (1%) | < 5% | 0 | < 10% |
White | 395,027 (65%) | 601 (70%)a | 35 (78%) | 33 (47%)a |
Unknown | 8431 (1%) | < 5% | 0 | < 5% |
Education | ||||
Less than high school | 7813 (1%) | 11 (1%) | 0 | 0 |
High School Graduate | 46,854 (77%) | 589 (69%) | 29 (64%) | 50 (70%) |
Some college | 60,347 (10%) | 105 (12%) | < 25% | < 15% |
College Graduate | 46,196 (8%) | 97 (11%) | < 15% | < 15% |
Post-College | 15,650 (3%) | 45 (5%) | < 10% | < 5% |
Unknown | 8144 (1%) | 10 (1%) | < 10% | 0 |
Air Force | 66,223 (11%) | 148 (17%) | 10 (22%) | 14 (20%)a |
Coast Guard | 77,902 (13%) | 102 (12%) | < 10% | < 15% |
Marines | 82,524 (14%) | 71 (8%) | < 10% | < 5% |
Army | 380,043 (63%) | 536 (63%) | 29 (64%) | 42 (59%)a |
National Guard/Reserves | 245,257 (40%) | 303 (35%) | 23 (51%) | 32 (45%)a |
Active | 361,435 (60%) | 554 (65%) | 22 (49%) | 39 (55%)a |
Rank | ||||
Warrant/officer | 42,877 (7%) | 104 (12.%) | < 10% | < 10% |
Enlisted | 563,815 (93%) | 753 (88%) | 41 (91%) | 65 (92%)a |
Multiple Deployments | ||||
Yes | 319,468 (53%) | 438 (51%) | 24 (53%) | 34 (48%) |
No | 287,224 (4%) | 419 (49%) | 21 (47%) | 37 (52%) |
Job Category | ||||
Administrative | 79,973 (14%) | 147 (17%) | < 20% | 14 (20%) |
Craftworkers | 41,036 (7%) | 74 (9%) | < 10% | < 10% |
Intelligence | 44,980 (7%) | 59 (7%) | < 10% | < 10% |
Health Care | 27,009 (1%) | 77 (9%)a | < 15% | < 10% |
Tactical Operations | 13,490 (2%) | 14 (2%) | < 10% | 0 |
Infantry | 143,653 (24%) | 133 (16%) | < 15% | < 15% |
Supply | 102,614 (17%) | 132 (15%) | < 20% | 12 (17%) |
Allied Specialist | 11,470 (2%) | 21 (2%) | 0 | < 10% |
Electronic Repairs | 126,193 (21%) | 164 (19%) | < 25% | 19 (27%) |
Engineering/ | 6869 (1%) | 18 (2%)a | < 10% | < 10% |
Maintenance | ||||
Unknown | 9425 (2%) | 18 (2%) | < 10% | < 10% |