Research Article
Ethnicity and Race Variations in Receipt of Surgery among Veterans with and without Depression
Table 3
Distribution of selim chronic comorbid conditions for major minority race and ethnicity groups.
| | White patients | Hispanic veterans | African-American veterans |
| | Hypertension | 57.2% | 51.2% | 56.8% | | Diabetes | 24.6% | 29.6% | 25.3% | | Irregular heartbeat | 9.8% | 5.0% | 5.1% | | Peripheral vascular disease | 5.2% | 4.1% | 3.9% | | Heart attack | 2.6% | 2.0% | 1.5% | | Angina pectoris | 1.9% | 2.3% | 1.4% | | Transient ischemic attacks | 1.2% | 0.8% | 0.7% | | Stroke | 3.6% | 3.6% | 4.2% | | Congestive heart failure | 5.4% | 3.5% | 4.4% | | Chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder | 14.7% | 8.5% | 10.0% | | Hepatitis | 3.4% | 5.9% | 7.9% | | Anemia | 7.4% | 7.4% | 10.1% | | Cancer | 11.4% | 8.6% | 9.5% | | Skin cancer | 2.5% | 0.8% | 0.2% | | Diverticulitis | 3.3% | 3.3% | 2.1% | | Inflammatory bowel disease | 0.7% | 0.4% | 0.3% | | Gall bladder disease | 0.9% | 1.3% | 0.8% | | Gout | 3.5% | 2.2% | 4.3% | | Peptic ulcer | 1.3% | 1.5% | 1.4% | | Rheumatoid arthritis | 1.1% | 0.7% | 0.7% | | Osteoarthritis | 17.4% | 14.5% | 16.3% | | Hip arthropathies | 1.4% | 1.1% | 1.4% | | Other arthropathies | 4.5% | 4.0% | 5.1% | | Low-back pain | 17.9% | 20.6% | 20.6% | | Cataracts | 12.6% | 12.4% | 11.1% | | Seizures | 0.4% | 0.5% | 0.6% | | Thyroid disorder | 7.2% | 6.1% | 3.6% | | Urinary tract infection | 2.9% | 3.8% | 4.0% | | Enlarged prostate | 12.2% | 9.8% | 7.9% | | Prostatitis | 0.8% | 1.0% | 0.9% |
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