Dental Care Utilization among Veterans by Smoking Status

Table 1

Sample characteristics of veterans from the National Survey of Veterans, 2010.

All	Total
	N = 6,261	wt.% = 100.0
Sex
Female	412	8.4
Male	5,849	91.6
Race/ethnicity
White	5,719	86.9
Other race	542	13.1
Age in years
50 and above	2,862	39.2
35 to less than 50	2,322	33.8
20 to less than 35	1,077	27.0
Marital status
Married	4,650	71.1
No	1,611	28.9
Education
Less than HS/HS degree	1,938	30.9
Some college	1,847	30.8
College degree/above	2,476	38.2
Income
Less than $20,000	769	13.8
$20,000 to less than $30,000	814	12.8
$30,000 and above	4,678	73.4
Insurance
Adequate	4,203	66.2
Inadequate	2,058	33.8
Health self-perception
Excellent/very good/good	4,499	73.0
Fair/poor	1,762	27.0
Smoking status
Current smoker	1,099	19.9
Past smoker	3,025	44.6
Never smoked	2,137	35.5
Oral health perception
Excellent/very good/good	3,675	59.1
Fair/poor	2,586	40.9
Mailing address
Rural route	4,737	80.1
Street address	671	6.5
U.S. PO box/other box	29	0.3
Missing	814	13.2
Dental visit in previous 6 months
Yes	3,684	55.3
No	2,577	43.7

Note. Based on 6,261 eligible veterans. Abbreviations: wt, weighted; HS, high school.