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Appendix table 1. Standard errors of state and federal inmates with medical problems, impairments, or injuries since admission by gender and age, 2004
| |
Standard error for estimated percentages |
|
| Current medical problem |
|
Any impairment |
|
Since admission |
|
| Had surgery |
Dental problem |
Injured accident |
Injured fight |
|
| State inmates |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| All inmates |
0.73 |
% |
|
0.70 |
% |
|
0.48 |
% |
0.73 |
% |
0.61 |
% |
0.54 |
% |
| Gender |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
Male |
0.71 |
% |
|
0.69 |
% |
|
0.47 |
% |
0.72 |
% |
0.60 |
% |
0.53 |
% |
| |
Female |
1.17 |
|
|
1.14 |
|
|
0.78 |
|
1.16 |
|
0.93 |
|
0.66 |
|
| Age |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
24 or younger |
1.51 |
% |
|
1.67 |
% |
|
0.82 |
% |
1.69 |
% |
1.44 |
% |
1.31 |
% |
| |
25-34 |
1.21 |
|
|
1.21 |
|
|
0.74 |
|
1.28 |
|
1.09 |
|
0.95 |
|
| |
35-44 |
1.33 |
|
|
1.28 |
|
|
0.91 |
|
1.32 |
|
1.10 |
|
0.98 |
|
| |
45 or older |
1.55 |
|
|
1.65 |
|
|
1.38 |
|
1.64 |
|
1.36 |
|
1.14 |
|
| Federal inmates |
| All inmates |
1.38 |
% |
|
1.22 |
% |
|
0.92 |
% |
1.42 |
% |
1.20 |
% |
0.78 |
% |
| Gender |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
Male |
1.36 |
% |
|
1.20 |
% |
|
0.90 |
% |
1.40 |
% |
1.18 |
% |
0.79 |
% |
| |
Female |
2.35 |
|
|
2.06 |
|
|
1.72 |
|
2.35 |
|
2.03 |
|
0.87 |
|
| Age |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
24 or younger |
3.87 |
% |
|
3.95 |
% |
|
1.76 |
% |
4.51 |
% |
4.06 |
% |
2.52 |
% |
| |
25-34 |
2.07 |
|
|
1.85 |
|
|
1.65 |
|
2.30 |
|
1.99 |
|
1.31 |
|
| |
35-44 |
2.60 |
|
|
2.22 |
|
|
1.61 |
|
2.65 |
|
2.2 |
|
1.50 |
|
| |
45 or older |
2.84 |
|
|
2.76 |
|
|
2.45 |
|
2.84 |
|
2.33 |
|
1.51 |
|
|
Source: Survey of Inmates in State and Federal Correctional Facilities, 2004.
See also Methodology. |
