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| Current medical problem | All inmates | Gender | Age | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Male | Female | 24 or younger | 25-34 | 35-44 | 45 or older | |||||||||||
| State inmates | ||||||||||||||||
| Arthritis | 15.3% | 14.6% | 24.5% | 5.4% | 8.6% | 17.4% | 32.6% | |||||||||
| Asthma | 9.1 | 8.4 | 19.2 | 10.1 | 9.1 | 8.3 | 9.6 | |||||||||
| Cancer | 0.9 | 0.8 | 2.4 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 2.8 | |||||||||
| Diabetes | 4.0 | 3.9 | 5.5 | 0.4 | 1.5 | 4.1 | 11.3 | |||||||||
| Heart problems | 6.1 | 5.9 | 9.0 | 2.7 | 4.1 | 5.7 | 13.3 | |||||||||
| Hypertension | 13.8 | 13.6 | 16.8 | 3.4 | 8.0 | 15.4 | 30.6 | |||||||||
| Kidney problems | 3.2 | 2.9 | 6.9 | 1.5 | 2.2 | 3.6 | 5.7 | |||||||||
| Liver problems | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1.3 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 1.4 | 2.9 | |||||||||
| Paralysis | 1.4 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 1.8 | 2.4 | |||||||||
| Stroke | 2.6 | 2.5 | 3.7 | 1.3 | 1.7 | 3.1 | 4.6 | |||||||||
| Hepatitis | 5.3 | 5.0 | 9.5 | 0.9 | 2.4 | 6.8 | 11.7 | |||||||||
| HIV | 1.6 | 1.6 | 1.9 | 0.3 | 0.8 | 2.5 | 2.6 | |||||||||
| Sexually transmitted disease | 0.8 | 0.7 | 2.0 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 1.1 | 0.7 | |||||||||
| Tuberculosis* | 9.4 | 9.6 | 6.1 | 4.0 | 6.5 | 11.5 | 15.8 | |||||||||
| Federal inmates | ||||||||||||||||
| Arthritis | 12.4% | 11.5% | 23.8% | 3.8% | 5.7% | 10.8% | 28.3% | |||||||||
| Asthma | 7.2 | 6.7 | 13.7 | 10.5 | 5.5 | 7.9 | 7.8 | |||||||||
| Cancer | 0.6 | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 2.0 | |||||||||
| Diabetes | 5.1 | 5.0 | 6.9 | 0.7 | 2.0 | 4.2 | 12.9 | |||||||||
| Heart problems | 6.0 | 5.7 | 10.0 | 2.2 | 3.9 | 4.4 | 12.8 | |||||||||
| Hypertension | 13.2 | 12.6 | 20.7 | 2.1 | 7.5 | 11.5 | 28.4 | |||||||||
| Kidney problems | 3.1 | 2.8 | 6.9 | 1.8 | 2.1 | 2.7 | 5.5 | |||||||||
| Liver problems | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 1.2 | 2.9 | |||||||||
| Paralysis | 1.6 | 1.6 | 1.5 | 0.2 | 1.6 | 1.3 | 2.6 | |||||||||
| Stroke | 1.7 | 1.6 | 2.9 | 0.1 | 1.1 | 1.5 | 3.7 | |||||||||
| Hepatitis | 4.2 | 4.2 | 4.5 | 0.0 | 1.9 | 5.6 | 7.9 | |||||||||
| HIV | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.4 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 1.9 | 1.1 | |||||||||
| Sexually transmitted disease | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.2 | |||||||||
| Tuberculosis* | 7.1 | 7.2 | 6.2 | 2.7 | 5.7 | 8.0 | 10.1 | |||||||||
*Includes all inmates who reported ever having TB.
Source: Survey of Inmates in State and Federal Correctional Facilities, 2004.
See also Methodology.
Date Created: June 11, 2021