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Table 2. Medical problems reported by prison inmates by gender and age, 2004
| 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. |
