Table 2 Characteristics of VA surgery patients with or without serious mental illness, FY2006-FY2009 (N = 321,131)

Age^a

59.9

10.7

56.1

10.9

59.2

10.1

58.6

11.2

64.6

12.2

Charlson Comorbidity Score^a

2.6

2.6

2.1

2.5

2.4

2.5

2.5

2.6

2.8

2.7

Selim Chronic Disease Score^a

6.2

2.5

6.3

2.5

6.5

2.4

6.1

2.4

4.7

2.4

Women^a

429

6

994

14.6

1459

6.3

1042

12.6

11,696

4.2

Race

 Missing/unknown^a

118

1.6

175

2.6

733

3.2

211

2.6

14,058

5.1

 White^a

4605

64.4

5509

81.1

17,047

73.5

6436

77.8

205,788

74.6

 African American^a

2241

31.3

928

13.7

4538

19.6

1369

16.6

49,541

18

 Asian/Native American

191

2.7

183

2.7

860

3.7

253

3.1

6347

2.3

Hispanic^a

655

9.3

285

4.3

1667

7.4

561

7

15,060

5.8

Married^a

1576

22

2198

32.3

12,610

54.4

3311

40

131,555

47.7

Census Region

 Northeast^a

1317

18.4

917

13.5

3101

13.4

1115

13.5

32,931

11.9

 Midwest

1422

19.9

1551

22.8

3822

16.5

1886

22.8

56,883

20.6

 South^a

2554

35.7

2532

37.3

10,198

44

3275

39.6

119,695

43.4

 West

1505

21

1752

25.8

5960

25.7

1797

21.7

62,003

22.5

 Puerto Rico and Virgin Islands

357

5

43

0.6

97

0.4

196

2.4

4222

1.5

VA Priority 1 – 50-100 % service-connected disability^a

3687

51.5

2305

33.9

16,428

70.9

2365

28.6

50,627

18.4

Obesity Diagnosis^a

2357

32.9

2575

37.9

8739

37.7

3115

37.7

72,838

26.4

Complications of Surgery

655

9.2

531

7.8

1724

7.4

676

8.2

22,960

8.3

30-day Readmission

1129

15.8

899

13.2

2521

10.9

1048

12.7

32,521

11.8

30-day Postoperative Death

330

4.6

140

2.1

491

2.1

180

2.2

10,255

3.7