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Table 3. Number of medical problems reported by inmates by gender, 2004
| |
Percent of prison inmates |
|
| Total |
Male |
Female |
|
| State inmates |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Number of current medical problems |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
0 |
56.2 |
% |
57.1 |
% |
43.3 |
% |
| |
1 |
26.0 |
|
25.8 |
|
28.6 |
|
| |
2 |
10.3 |
|
10.0 |
|
14.3 |
|
| |
3 or more |
7.5 |
|
7.1 |
|
13.9 |
|
| Federal inmates |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Number of current medical problems |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
0 |
61.5 |
% |
62.5 |
% |
47.8 |
% |
| |
1 |
23.5 |
|
23.3 |
|
26.4 |
|
| |
2 |
8.4 |
|
8.0 |
|
13.0 |
|
| |
3 or more |
6.7 |
|
6.2 |
|
12.8 |
|
|
Source: Survey of Inmates in State and Federal Correctional Facilities, 2004.
See also Methodology. |
