00.0 (000/000)  \**P* \< 0.00; ^†^*P* \< 0.00; ^‡^*P* \< 0.000; the *P* value reflects differences in the awareness rates of various chronic diseases among veterans grouped by age, education level and gender. The Chi-square trend test was used to explore the educational differences in the awareness rate of chronic diseases among veterans. The numbers in parentheses correspond to the numbers of veterans who 