Table T4_2_1_1-1_1
2012 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports
2009–2010 | 2008–2009 | ||||||
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Population group | Number of visits (in thousands) | Percent | SE | Number of visits (in thousands) | Percent | SE | |
Total | 14,185 | 21.5 | 1.1 | 8,356 | 16.6 | 1.6 | |
Age | 0–17 | 2,301 | 17.6 | 2.7 | 1,288 | 14.0 | 2.2 |
18–44 | 4,563 | 24.7 | 1.6 | 2,734 | 20.0 | 2.4 | |
45–64 | 3,914 | 22.8 | 1.7 | 2,135 | 17.0 | 2.1 | |
65 and over | 3,406 | 18.6 | 1.6 | 2,200 | 13.4 | 1.5 | |
Gender | Female | 7,537 | 22.6 | 1.2 | 4,290 | 17.6 | 1.8 |
Male | 6,648 | 20.3 | 1.3 | 4,067 | 15.5 | 1.6 | |
Racea | White | 10,499 | 19.3 | 1.1 | 6,312 | 15.7 | 1.8 |
Black | 3,118 | 28.6 | 2.1 | 1,825 | 20.6 | 2.2 | |
Ethnicitya | Non-Hispanic, all races | 12,502 | 20.9 | 1.2 | 7,334 | 16.7 | 1.6 |
Non-Hispanic, White | 8,964 | 18.4 | 1.1 | 5,451 | 15.8 | 1.7 | |
Non-Hispanic, Black | 3,058 | 28.5 | 2.1 | 1,711 | 20.1 | 2.3 | |
Hispanic, all races | 1,683 | 26.0 | 2.6 | 1,022 | 16.0 | 3.1 | |
Location | Metropolitan | 12,285 | 22.9 | 1.3 | 6,744 | 17.3 | 1.8 |
Nonmetropolitan | 1,899 | 12.4 | 2.2 | 1,613 | 13.7 | 3.7 | |
Payment source, age under 65b | Private | 4,102 | 19.4 | 1.6 | 2,890 | 15.6 | 2.6 |
Public | 3,637 | 24.1 | 1.6 | 1,827 | 20.7 | 2.6 | |
Uninsured | 1,907 | 27.0 | 2.7 | 904 | 18.8 | 2.4 | |
Payment source, age 65 and over | Medicare and private | 1,510 | 14.1 | 1.8 | 1,029 | 12.7 | 2.4 |
Medicare and Medicaid | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | |
Medicare only | 1,280 | 22.2 | 2.6 | 877 | 12.4 | 1.9 |
a Race and ethnicity data have missing values each year that are imputed. See dataset documentation available at http://ftp.cdc.gov/pub/Health_Statistics/NCHS/Dataset_Documentation/NHAMCS for details.
b Public insurance includes Medicare, Medicaid, and State Children's Health Insurance Program. No insurance is defined as having only "self-pay" or "no charge/charity" as payment sources.
DSU - Data do not meet the criteria for statistical reliability, data quality, or confidentiality.
Key: SE: standard error.
Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics, National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey.