People with an emergency room visit in the past year, by race, United States, 2002 |
Population group | Total | Single race | Multiple races | ||||||||||||
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White | Black | Asian | NHOPI | AI/AN | |||||||||||
Percent | SE | Percent | SE | Percent | SE | Percent | SE | Percent | SE | Percent | SE | Percent | SE | ||
Total | 14.1 | 0.3 | 14.0 | 0.3 | 16.3 | 0.7 | 6.3 | 0.9 | 14.7 | 3.2 | 15.9 | 2.6 | 19.5 | 1.8 | |
Age | 0-17 | 13.5 | 0.4 | 13.6 | 0.5 | 14.0 | 1.0 | 7.9 | 1.9 | * | * | * | * | 15.5 | 2.5 |
18-44 | 13.4 | 0.4 | 13.2 | 0.4 | 16.5 | 1.1 | 5.1 | 1.0 | * | * | 14.6 | 3.4 | 20.8 | 3.3 | |
45-64 | 12.6 | 0.4 | 12.1 | 0.4 | 17.1 | 1.3 | 6.6 | 1.4 | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
65 and over | 20.2 | 0.7 | 20.3 | 0.8 | 22.1 | 2.1 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
Gender | Male | 13.1 | 0.3 | 13.2 | 0.4 | 14.6 | 1.0 | 6.4 | 1.2 | * | * | 14.4 | 4.1 | 17.5 | 2.8 |
Female | 15.0 | 0.3 | 14.8 | 0.4 | 17.8 | 0.8 | 6.3 | 1.2 | * | * | 17.5 | 3.1 | 21.3 | 2.5 | |
Family incomeb | Negative or poor | 20.3 | 0.7 | 20.3 | 0.9 | 21.3 | 1.4 | * | * | * | * | 17.6 | 4.0 | 30.4 | 4.5 |
Near poor/low | 17.2 | 0.7 | 17.4 | 0.7 | 18.1 | 1.4 | 7.1 | 2.1 | * | * | * | * | 17.8 | 4.1 | |
Middle | 13.6 | 0.4 | 13.7 | 0.5 | 14.2 | 1.1 | 8.1 | 1.8 | * | * | 18.2 | 4.7 | 16.4 | 2.9 | |
High | 10.9 | 0.3 | 11.2 | 0.4 | 11.6 | 1.3 | 5.0 | 0.9 | * | * | * | * | 17.3 | 3.2 | |
Educationb | Less than high school graduate | 18.8 | 0.6 | 18.3 | 0.7 | 21.6 | 1.4 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * |
High school graduate | 15.3 | 0.5 | 15.1 | 0.5 | 18.0 | 1.5 | * | * | * | * | 16.2 | 4.0 | * | * | |
At least some college | 11.4 | 0.4 | 11.6 | 0.4 | 13.5 | 1.1 | 5.9 | 1.1 | * | * | * | * | 13.0 | 2.9 | |
Health insurance, under age 65 | Any private | 12.1 | 0.3 | 12.2 | 0.3 | 13.7 | 0.9 | 5.7 | 0.9 | * | * | 10.6 | 2.8 | 16.9 | 2.3 |
Public only | 21.6 | 0.8 | 21.7 | 0.9 | 21.8 | 1.5 | * | * | * | * | * | * | 25.2 | 4.4 | |
Uninsured | 10.6 | 0.6 | 10.5 | 0.7 | 12.0 | 1.5 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
Health insurance, age 65 and over | Medicare only | 21.4 | 1.3 | 21.9 | 1.5 | 22.1 | 3.5 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * |
Medicare and private | 18.9 | 0.9 | 19.0 | 0.9 | 18.1 | 2.8 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
Medicare and other public | 25.3 | 2.2 | 24.8 | 2.7 | 29.0 | 3.7 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
Residence locationc | Metropolitan-large | 13.0 | 0.3 | 12.9 | 0.4 | 15.3 | 0.9 | 6.4 | 0.9 | * | * | 14.9 | 3.4 | 19.0 | 2.5 |
Metropolitan-small | 14.5 | 0.4 | 14.3 | 0.5 | 17.3 | 1.2 | * | * | * | * | * | * | 19.1 | 3.0 | |
Micropolitan | 17.7 | 0.9 | 17.5 | 0.9 | 20.4 | 2.1 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
Noncore-adjacent | 15.8 | 1.3 | 15.3 | 1.4 | 22.9 | 3.5 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
Noncore-not adjacent | 15.4 | 1.8 | 15.3 | 1.8 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
CSHCN | Yes | 18.6 | 1.0 | 17.9 | 1.1 | 22.8 | 2.7 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * |
No | 12.3 | 0.5 | 12.5 | 0.5 | 12.1 | 1.1 | 6.8 | 2.0 | * | * | * | * | 12.4 | 2.6 | |
Preferred language | English | 14.4 | 0.3 | 14.2 | 0.3 | 16.3 | 0.8 | 6.5 | 1.3 | * | * | 16.8 | 2.8 | 19.2 | 1.9 |
Other | 9.7 | 0.5 | 10.6 | 0.6 | 9.3 | 2.2 | 5.9 | 1.1 | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
Born in U.S. | Yes | 14.5 | 0.3 | 14.2 | 0.3 | 16.7 | 0.8 | 6.7 | 1.6 | * | * | 16.7 | 2.7 | 19.7 | 1.9 |
No | 9.4 | 0.5 | 10.6 | 0.6 | 8.7 | 2.0 | 6.0 | 1.0 | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
a Negative or poor refers to household incomes below the Federal poverty line; near poor/low, over the poverty line to just below 200 percent of the poverty line; middle, 200 percent to just below 400 percent of the poverty line; and high, 400 percent of the poverty line and over.
b Persons age 18 and over. Less than high school graduate refers to fewer than 12 years of education; high school graduate, 12 years of education; and at least some college, more than 12 years of education.
c See MEPS entry in the Data Sources Appendix (Appendix A) for more information.
* Data do not meet the criteria for statistical reliability, data quality or confidentiality.
Key: AI/AN: American Indian or Alaska Native; NHOPI: Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander; CSHCN: Children with special health care needs; SE: Standard error.
Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends, Medical Expenditure Panel Survey.