2007 National Healthcare Disparities Report: Data Tables Appendix--Table 188

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Table 188
Emergency department visits in which the patient left without being seen,^a by race, United States, 2004-2005

Population group		Total		Single race										Multiple races
		Total		White		Black		Asian		NHOPI		AI/AN		Multiple races
		Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total		1.97	0.12	1.82	0.13	2.53	0.23	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Age	0-17	2.03	0.22	2.16	0.29	1.80	0.29	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	18-44	2.60	0.18	2.31	0.18	3.56	0.39	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	45-64	1.44	0.13	1.26	0.13	1.96	0.32	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	65 and over	0.75	0.11	0.75	0.12	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Gender	Male	1.97	0.14	1.82	0.15	2.60	0.29	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Gender	Female	1.96	0.14	1.82	0.15	2.48	0.27	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Payment source	Private	1.50	0.13	1.32	0.13	2.28	0.35	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Medicare	0.92	0.13	0.87	0.14	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Medicaid	1.84	0.17	1.97	0.23	1.67	0.24	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Uninsured	3.05	0.28	2.78	0.30	3.95	0.60	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Residence location	MSA	2.17	0.13	2.05	0.14	2.67	0.24	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Residence location	Non-MSA	0.71	0.16	0.68	0.17	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*

^a Total percent is the percent of all emergency department visits where the patient left before being seen.

^* 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; MSA: metropolitan statistical area; SE: standard error.

Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics, National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey.