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Table 136a
Home health care patients who need urgent, unplanned medical care, by race,a United States, 2004
        Single race    
    Total White Black Asian NHOPI AI/AN Multiple races
Population group Percent SE Percent SE Percent SE Percent SE Percent SE Percent SE Percent SE
Total 21.1 0.0 20.8 0.0 24.0 0.1 16.4 0.2 19.1 0.5 25.1 0.3 23.5 0.7
Age 0-64 25.5 0.1 25.8 0.1 25.9 0.1 21.1 0.6 24.4 1.3 27.5 0.7 26.7 1.5
65-74 20.2 0.0 19.9 0.1 22.8 0.1 15.1 0.3 19.9 0.9 24.4 0.6 22.0 1.3
75-84 20.2 0.0 20.0 0.0 23.1 0.1 15.6 0.3 15.8 0.8 24.6 0.6 22.8 1.2
85 and over 20.5 0.0 20.3 0.1 24.2 0.2 17.4 0.4 18.4 1.2 23.3 0.8 22.9 1.5
Gender Male 22.1 0.0 21.9 0.0 24.4 0.1 18.2 0.3 19.2 0.8 25.2 0.5 22.8 1.1
Female 20.5 0.0 20.1 0.0 23.8 0.1 15.1 0.2 19.1 0.7 25.1 0.4 23.8 0.8

a Excludes records with missing values.

Key: AI/AN: American Indian or Alaska Native; NHOPI: Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander; SE: standard error.

Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Outcome and Assessment Information Set.

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