| Total | White | Black | API | AI/AN | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Population group | Percent | SE | Percent | SE | Percent | SE | Percent | SE | Percent | SE |
| Total | 25.6 | 1.4 | 23.7 | 1.5 | 31.3 | 2.3 | 25.9 | 3.9 | * | * |
| Age | ||||||||||
| 0-17 | 27.4 | 2.2 | 25.0 | 2.2 | 33.1 | 3.7 | * | * | * | * |
| 18-44 | 24.6 | 1.5 | 22.9 | 1.7 | 29.9 | 2.3 | * | * | * | * |
| 45-64 | 26.7 | 1.8 | 25.1 | 2.0 | 31.4 | 2.8 | * | * | * | * |
| 65 and over | 22.7 | 2.0 | 20.6 | 2.1 | 33.4 | 4.7 | * | * | * | * |
| Gender | ||||||||||
| Male | 25.8 | 1.5 | 23.9 | 1.7 | 30.9 | 2.3 | * | * | * | * |
| Female | 25.4 | 1.5 | 23.4 | 1.5 | 32.0 | 2.8 | 25.2 | 4.8 | * | * |
| Payment source | ||||||||||
| Private | 23.2 | 1.5 | 22.3 | 1.5 | 26.4 | 2.8 | 27.5 | 5.5 | * | * |
| Medicare | 23.2 | 1.9 | 21.5 | 2.1 | 30.2 | 3.7 | * | * | * | * |
| Medicaid | 28.6 | 2.0 | 26.0 | 2.4 | 33.5 | 2.7 | * | * | * | * |
| Uninsured | 29.4 | 1.9 | 26.8 | 2.0 | 35.6 | 3.1 | * | * | * | * |
| Residence location | ||||||||||
| Urban (MSA) | 28.5 | 1.7 | 26.7 | 1.8 | 33.1 | 2.5 | 25.6 | 3.9 | * | * |
| Rural (Non-MSA) | 14.4 | 2.3 | 13.5 | 2.6 | 18.3 | 3.9 | * | * | * | * |
Emergent/urgent emergency department visits defined by response to the NHAMCS ED question "Immediacy with which patient should be seen"
1) Unknown/no triage (Excluded from the analysis)
2) Less than 15 minutes (Emergent)
3) 15-60 minutes (Urgent)
4) More than 1 hour-2 hours (Semiurgent)
5) More than 2 hours-24 hours (Nonurgent)
*Data do not meet the criteria for statistical reliability, data quality, or confidentiality.
Key: API: Asian or Pacific Islander; AI/AN: American Indian; SE: Standard error; MSA: Metropolitan Statistical Area
Note: The population categories used in this table are as reported from the source of the data (see below).
Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics, National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey.