Table 174b: Persons with an emergency room visit, by ethnicity, United States, 2001

			Non-Hispanic
	Total		All races		White		Black		Hispanic
Population group	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total	14.2	0.3	14.4	0.3	14.5	0.3	16.4	0.8	12.5	0.6
Age
0-17	12.7	0.5	12.9	0.5	13.2	0.6	13.8	1.1	11.8	0.9
18-44	13.9	0.4	14.2	0.5	14.0	0.5	16.4	1.2	12.4	0.8
45-64	13.0	0.5	13.1	0.5	12.6	0.6	19.1	1.7	12.6	1.3
65 and over	20.2	0.8	20.3	0.8	20.7	0.9	20.3	2.7	18.2	2.6
Gender
Male	13.4	0.4	13.8	0.4	13.9	0.4	15.4	1.0	10.7	0.7
Female	15.0	0.4	15.0	0.4	15.0	0.5	17.3	1.0	14.4	0.8
Family incomea
Negative or poor	18.9	0.8	19.7	0.9	21.1	1.3	19.4	1.3	16.4	1.3
Near poor/low	16.9	0.7	18.2	0.8	19.2	0.9	16.5	2.0	12.1	1.0
Middle	14.0	0.5	14.5	0.5	14.7	0.5	15.2	1.2	10.8	0.8
High	11.6	0.4	11.6	0.4	11.5	0.4	14.9	1.8	11.4	1.4
Educationb (age 18 and over)
Less than high school graduate	19.6	0.7	21.8	0.8	22.4	0.9	20.8	1.8	13.2	1.1
High school graduate	15.2	0.5	15.4	0.5	15.4	0.6	16.9	1.5	13.3	1.2
At least some college	12.2	0.4	12.2	0.4	11.9	0.5	16.4	1.4	11.9	1.2
Insurance coverage
Under age 65
Any private	12.3	0.3	12.3	0.3	12.1	0.4	14.9	1.0	12.4	0.8
Public only	20.8	0.9	22.4	1.2	25.5	1.5	19.5	1.6	15.9	1.2
Uninsured	12.1	0.6	13.5	0.8	13.6	1.0	15.1	1.6	9.2	0.9
Age 65 and over
Medicare only	19.9	1.4	20.2	1.5	21.4	1.7	12.2	2.3	16.9	3.1
Medicare and private	19.6	1.0	19.6	1.1	19.8	1.1	21.4	4.5	*	*
Medicare and other public	24.6	2.7	25.5	3.2	26.0	3.9	28.5	5.5	20.4	4.8
Residence locationc
Metropolitan-large	13.0	0.4	13.3	0.5	13.5	0.5	15.0	1.0	11.4	0.6
Metropolitan-small	15.3	0.5	15.2	0.5	14.8	0.6	18.5	2.1	16.3	1.6
Micropolitan	17.9	0.9	18.1	0.9	17.8	1.0	21.9	2.5	14.0	2.5
Noncore-adjacent	14.9	1.2	15.2	1.2	14.4	1.3	21.8	3.9	11.0	2.6
Noncore-rural	11.6	2.2	11.5	2.2	11.8	2.3	*	*	*	*
CSHCN
Yes	19.0	1.1	18.8	1.3	18.0	1.4	24.2	2.8	20.3	2.7
No	11.2	0.5	11.4	0.6	12.0	0.7	11.4	1.1	10.4	0.9

^aNegative 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.

^bLess 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.

^cSee 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: CSHCN: Children with special health care needs; SE: Standard error.

Note: The population categories used in this table are as reported from the source of the data (see below).

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Medical Expenditure Panel Survey.

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