2005 National Healthcare Disparities Report, Appendix D: Data Tables. Table 217

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Table 217
Outpatient visits where the patient was seen for non-illness care^a, by race, United States, 2001-2002

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		16.6	0.6	16.0	0.6	19.2	1.2	22.5	1.7	14.9	2.9	*	*	36.9	5.1
Age	0-17	26.6	1.0	24.9	1.0	32.1	1.8	40.0	3.3	26.0	6.3	*	*	51.0	5.3
	18-44	21.5	1.2	21.3	1.3	24.2	2.3	21.3	2.7	*	*	*	*	*	*
	45-64	11.5	0.6	11.7	0.7	9.7	1.2	9.6	1.9	*	*	*	*	*	*
	65 and over	8.2	0.6	8.0	0.6	9.6	2.3	12.2	3.2	*	*	*	*	*	*
Gender	Female	18.6	0.8	18.0	0.8	21.1	1.5	23.5	2.1	20.2	4.7	*	*	36.6	6.7
Gender	Male	13.6	0.6	13.0	0.6	16.0	1.2	21.3	2.4	*	*	*	*	37.3	9.2
Payment source	Private	18.6	0.8	18.2	0.8	18.8	1.6	25.0	2.2	18.7	3.9	*	*	42.7	6.2
	Medicare	8.0	0.7	7.7	0.7	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Medicaid	25.5	1.3	24.1	1.5	30.9	1.9	21.5	4.1	*	*	16.6	9.2	40.3	7.6
	Uninsured	14.5	1.6	14.1	1.7	17.2	2.0	14.4	4.0	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Unknown	13.3	1.3	13.0	1.3	12.4	2.2	19.4	5.0	*	*	*	*	*	*
Location	MSA	17.2	0.7	16.7	0.7	19.3	1.3	22.6	1.7	15.6	3.1	*	*	38.6	5.4
Location	Non-MSA	12.6	1.2	12.2	1.2	18.3	3.9	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*

^a Total percent is the percent of total NAMCS/NHAMCS outpatient department visits for non-illness care.

^* Data do not meet the criteria for statistical reliability, data quality, or confidentiality.

Key: NHOPI: Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander; AI/AN: American Indian or Alaska Native; MSA: Metropolitan Statistical Area;SE: Standard error.

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

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