2007 National Healthcare Disparities Report: Data Tables Appendix--Table 187

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Table 187
Emergency department (ED) visits in which patient was admitted to the hospital or transferred to another facility whose ED visit was 6 hours or more, 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		27.2	1.3	26.5	1.4	29.9	1.7	35.2	4.1	*	*	*	*	*	*
Age	0-17	18.4	2.0	18.3	2.4	18.1	4.2	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	18-44	30.8	1.6	30.7	1.9	30.6	2.6	35.5	7.4	*	*	*	*	*	*
	45-64	29.2	1.7	27.6	1.9	35.1	3.4	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	65 and over	25.7	1.6	25.3	1.6	29.1	3.2	30.7	6.2	*	*	*	*	*	*
Gender	Male	25.7	1.4	25.1	1.5	29.2	2.0	27.9	4.6	*	*	*	*	*	*
Gender	Female	28.7	1.5	27.9	1.7	30.7	2.4	43.3	5.8	*	*	*	*	*	*
Payment source	Private	26.5	1.5	26.4	1.6	25.6	3.0	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Medicare	25.4	1.7	24.6	1.7	30.1	3.4	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Medicaid	29.0	2.1	27.0	2.6	32.7	2.7	34.1	6.3	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Uninsured	32.1	2.5	33.2	3.0	30.9	4.3	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Residence location	MSA	29.7	1.4	29.3	1.5	31.0	1.8	35.0	4.1	*	*	*	*	*	*
Residence location	Non-MSA	11.4	2.1	11.3	2.2	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*

^* 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.