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Table 2.1. Percent of adults aged 18 years and over with a usual place to go for medical care, by sex, age, and race/ethnicity: United States, 2001

Characteristic

Unweighted
sample size

Weighted
percent

95%
confidence
interval

Total

33,158

86.0

85.5-86.5

Sex
Men
Women

14,413
18,745

81.5
90.2

80.6-82.3
89.7-90.8

Age
18-24 years
25-44 years
45-64 years
65 years and over

3,493
13,538
10,009
6,118

73.4
82.5
90.7
96.2

71.6-75.2
81.7-83.3
90.1-91.4
95.6-96.7

Race/ethnicity
Hispanic
White non-Hispanic
Black non-Hispanic

5,581
21,789
4,591

70.6
88.5
85.6

68.9-72.3
88.0-89.0
84.2-87.0

NOTES: The usual place to go for medical care does not include a hospital emergency room. The analysis excluded 168 persons with unknown usual place to go for medical care. CI is confidence interval.

DATA SOURCE: Sample Adult Core component of the 2001 National Health Interview Survey.

square red bulletMen were less likely than women to have a usual place to go for medical care.

square red bulletPersons aged 18-24 years were less likely than those in other age groups to have a usual place to go for medical care.

square red bulletHispanic persons were less likely than white non-Hispanic and black non-Hispanic persons to have a usual place to go for medical care. Adjusting for age and sex did not change this result.

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