N C H S - N H I S - Table 2.3 (Released 7/2002)

Table 2.3. Age-adjusted percent of persons who had a usual place to go for medical care, by sex and race/ethnicity for all ages:
United States, 2001

Sex and race/ethnicity	Percent	95% confidence interval
Total	88.2	87.8-88.6
Sex Male Female	85.1 91.2	84.5-85.8 90.7-91.6
Race/ethnicity Hispanic White non-Hispanic Black non-Hispanic	76.9 90.4 88.4	75.6-78.2 89.9-90.8 87.3-89.5

NOTES: The usual place to go for medical care does not include hospital emergency room. The analysis excluded 178 persons with unknown usual place to go for medical care. Estimates for this Healthy People 2010 leading health indicator are age-adjusted to the projected year 2000 standard population using six age groups: less than 18 years, 18-44 years, 45-54 years, 55-64 years, 65-74 years, and 75 years and over.

DATA SOURCE: Sample Adult and Sample Child core components of the 2001 National Health Interview Survey.

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