Table 219b People with an emergency room visit, by ethnicity, United States, 2003 |
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Non-Hispanic |
Hispanic, all races |
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|
Total |
All races |
White |
Black |
Population group |
Percent |
SE |
Percent |
SE |
Percent |
SE |
Percent |
SE |
Percent |
SE |
Total |
14.1 |
0.3 |
14.4 |
0.3 |
14.1 |
0.4 |
17.1 |
0.8 |
12.5 |
0.5 |
Age |
0-17 |
13.5 |
0.5 |
13.7 |
0.5 |
13.6 |
0.6 |
15.2 |
1.1 |
12.4 |
0.8 |
18-44 |
13.4 |
0.4 |
13.8 |
0.5 |
13.6 |
0.5 |
17.2 |
1.3 |
11.3 |
0.7 |
45-64 |
12.8 |
0.5 |
12.6 |
0.5 |
11.8 |
0.5 |
18.2 |
1.3 |
14.3 |
1.5 |
65 and over |
20.2 |
0.8 |
20.3 |
0.9 |
20.2 |
0.9 |
20.7 |
2.7 |
17.8 |
2.5 |
Gender |
Male |
13.2 |
0.4 |
13.6 |
0.4 |
13.4 |
0.5 |
15.0 |
0.9 |
11.2 |
0.7 |
Female |
15.0 |
0.4 |
15.2 |
0.4 |
14.8 |
0.4 |
18.8 |
1.1 |
13.9 |
0.7 |
Family incomea |
Negative/poor |
21.8 |
0.8 |
23.9 |
1.0 |
25.5 |
1.4 |
22.3 |
1.3 |
15.6 |
1.1 |
Near poor/low |
17.3 |
0.6 |
18.8 |
0.8 |
19.1 |
1.0 |
18.9 |
1.2 |
12.2 |
0.8 |
Middle |
13.4 |
0.5 |
13.6 |
0.5 |
13.5 |
0.6 |
14.5 |
1.3 |
12.1 |
0.9 |
High |
10.6 |
0.4 |
10.7 |
0.4 |
10.7 |
0.5 |
12.7 |
1.7 |
9.4 |
1.3 |
Educationb |
Less than high school |
19.5 |
0.7 |
21.8 |
0.9 |
22.6 |
1.0 |
20.7 |
1.8 |
13.2 |
1.0 |
High school graduate |
14.8 |
0.5 |
14.9 |
0.6 |
14.5 |
0.7 |
17.5 |
1.3 |
14.2 |
1.2 |
At least some college |
11.7 |
0.4 |
11.9 |
0.4 |
11.5 |
0.4 |
16.9 |
1.6 |
10.0 |
1.1 |
Health insurance, under age 65 |
Any private |
11.7 |
0.3 |
11.7 |
0.3 |
11.5 |
0.4 |
14.6 |
1.0 |
11.6 |
0.8 |
Public only |
22.1 |
0.7 |
23.8 |
0.8 |
25.8 |
1.2 |
22.2 |
1.3 |
17.6 |
1.1 |
Uninsured |
11.7 |
0.7 |
13.3 |
0.9 |
13.6 |
1.1 |
13.9 |
1.6 |
8.2 |
0.8 |
Health insurance, age 65 and over |
Medicare only |
19.8 |
1.4 |
19.7 |
1.5 |
19.9 |
1.7 |
17.6 |
4.1 |
21.7 |
4.3 |
Medicare and private |
19.2 |
1.1 |
19.4 |
1.2 |
19.2 |
1.2 |
19.8 |
4.4 |
* |
* |
Medicare and other public |
27.2 |
2.6 |
29.2 |
3.1 |
30.6 |
4.1 |
27.9 |
5.2 |
18.7 |
3.3 |
Residence locationc |
Metropolitan-large |
12.7 |
0.3 |
13.1 |
0.4 |
12.5 |
0.5 |
17.0 |
1.0 |
11.3 |
0.6 |
Metropolitan-small |
15.3 |
0.6 |
15.3 |
0.6 |
14.9 |
0.6 |
17.1 |
1.6 |
15.0 |
1.4 |
Micropolitan |
17.0 |
0.9 |
17.1 |
0.9 |
17.5 |
1.0 |
14.1 |
2.0 |
15.8 |
1.9 |
Noncore-adjacent |
16.9 |
1.5 |
16.8 |
1.5 |
15.5 |
1.6 |
25.8 |
3.2 |
* |
* |
Noncore-not adjacent |
14.8 |
2.3 |
14.8 |
2.4 |
15.1 |
2.5 |
* |
* |
* |
* |
CSHCN |
Yes |
17.5 |
1.1 |
16.9 |
1.3 |
16.9 |
1.5 |
15.5 |
2.4 |
21.0 |
2.2 |
No |
12.8 |
0.5 |
13.1 |
0.6 |
13.1 |
0.7 |
14.7 |
1.2 |
11.2 |
0.9 |
Preferred language |
English |
14.6 |
0.3 |
14.5 |
0.3 |
14.0 |
0.4 |
17.0 |
0.8 |
16.1 |
1.0 |
Other |
9.4 |
0.5 |
9.0 |
0.9 |
10.0 |
1.6 |
14.4 |
3.7 |
9.7 |
0.5 |
Born in U.S. |
Yes |
14.5 |
0.3 |
14.6 |
0.3 |
14.0 |
0.4 |
17.4 |
0.8 |
14.1 |
0.7 |
No |
10.2 |
0.5 |
10.1 |
0.8 |
11.1 |
1.3 |
11.9 |
2.3 |
10.4 |
0.7 |
a Negative/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.
b Persons age 18 and over. Less than high school 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.
c See 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.
Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends, Medical Expenditure Panel Survey.
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