Table 9_2_9.1
Home health care patients who need urgent, unplanned medical care, United States, 2004 and 2006
| Population group |
2006 |
2004 |
| Percent |
SE |
Percent |
SE |
| Total |
21.2 |
0.0 |
21.1 |
0.02 |
| Age |
0–64 |
25.7 |
0.1 |
25.5 |
0.06 |
| 65–74 |
20.2 |
0.0 |
20.2 |
0.04 |
| 75–84 |
20.3 |
0.0 |
20.2 |
0.03 |
| 85 and over |
20.7 |
0.0 |
20.5 |
0.04 |
| Gender |
Male |
22.3 |
0.0 |
22.1 |
0.04 |
| Female |
20.7 |
0.0 |
20.5 |
0.03 |
| Racea |
White only |
21.1 |
0.0 |
20.8 |
0.02 |
| Black only |
24.0 |
0.1 |
24.0 |
0.06 |
| Asian only |
16.0 |
0.2 |
16.4 |
0.17 |
| NHOPI only |
21.3 |
0.5 |
19.1 |
0.51 |
| AI/AN only |
25.1 |
0.3 |
25.1 |
0.33 |
| Multiple races |
23.1 |
0.6 |
23.5 |
0.66 |
| Ethnicitya |
Hispanic, all races |
19.5 |
0.1 |
20.3 |
0.08 |
| Non-Hispanic, White |
21.1 |
0.0 |
20.8 |
0.02 |
| Non-Hispanic, Black |
24.0 |
0.1 |
24.0 |
0.06 |
| Non-Hispanic, other |
18.7 |
0.1 |
19.0 |
0.10 |
a Excludes records with missing values.
Key: NHOPI: Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander; AI/AN: American Indian or Alaska Native; SE: standard error.
Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Outcome and Assessment Information Set.
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