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 |
White |
Black |
Asian |
NHOPI |
AI/AN |
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 |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
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 |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
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.