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2011 National Healthcare Quality & Disparities Reports
Data Tables Appendix

Table 13_2_1.2_2b
Emergency department visits triaged as urgent at which patients waited to see a physician for 1 hour or more, per 10,000 population, by ethnicity, United States, 2008-2009
        Non-Hispanic    
    Total All races White Black Hispanic, all races
Population group Rate SE Rate SE Rate SE Rate SE Rate SE
Total   30.7 1.4 30.2 1.4 28.8 1.4 35.2 2.6 33.6 2.6
Age 0-17 28.9 2.1 28.3 2.2 28.0 2.0 30.7 4.6 31.4 3.5
18-44 32.9 1.8 32.1 1.8 31.1 1.7 35.3 3.1 37.2 3.4
45-64 32.0 1.7 31.8 1.7 29.4 1.9 39.4 3.6 33.3 3.8
65 and over 26.2 1.9 26.1 2.0 24.9 2.1 36.2 5.1 26.8 3.7
Gender Female 31.9 1.6 31.3 1.6 29.9 1.6 36.4 3.0 35.3 2.9
Male 29.2 1.5 28.9 1.4 27.6 1.4 33.6 2.7 31.3 3.0

Key: SE: standard error.

Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics, National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey.

 
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