Table 9_2

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2008 National Healthcare Quality & Disparities Reports

Table 9_2_9.2b
Home health care patients who need urgent, unplanned medical care, by ethnicity,^a United States, 2006
Population group		Total		Non-Hispanic				Hispanic, all races
		Total		White		Black		Hispanic, all races
		Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total		21.2	0.0	21.1	0.0	24.0	0.1	19.5	0.1
Age	0–64	25.7	0.1	26.1	0.1	26.0	0.1	23.1	0.2
	65–74	20.2	0.0	20.2	0.1	22.6	0.1	17.9	0.1
	75–84	20.3	0.0	20.3	0.0	23.0	0.1	18.8	0.1
	85 and over	20.7	0.0	20.6	0.1	24.3	0.2	18.7	0.2
Gender	Male	22.3	0.0	22.2	0.0	24.5	0.1	20.5	0.1
Gender	Female	20.7	0.0	20.4	0.0	23.8	0.1	18.8	0.1

^a Excludes records with missing values.

Key: SE: standard error.

Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Outcome and Assessment Information Set.