Table 15_1_7-1

2008 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports

The National Healthcare Quality Report (NHQR) is a comprehensive national overview of quality of health care in the United States. It is organized around four dimensions of quality of care: effectiveness, patient safety, timeliness, and patient centeredness.

Table 15_1_7.1
Emergency department visits per 100 population,^a by race, United States, 2005–2006
Population group		Total		Single race										Multiple races
		Total		White		Black		Asian		NHOPI		AI/AN		Multiple races
		Rate	SE	Rate	SE	Rate	SE	Rate	SE	Rate	SE	Rate	SE	Rate	SE
Total		40.1	1.5	36.5	1.5	74.5	4.2	17.7	3.2	*	*	33.9	10.0	8.4	2.0
Age	0–17	37.6	1.9	34.6	1.9	62.3	4.5	18.5	2.4	*	*	*	*	6.5	1.7
	18–44	44.2	1.7	40.1	1.7	84.9	4.9	14.4	2.4	*	*	32.0	8.7	8.3	2.3
	45–64	32.5	1.1	28.4	1.1	71.2	4.5	15.6	3.5	*	*	*	*	13.0	3.1
	65 and over	48.1	1.7	45.4	1.7	79.6	5.3	38.3	11.3	*	*	*	*	*	*
Gender	Male	37.5	1.4	34.2	1.4	70.2	3.9	17.5	3.3	*	*	32.1	9.2	9.1	2.1
Gender	Female	42.5	1.6	38.6	1.5	78.2	4.6	18.0	3.2	*	*	*	*	7.8	2.1
Residence location	MSA	40.7	1.8	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA
Residence location	Non-MSA	37.0	5.0	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA

^a Estimates of the civilian noninstitutionalized population used in calculating visit rates by age, sex, race, and geographic region are from special tabulations developed by the Population Division, U.S. Census Bureau, using the July 1, 2005, and July 1, 2006, set of State population estimates and reflect Census 2000 data.

* - Data do not meet the criteria for statistical reliability, data quality, or confidentiality.

DNA - Data have not been analyzed.

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.

Current as of September 2009

Internet Citation: Table 15_1_7-1: 2008 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. September 2009. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr08/15_healthcareutilization/T15_1_7-1.html