2010 Healthcare Use Data
Physician Office Visits
| Characteristics | Weighted No. of Visits | Standard Error of Weighted No. of Visits |
Rate* (SE) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 14,232,400 | 2,259,950 | 468.7 (74.4) |
| Child (aged 0–17 years)† | 5,703,356 | 1,533,921 | 776.8 (206.2) |
| Adult (aged 18+ years)§ | 8,529,044 | 1,696,391 | 372.0 (74.0) |
| Sex | |||
| Male | 6,250,174 | 841,219 | 419.5 (56.5) |
| Female | 7,982,226 | 1,628,208 | 516.2 (105.3) |
| Race, not considering ethnicity | |||
| White | 11,526,521 | 2,068,970 | 477.1 (85.6) |
| Black | 2,321,733 | 514,389 | 601.3 (133.2) |
| Other¶ | — | — | — |
| Ethnicity | |||
| Hispanic or Latino¶ | — | — | — |
| Not Hispanic or Latino | 11,123,020 | 1,854,514 | 436.8 (72.8) |
| Age Group | |||
| 0–4 years¶ | — | — | — |
| 5–17 years | 3,512,218 | 912,857 | 661.1 (171.8) |
| 18–34 years | 1,800,353 | 417,126 | 255.0 (59.1) |
| 35–64 years | 4,341,735 | 1,041,238 | 362.6 (87.0) |
| 65+ years | 2,185,039 | 646,431 | 561.6 (166.1) |
| U.S. Census Region | |||
| Northeast | 2,476,927 | 654,567 | 453.8 (119.9) |
| Midwest | 2,053,411 | 415,306 | 311.6 (63.0) |
| South | 6,822,341 | 1,978,235 | 609.0 (176.6) |
| West | 2,879,721 | 770,079 | 404.9 (108.3) |
| MSA status | |||
| MSA | 13,293,645 | 2,319,138 | 517.5 (90.3) |
| Non-MSA¶ | — | — | — |
Abbreviations: MSA, Metropolitan Statistical Area; SE, standard error.
*Crude rate per 10,000 population and SE, standard error.
†Rate of child physician office visits was calculated using the weighted number of visits for children aged 0-17 years and dividing it by the civilian non-institutionalized population for children aged 0-17 years per 10,000.
§Rate of adult physician office visits was calculated using the weighted number of visits for adults aged 18+ years divided by the civilian non-institutionalized population for adults aged 18+ years per 10,000.
¶Estimate is suppressed because relative standard error (RSE) of the estimate is >30%. https://ftp.cdc.gov/pub/Health_Statistics/NCHS/Dataset_Documentation/NAMCS/.
Source: CDC/NCHS. National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey (NAMCS). https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/ahcd/about_ahcd.htm