2012 Healthcare Use Data
Physician Office Visits
| Characteristics | Weighted No. of Visits | Standard Error of Weighted No. of Visits |
Rate* (SE) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 10,529,459 | 632,643 | 341.1 (20.5) |
| Child (aged 0–17 years)† | 4,468,461 | 435,286 | 607.2 (59.2) |
| Adult (aged 18+ years)§ | 6,060,998 | 468,575 | 257.8 (19.9) |
| Sex | |||
| Male | 4,863,350 | 372,823 | 322.6 (24.7) |
| Female | 5,666,109 | 382,407 | 358.7 (24.2) |
| Race, not considering ethnicity | |||
| White | 8,867,305 | 583,802 | 368.1 (24.2) |
| Black | 1,024,092 | 140,971 | 257.4 (35.4) |
| Other | 638,063 | 129,642 | 227.9 (46.3) |
| Ethnicity | |||
| Hispanic or Latino | 1,890,645 | 289,199 | 361.0 (55.2) |
| Not Hispanic or Latino | 8,638,814 | 524,022 | 337.0 (20.4) |
| Age Group | |||
| 0–4 years | 1,043,969 | 166,374 | 522.1 (83.2) |
| 5–17 years | 3,424,492 | 356,927 | 639.0 (66.6) |
| 18–34 years | 1,259,854 | 166,054 | 176.1 (23.2) |
| 35–64 years | 3,071,366 | 275,362 | 252.3 (22.6) |
| 65+ years | 1,704,222 | 214,651 | 407.2 (51.3) |
| U.S. Census Region | |||
| Northeast | 2,206,127 | 344,102 | 401.1 (62.6) |
| Midwest | 1,875,705 | 206,272 | 282.8 (31.1) |
| South | 3,822,364 | 377,104 | 332.6 (32.8) |
| West | 2,625,263 | 311,569 | 362.3 (43.0) |
| MSA status | |||
| MSA | 9,842,196 | 627,329 | 377.7 (24.1) |
| Non-MSA | 687,263 | 119,148 | 142.8 (24.8) |
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