2014 Healthcare Use Data
Physician Office Visits
| Characteristics | Weighted No. of Visits | Standard Error of Weighted No. of Visits |
Rate* (SE) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 11,028,942 | 1,128,600 | 351.6 (36.0) |
| Child (aged 0–17 years)† | 4,177,360 | 685,979 | 568.8 (93.4) |
| Adult (aged 18+ years)§ | 6,851,581 | 825,694 | 285.2 (34.4) |
| Sex | |||
| Male | 4,937,652 | 605,447 | 322.3 (39.5) |
| Female | 6,091,290 | 720,241 | 379.6 (44.9) |
| Race, not considering ethnicity | |||
| White | 9,003,670 | 1,007,765 | 370.4 (41.5) |
| Black | 1,446,091 | 240,973 | 354.6 (59.1) |
| Other | 579,181 | 145,276 | 194.5 (48.8) |
| Ethnicity | |||
| Hispanic or Latino | 1,873,707 | 380,664 | 342.4 (69.6) |
| Not Hispanic or Latino | 9,155,235 | 1,001,243 | 353.6 (38.7) |
| Age Group | |||
| 0–4 years | 1,245,452 | 285,588 | 626.8 (143.7) |
| 5–17 years | 2,931,909 | 507,050 | 547.3 (94.6) |
| 18–34 years | 914,013 | 237,773 | 125.5 (32.6) |
| 35–64 years | 4,214,600 | 637,353 | 344.3 (52.1) |
| 65+ years | 1,627,955 | 311,081 | 362.2 (69.2) |
| U.S. Census Region | |||
| Northeast | 3,106,587 | 580,799 | 560.7 (104.8) |
| Midwest¶ | — | — | — |
| South | 3,743,209 | 532,089 | 318.7 (45.3) |
| West | 2,073,634 | 406,976 | 280.0 (55.0) |
| MSA status | |||
| MSA | 10,094,486 | 1,087,799 | 369.9 (39.9) |
| 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