2016 Healthcare Use Data
Physician Office Visits
| Characteristics | Weighted No. of Visits | Standard Error of Weighted No. of Visits |
Rate* (SE) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 9,789,350 | 2,140,029 | 307.8 (67.3) |
| Child (aged 0–17 years)† | 2,446,609 | 651,905 | 332.9 (88.7) |
| Adult (aged 18+ years)§ | 7,342,741 | 1,996,066 | 300.3 (81.6) |
| Sex | |||
| Male | 4,062,545 | 1,030,296 | 261.4 (66.3) |
| Female | 5,726,805 | 1,423,649 | 352.2 (87.6) |
| Race, not considering ethnicity | |||
| White | 7,688,924 | 1,894,064 | 313.8 (77.3) |
| Black¶ | 1,518,721 | 471,711 | — |
| Other¶ | 581,705 | 486,786 | — |
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/
Note: not enough sample size to present the results for ethnicity, detailed age groups, U.S. Census Regions, and MSA status.
SOURCE: CDC/NCHS. National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey (NAMCS). https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/ahcd/about_ahcd.htm