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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Rural Health. 2009 Winter;25(1):8–16. doi: 10.1111/j.1748-0361.2009.00193.x

Table 2.

Demographic profile of ED visits in Counties with and without a CHC.

CHC Non-CHC
Total 79,901 615,789
Sex *
Female 39,954
(50.0%)		 322,203
(52.3%)
Male 39945
(50.0%)		 293547
(47.7%)
Race *
Black or African-American 28,054
(35.1%)		 173,073
(28.1%)
White 47,307
(59.2%)		 382,919
(62.2%)
Hispanic/Latino 4,427
(5.5%)		 58,731
(9.5%)
Other 70
(0.1%)		 769
(0.1%)
Mean Age, years *
(SD) 		34.1
(11.3)		 33.9
(11.2)
*

chi square or t-test p<.0001