Table 2.

Characteristics of adult visits to physicians in 1998/1999 and 2008/2009

Visit characteristic	1999, %a N=79,083	2009, % N=102,980	p-value
Patient Sex
Male	36.1	37.9	.16
Female	63.8	62.1
Patient Age, mean	50.9	54.2	<.001
Patient Race
White	80.9	83.8	.22
Black	15.6	11.6
Other	3.5	4.6
Patient Ethnicity
Hispanic	6.9	8.1	.50
Non-Hispanic	26.8	29.9
Blank	66.3	62.0
Patient Insurance Status			0.03
Private	50.4	50.8
Medicare	22.7	26.2
Medicaid	7.7	9.9
Other	19.2	13.1
Reason for visit
New problem	32.3	30.9	.24
Chronic problem	50.9	50.0
Preventive care	14.9	17.3
Other	1.9	1.8
Practice Census Region			.88
Northeast	18.4	19.4
Midwest	18.4	21.8
South	42.0	38.1
West	21.2	20.8
Practice Location in a Metropolitan Statistical Area			.27
Yes	83.1	88.7
No	16.9	11.3