Table 2.
Percentage of respondents who would be referred to physician using AAPQ, by age and gender, NHANES 1999–2004
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| 40–44 | 45–49 | 50–54 | 55–59 | 60–64 | 65–69 | 70+ | Overall | |
| Women | (n=447) | (n=393) | (n=370) | (n=268) | (n=420) | (n=348) | (n=1138) | (n=3385) |
| 87.0 (82.8–91.1) | 94.4 (91.5–97.3) | 96.0 (94.1–98.0) | 98.2 (96.6–99.7) | 98.1 (96.3–99.9) | 98.4 (96.7–100.2) | 99.7 (99.4–99.9) | 95.5 (94.3–96.8) | |
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| Men | (n=447) | (n=406) | (n=386) | (n=261) | (n=384) | (n=341) | (n=1051) | (n=3276) |
| 83.0 (79.0–87.0) | 93.4 (90.1–96.6) | 95.9 (93.5–98.3) | 94.7 (91.2–98.2) | 99.5 (98.6–100.0) | 96.2 (93.4–99.0) | 98.4 (97.5–99.3) | 93.5 (92.2–94.7) | |
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| Both Genders | (n=894) | (n=800) | (n=756) | (n=529) | (n=804) | (n=689) | (n=2189) | (n=6661) |
| 85.0 (81.7–88.2) | 93.9 (91.8–96.0) | 96.0 (94.2–97.7) | 96.5 (94.7–98.4) | 98.7 (97.7–99.7) | 97.4 (95.8–99.0) | 99.1 (98.8–99.5) | 94.5 (93.6–95.5) | |
Values are % (95% confidence interval)
The association between referral and age is statistically significant at p<0.0001 for men, women, and combined by Pearson χ2 test.