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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Public Health Dent. 2016 Apr 22;76(3):249–257. doi: 10.1111/jphd.12158

Table 4.

Selected characteristics of persons seeking care for dental conditions in hospital emergency departments. Florida, 2014.

Characteristics Number of visits Percent
Sex
 Male 72,687 44.3
 Female 91,219 55.7
Age (y)
 <1 1,489 0.9
 1–4 6,394 3.9
 5–14 8,260 5.0
 15–24 31,366 19.1
 25–34 57,143 34.9
 35–44 28,201 17.2
 45–54 17,486 10.7
 55–64 8,220 5.0
 65–74 3,181 1.9
 75–84 1,511 0.9
 ≥85 655 0.4
Race/ethnicity
 Hispanic/Latino 21,204 12.9
 Black/African American, non-Hispanic 49,044 29.9
 White, non-Hispanic 87,139 53.2
 Other/unknown, non-Hispanic 6,519 4.0
Primary Payer
 Medicare/Medicare Managed Care 12,874 7.8
 Medicaid/Medicaid Managed Care 63,873 39.0
 Commercial Health Insurance 20,846 12.7
 Self-pay 58,313 35.6
 Other 8,000 4.9
TOTAL 163,906 100.0