Table 3.
Demographic characteristics of patients in the Denver Metropolitan area* who sought care in the CHORDS network during 2015, compared with 1-year estimates from the American Community Survey (ACS)
| ACS population estimate | Clinical observations | Coverage rate | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | (%) | n | (%) | % | |
| Total | 3,077,326 | (100) | 945,270 | (100) | 31 |
| Age | |||||
| <18 | 714,448 | (23) | 360,270 | (38) | 50 |
| 18-24 | 280,388 | (9) | 75,284 | (8) | 27 |
| 25-64 | 1,715,528 | (56) | 405,988 | (43) | 24 |
| 65+ | 366,962 | (12) | 103,728 | (11) | 28 |
| Gender | |||||
| Male | 1,533,085 | (50) | 437,196 | (46) | 29 |
| Female | 1,544,241 | (50) | 508,067 | (54) | 33 |
| Ethnicity & Race | |||||
| White | 2,013,151 | (65) | 470,650 | (50) | 23 |
| Black | 152,190 | (5) | 73,575 | (8) | 48 |
| Hispanic | 686,195 | (22) | 285,189 | (30) | 42 |
| American Indian Alaska Native | 10,429 | (<1) | 5,379 | (1) | 52 |
| Asian | 121,145 | (4) | 23,628 | (2) | 20 |
| Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 3,034 | (<1) | 8,983 | (1) | 296 |
| Multiple Race | 81,931 | (3) | 6,772 | (1) | 8 |
| Race/ethnicity unknown | NA | NA | 71,094 | (8) | NA |
*
Adams, Arapahoe, Boulder, Broomfield, Denver, Douglas and Jefferson Counties