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Table 1 Demographic characteristics of study population (in 2016)

From: Emergency and urgent dental visits among Medicaid enrollees from 2013 to 2017

 

Variable

Medicaid enrolled population (IBM Watson Data)

Nationally representative sample of Medicaid enrolled population

Population with at least one dental visit (IBM Watson)

Population with one or more emergency dental visits (IBM Watson)

Count

% within categories

% within categories

% within categories

% within categories

Sex

 Male

5,721,884

43

44

46

39

 Female

7,571,087

57

56

54

61

Race

 White

6,436,589

47

40

47

51

 Black

4,245,692

32

19

32

30

 Hispanic

704,674

9

29

9

6

 Other

1,906,016

12

12

12

13

Age

 0–10

4,054,204

33

30

46

29

 11–20

2,955,882

24

25

32

24

 21–34

2,220,470

18

18

10

21

 35–51

1,684,552

14

15

8

16

 51–64

1,329,492

11

12

5

11

Total

12,244,600

100

100

32 had dental visit

5 had emergency dental visit

  1. National estimates of the Medicaid enrolled population are derived from the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (2016)