Table 1 Characteristics of CHC-years analyzed from the pooled analytic sample, 2012–2017

Outcome characteristics

Oral surgery visits, per year

1051

(1417)

1067

(1330)

1001

(1677)

Health center characteristics

Hispanic patients, %

24.5%

(24.1)

26.0%

(24.6)

20.0%

(21.8)

**

White, non-Hispanic patients, %

43.7%

(29.2)

44.2%

(30.5)

41.9%

(24.4)

Black, non-Hispanic patients, %

21.1%

(24.1)

18.5%

(23.0)

29.4%

(25.7)

**

Female patients, %,

56.4%

(6.7)

56.2%

(6.5)

57.1%

(7.1)

**

Patients < 18 years old, %,

26.5%

(12.8)

27.3%

(12.8)

23.6%

(12.5)

**

Patients < 100% of poverty level, %

48.4%

(24.4)

47.2%

(25.1)

52.7%

(21.3)

**

Patients with depression/mood disorder diagnosis, %

9.7%

(6.5)

9.9%

(6.6)

8.7%

(6.1)

**

Patients with diabetes mellitus diagnosis, %

8.8%

(4.2)

8.0%

(3.0)

11.4%

(6.1)

**

Total patients, in 1000 s

21.2

(23.8)

23.0

(25.8)

15.4

(14.1)

**

State characteristics

Unemployment rate, %

4.2%

(0.8)

4.3%

(0.8)

4.0%

(0.7)

**

Population experiencing poor or fair health status, %

11.2%

(1.9)

11.0%

(1.8)

12.1%

(2.0)

**

Population experiencing obesity, %

28.4%

(3.5)

27.7%

(3.6)

30.8%

(1.5)

**

Observations (CHC-years)

2054

1572

480