quickstats: percentage of adults aged 18 64 years who made two or more visits to an emergency department in the preceding 12 months, by black or white race and hispanic subpopulation national health interview survey, united states, 2009 2011 /

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During 2009-2011,Hispanic adults aged 18-64 years were less likely (6.6%) than non-Hispanic blacks (13.2%) and approximately as likely as non-Hispanic whites (7.1%) to have made two or more visits to an emergency department in the preceding 12 months. Among Hispanic subpopulations, Puerto Rican adults had the highest percentage (13.2%) of two or more emergency department visits in the preceding 12 months, and followed by other Hispanic adults (8.2%),Cuban adults (6.4%), Mexican adults (5.6%), or Central or South American adults (5.6%).

Source: cdc.gov