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 Summary Health Statistics: National Health Interview Survey, 2014

'''Table P-5b. Annualized frequency (number in thousands) of medically consulted injury and poisoning episodes, by selected characteristics: United States, 2014'''

* Estimates are considered unreliable. Data preceded by an asterisk have a relative standard error (RSE) greater than 30% and less than or equal to 50% and should be used with caution. Data not shown have an RSE greater than 50%. - Quantity zero. Based on the questions, "Of the [number] times that [person] was injured, how many of those times was the injury serious enough that a medical professional was consulted?" and “Of the [number] times that [person] was poisoned, how many of those times was the poisoning serious enough that a medical professional was consulted?” Consultation with a health professional includes in-person or by telephone. Injury episode refers to a traumatic event that resulted in one or more injuries due to an external cause such as a fall down a flight of stairs or a motor vehicle traffic accident. Poisoning episode refers to the swallowing or breathing of a harmful substance such as bleach, carbon monoxide, or too many pills or drugs. Calls to a poison control center are considered to be a contact with a health care professional. Counts of episodes have been annualized in this table. Estimates from this report should not be compared with estimates from 2003 or earlier. Refers to persons who indicated only a single race group, including those of Hispanic or Latino origin. Refers to persons who indicated more than one race group, including those of Hispanic or Latino origin. Only two combinations of multiple race groups are shown due to small sample sizes for other combinations. Refers to persons who are of Hispanic or Latino origin and may be of any race or combination of races. "Not Hispanic or Latino" refers to persons who are not of Hispanic or Latino origin, regardless of race. Shown only for persons aged 25 and over. GED is General Educational Development high school equivalency diploma. Includes persons who reported a dollar amount or who would not provide a dollar amount but provided an income interval. "Poor" persons are defined as having income below the poverty threshold. "Near poor" persons have incomes of 100% to less than 200% of the poverty threshold. "Not poor" persons have incomes that are 200% of the poverty threshold or greater. Based on a hierarchy of mutually exclusive categories. Persons with more than one type of health insurance were assigned to the first appropriate category in the hierarchy. "Uninsured" includes persons who had no coverage as well as those who had only Indian Health Service coverage or had only a private plan that paid for one type of service such as accidents or dental care. MSA is metropolitan statistical area. Large MSAs have a population of 1 million or more; small MSAs have a population of less than 1 million. "Not in MSA" consists of persons not living in a metropolitan statistical area. NOTES: Estimates are based on household interviews of a sample of the civilian noninstitutionalized population. This table is based on responses about all persons in the family. Data came from the Person file and the Injury and Poisoning Episode file and were weighted using the Person weight. Unknowns for the column were not included in the frequencies, but they were included in the "All persons" column. "Total" includes other races not shown separately and persons with unknown education, family income, poverty status, health insurance characteristics, and current health status. For more information on the data source, methods, and definitions used for this table, refer to Technical Notes for Summary Health Statistics Tables: National Health Interview Survey (available from http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nhis/SHS/tables.htm). Suggested citation: Adams PF, Benson V. Tables of Summary Health Statistics for the U.S. Population: 2014 National Health Interview Survey. 2015. Available from: http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nhis/SHS/tables.htm. SOURCE: CDC/NCHS, National Health Interview Survey, 2014.