QuickStats: Percentage of Adults Aged ≥18 Years Who Have Seen Or Talked to a Doctor Or Other Health Care Professional About Their Own Health in the Past 12 Months, by Sex and Age Group — National Health Interview Survey, United States, 2015

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• Alternative Title:
  Percentage of Adults Aged ≥18 Years Who Have Seen or Talked to a Doctor or Other Health Care Professional About Their Own Health in the Past 12 Months, by Sex and Age Group — National Health Interview Survey, United States, 2015
• Journal Article:
  Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
• Personal Author:
  Vahratian, Anjel
• Corporate Authors:
  National Center for Health Statistics (U.S.)
• Description:
  In 2015, women aged ≥18 years were more likely than men, overall and for each age group except those aged ≥65 years, to have seen or talked to a doctor or other health professional about their own health in the past 12 months. For both sexes, visits to a doctor or other health care professional increased with age, from 63.1% among men aged 18-29 years to 93.2% among men aged ≥65 years and from 82.4% among women aged 18-29 years to 94.3% among women ≥65 years.
  
  Source: National Health Interview Survey, 2015. https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nhis/index.htm.
  
  Reported by: Anjel Vahratian
  
  
• Subjects:
  Quick Stats
• Source:
  MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 66(2):65
• Series:
  Weekly Report: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
• ISSN:
  0149-2195 (print) ; 1545-861X (digital)
• Document Type:
  Charts, Diagrams, Etc.
• Genre:
  QuickStats
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• Pages in Document:
  1 pdf page
• Volume:
  66
• Issue:
  2
• Collection(s):
  National Center for Health Statistics Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
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