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Table 1 Rate of Past Year Utilization by Age and Birth Cohort, Adults in the United States, 1972-2008

From: Use of the integrated health interview series: trends in medical provider utilization (1972-2008)

 

Average Age of Birth Cohort

 

48 Years

58 Years

68 Years

78 Years

Birth Cohort 1900-1909

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75.4%

84.2%

Birth Cohort 1910-1919

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73.0%

80.3%

89.6%

Birth Cohort 1920-1929

70.9%

74.4%

86.1%

95.2%

Birth Cohort 1930-1939

71.2%

79.6%

93.5%

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Birth Cohort 1940-1949

76.4%

88.9%

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Birth Cohort 1950-1959

83.6%

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  1. Source: Integrated Health Interview Series, 1972-2008Past year utilization defined as seeing or talking to a medical provider in the year prior to survey