Estimates of complications of medical care in the adult US population

Table 3 Characteristics of complications of medical care in US adults, National Health Interview Surveys, 1987-1994.

Characteristic	Estimate	Estimated size	Estimate for those with
		of total population	onset within the last two
			weeks
Onset of injury, % (SE)
Within last 2 weeks	8.36 (0.48)	655,431
2 weeks to less than 3 months	8.77 (0.48)	687,454
3 months to less than 1 year	14.50 (0.72)	1,136,380
1 year to less than 5 years	27.09 (0.78)	2,122,473
5 years or more	41.27 (0.88)	3,233,728
Last seen doctor for injury, % (SE)
Within last 2 weeks	33.23 (0.83)	2,603,844
2 weeks to less than 6 months	33.07 (0.76)	2,591,469
6 months to less than 1 year	9.24 (0.52)	724,278
1 to less than 2 years	6.34 (0.41)	496,974
2 to less than 5 years	6.06 (0.43)	474,608
5 years or more	6.46 (0.45)	506,082
Doctor seen but not known when	1.15 (0.18)	89,916
Not known whether doctor seen	0.48 (0.12)	38,015
No doctor seen for condition	3.96 (0.34)	310,280
Activity limitation due to injury, % (SE)
Inability to perform major activity	27.58 (0.86)	2,161,159
Limited in kind or amount of major activity	22.68 (0.76)	1,776,688
Limited in other activities	16.68 (0.68)	1,307,326
Not limited	33.06 (0.90)	2,590,293
Assistance with personal care, % (SE)
Inability to perform personal care needs	7.57 (0.67)	313,375
Limited in performing other routine needs	17.93 (1.14)	742,373
Not limited	74.50 (1.22)	3,084,719
Number of days of restricted activity within the last two	1.72 (0.08)		3.52 (0.23)
weeks, mean (SE)
Number of bed-days within the last two weeks, mean (SE)	0.79 (0.06)		1.90 (0.21)
Number of days of work lost within the last two weeks,	0.58 (0.06)		1.51 (0.20)
mean (SE)

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