Association between community health center and rural health clinic presence and county-level hospitalization rates for ambulatory care sensitive conditions: an analysis across eight US states

Table 1 Mean Number of Persons in Each Age Range for Included and Excluded Counties, and Mean Number of ACSC Hospitalizations in Each Age Range in these Counties

	Ages 0–17
	Number of Counties	Mean Population	Mean Number of ACSC Discharges
Included Counties	559	31,535	152.4
Excluded Counties	20	614	1.8
County Total	579
	Ages 18–64
Included Counties	574	78,778	687.1
Excluded Counties	5	661	4.6
County Total	579
	Ages 65+
Included Counties	Number of Counties	Mean Population	Mean Number of ACSC Discharges
Excluded Counties	567	16,912	1,111
County Total	12	276	14.7
	579

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