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Advance
Data From Vital and Health Statistics |
Alcohol-and Drug-Related Visits to Hospital Emergency Departments: 1992 National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey
Advance Data 251. In 1992, 89.9 million visits were made to emergency departments (EDs) of non-Federal, short-stay and general hospitals in the United States. This represents approximately 357 visits per 1,000 persons. An estimated 4.1 million of these ED visits (4.5 percent) were alcohol related and/or drug related (ADR), about 16 visits per 1,000 persons. The information presented in this report is based on ED data obtained from the 1992 National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey (NHAMCS).
Data Highlights:
Half of all ADR ED visits
are made by patients 25-44 years of age.
Seventy-six percent of ED visits for
suicide and self- inflicted injuries were alcohol and drug related.
Males have higher rates of ADR ED
visits. The highest rates are for black males 25-44 years of age.
The treatment and detoxification of
patients exposed to alcohol or poison were accomplished with several procedures and/or
agents.
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This page last reviewed
January 11, 2007
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