Emergency Department Visits
(Data are for the U.S.)
- Number of visits: 119.2 million
- Number of injury-related visits: 42.4 million
- Number of visits per 100 persons: 40.5
- Most commonly diagnosed condition: injury and poisoning
- Percent of visits with patient seen in fewer than 15 minutes: 22%
- Median time spent in emergency department: 2.6 hours
- Percent of visits resulting in hospital admission: 13%
- Percent of visits resulting in transfer to higher level or specialized care needed: 1.9%
More data
- Percent of children with emergency department visits in the past 12 months by selected characteristics: 1997-2006 Health, United States, 2008, Table 91
- Percent of adults with emergency department visits in the past 12 months according to selected characteristics: 1997-2006 Health, United States, 2008, Table 92
- Injury-related visits to hospital emergency departments by sex, age, and intent and mechanisms of injury: 1995-2006 Health, United States, 2008, Table 93
- Ambulatory care visits to physician offices and hospital outpatient and emergency departments by selected characteristics: 1995-2006 Health, United States, 2008, Table 94
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- National Center for Health Statistics
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