Emergency Department Visits
(Data are for the U.S.)
- Number of visits: 136.1 million
- Number of injury-related visits: 45.4 million
- Number of visits per 100 persons: 45.1
- Percent of visits with patient seen in fewer than 15 minutes: 21.7%
- Percent of visits resulting in hospital admission: 12.6%
- Percent of visits resulting in transfer to a different hospital: 1.4%
More data
- Ambulatory care visits to physician offices and hospital outpatient and emergency departments by selected characteristics Health, United States, 2011, table 96 [PDF - 9.8 MB]
- Availability of Pediatric Services and Equipment in Emergency Departments: United States, 2006 [PDF - 836 KB]
- Blood Pressure Measurements at Emergency Department Visits by Adults: United States, 2007-2008 [PDF - 695 KB]
- Emergency department visitors and visits: who used the emergency department in 2007? [PDF - 554 KB]
- Emergency Department Visits for Chest Pain and Abdominal Pain: United States, 1999-2008 [PDF - 709 KB]
- Injury-related visits to hospital emergency departments by sex, age, and intent and mechanisms of injury Health, United States, 2011, table 95 [PDF - 9.8 MB]
- Percent of adults with emergency department visits in the past 12 months according to selected characteristics Health, United States, 2011, table 94 [PDF - 9.8 MB]
- Percent of children with emergency department visits in the past 12 months by selected characteristics Health, United States, 2011, table 93 [PDF - 9.8 MB]
- Search Tables for Emergency Department in Health Data Interactive
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