Emergency Department Visits
Data are for the U.S.
- Number of visits: 141.4 million
- Number of injury-related visits: 40.0 million
- Number of visits per 100 persons: 45.1
- Number of emergency department visits resulting in hospital admission: 11.2 million
- Number of emergency department visits resulting in admission to critical care unit: 1.8 million
- Percent of visits with patient seen in fewer than 15 minutes: 32.2%
- Percent of visits resulting in hospital admission: 7.9%
- Percent of visits resulting in transfer to a different (psychiatric or other) hospital: 1.9%
More data
- Ambulatory care visits to physician offices and hospital outpatient and emergency departments by selected characteristics Health, United States, 2016, table 76 [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 Use in the Nation’s Five Most Populous States and the total United States: 2012
- Emergency Department Visits and Proximity To Patients’ Residences, 2009-2010
- Emergency Department Visits by Persons Aged 65 and Over: United States, 2009–2010
- Emergency Department Visits for Drug Poisoning: United States, 2008-2011
- Emergency Department Visits for Injury and Illness in Persons Aged 65 and Over: United States, 2012-2013
- Emergency Department Visits for Motor Vehicle Traffic Injuries: United States, 2010–2011
- Emergency Department Visits Related to Schizophrenia Among Adults Aged 18–64: United States, 2009–2011
- Expected Source of Payment at Emergency Department Visits for Adults Aged 18-64 for the United States and in the Five Most Populous States, 2012
- Injury-related visits to hospital emergency departments by sex, age, and intent and mechanisms of injury Health, United States, 2016, table 75 [PDF – 9.8 MB]
- Percent of adults with emergency department visits in the past 12 months according to selected characteristics Health, United States, 2016, table 74 [PDF – 9.8 MB]
- Percent of children with emergency department visits in the past 12 months by selected characteristics Health, United States, 2016, table 73 [PDF – 9.8 MB]
- Reasons for Emergency Room Use Among U.S. Adults Aged 18-64: National Health Interview Survey, 2013 and 2014 [PDF – 348 KB]
- Reasons for Emergency Room Use Among U.S. Children: National Health Interview Survey, 2012
- Trends in Emergency Department Visits for Ischemic Stroke and Transient Ischemic Attack: United States, 2001-2011
- Wait Time for Treatment in Hospital Emergency Departments: 2009
- Page last reviewed: January 19, 2017
- Page last updated: May 3, 2017
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