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Emergency Department Visits

(Data are for U.S. for 2002)

Number of visits: 110.2 million

Number of injury-related visits: 39.2 million

Number of illness-related visits: 71 million

Number of visits per 100 persons: 39

Most commonly diagnosed condition: contusion with intact skin surface

Percent of visits with patient seen in less than 15 minutes: 22

Average time spent in emergency department: 3.2 hours

Percent of visits resulting in hospital admission: 12

Percent of visits resulting in intensive care unit or coronary care unit admission: 1

Source: National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey: 2002 Emergency Department Summary

More Data

Percent of children with emergency department visits in the past 12 months according to selected characteristics: 1997-2001 Health, United States, 2003, table 75

Percent of adults with emergency department visits in the past 12 months according to selected characteristics: 1997-2001 Health, United States, 2003, table 77

Ambulatory care visits to physician offices and hospital outpatient and emergency departments by selected characteristics: 1995-2000  Health, United States, 2003, table 82

Number of injury-related visits to hospital emergency departments by sex, age, and intent and mechanisms of injury: 1995-2001 Health, United States, 2003, table 83

Related Links

National Health Interview Survey

National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey

American Hospital Association

This page last reviewed March 31, 2004