Emergency Department Visits
Data are for the U.S.
- Number of visits: 145.6 million
- Number of injury-related visits: 42.2 million
- Number of visits per 100 persons: 45.8
- Number of emergency department visits resulting in hospital admission: 12.6 million
- Number of emergency department visits resulting in admission to critical care unit: 2.2 million
- Percent of visits with patient seen in fewer than 15 minutes: 39.0%
- Percent of visits resulting in hospital admission: 8.7%
- Percent of visits resulting in transfer to a different (psychiatric or other) hospital: 2.7%
More data
- Trends in Emergency Department Visits from Health, United States
- Opioids Prescribed at Discharge or Given During Emergency Department Visits Among Adults in the United States, 2016
- Emergency Department Visits by Patients Aged 45 and Over With Diabetes: United States, 2015
- Reasons for Emergency Room Use Among U.S. Adults Aged 18-64: National Health Interview Survey, 2013 and 2014 pdf icon[PDF – 348 KB]
- Emergency Department Visits for Injury and Illness in Persons Aged 65 and Over: United States, 2012-2013
- Emergency Department Use in the Nation’s Five Most Populous States and the total United States: 2012
- 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
- Emergency Department Visits for Drug Poisoning: United States, 2008-2011
- 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
- Trends in Emergency Department Visits for Ischemic Stroke and Transient Ischemic Attack: United States, 2001-2011
- Emergency Department Visits and Proximity To Patients’ Residences, 2009-2010
Page last reviewed: January 19, 2017
Content source: CDC/National Center for Health Statistics